The workshop is aimed at students of the schools of Scenography, New Technologies of Art, Cinema, Photography and Audiovisual.
For info and bookings: g.salvati@abaroma.it
The aim of the workshop is to illustrate those aspects of the camera operator’s work that are necessary to translate a story, a television show or a theatre production into images: one of them is the search for the most effective positions of the camera. Because each “point of view” we choose must effectively convey the content and, together with the other shots chosen, must contribute to building a sequence suitable for telling what is happening on the scene. The most important variations of shooting will be illustrated: cinematographic, television and video art, focusing on the choral aspect of the audiovisual production process.
The workshop will be both practical and theoretical. Through the critical commentary of a number of films and through exercises in the classroom, we will study the different possibilities for representing a subject and the specific requirements of audiovisual filming.
The practical exercises will be carried out by bringing the students together in small groups.
Programme
- Day 1. The photographic shot: the fields, the planes and the point of view;
- Day 2. Film shooting as the basis of all video production. The camera in motion and special equipment. The shots essential to the story, their meaning and sequencing;
- Day 3. Exercise: creation of photographs or short films to build a story and their analysis;
- Day 4. Television shooting: examples of camera positioning within a television set and shooting with simulation of “director’s cuts”;
- Day 5. Audiovisual media and art: theatre, documentary filming and an introduction to practical applications in video art. The means of enjoying the final product: cinema, television, streaming, exhibitions and galleries;
- Day 6. Exercise: the production chain. Roles and duties of the other professionals who contribute to the creation of a video and the relationship with the camera operator. Video-audio editing of the works created by the students.
Communications Office of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome
Coordination: Prof. Guglielmo Gigliotti g.gigliotti@abaroma.it
Collaboration: Chiara Picco, Martina Macchia, Marianna Pontillo comunicazione@abaroma.it