Composition and Film Class Notes
- Yanjie Zhao
- Feb 3
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 3
Week 1
what do you do when you have a budget
you need to have conversations with ppl can inspire each others work. something bad yesterday that can turns into good!
Inspire your peers, director, studio to spend 200 million ( think about: is the work I made worth people and company put investment in it) do it so well that they ask need your help for it
art will drive technology
This class will be cover
Observational skills, Mechanical skills, Visual Assessment skills
Visual language
7 visual component - element
line
tone
shape
space
color
rhythm
movement
2 methods of mesure
major key-- proportion
minor key-- range of contrast
3 primaries of design
how are you contributing the 7 visual components?
define what's the primary and secondary in a work
101 Dalmatian
Line - Primary
Mass- Secondary
they use line and mass to create the illustion of form
it's not what you do, it what you can make people believe,
make the audience feel something, those are the ones people remember
do the thinking of what specifically you want them to feel at front before you making works
LINE / TEXTURE
texture tent to sit on the surface
FORM / CHIAROSCURO
MASS / NOTAN
Pinocchio line dominent + mass dominent
hw:
define 20 art images wether its line mass and form dominent
any composition is going to be action, reaction, or both
Indiana Jones Movie Rewatch
The discussion is taking place in a church,
think about where is the best set you can tell a story
the environment is giving sub text of the story
when you put the character in a place alone, the place represent their inner self
they use shadow to convey a message
you want to start with a really good description of what is my goal
You gotta be good at research and love research
write down what are the 5 most important things to-do, what's the next important thing? think about it as a chess game



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