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Years in the making, The Master Course In High-End Blocking And Staging is the most comprehensive and ambitious Directing Course in the world. A groundbreaking learning tool, the course teaches high-end camera work through over 9 hours of 3D animated instruction on 6 Region-Free DVDs.
  For Directors, Cinematographers,
Script Supervisors, 3D Animators, Visual Effects Artists, Game Designers, Videographers, Actors, Editors, Writers
 

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Besides working with actors, blocking is one of the most important things a Director does, and should be really good at. Yet most books, videos and many film schools barely touch the basics.

The Master Course is a powerful system of single-camera blocking and an unprecedented language of camera work, that may fundamentally change the way you direct.


The course was created by director Per Holmes, who spent over half a decade developing an all-inclusive language of high-end feature camera work for personal use, and then realized how much others would benefit from these techniques.

The Master Course is far beyond any current filmmaking program, and is intended for professionals who want to take their blocking skills to the highest level, and those who are crossing over from another discipline, but can be used by filmmakers at any level who are committed to mastering high-end directing.
 
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The primary goal of The Master Course in High-End Blocking and Staging is to do the most effective blocking with the highest production-value, and to build a vast repertoire of techniques to make Directing more expressive — and ultimately more fun.

The course also deals with the problem that blocking often grabs so much of our attention that we're forced to choose between doing camera work or nurturing great performances. If we choose acting, the camera work suffers. If we choose camera work, the actors are often left to direct themselves. One of the key goals of the course is to have great camera work become so automatic that we can do both at the same time.

When shooting, we also too often abandon many great shots we had planned. When we're under pressure, we far too often revert to tried and tested techniques like two reverses and a master. Even if we know plenty of techniques, we often only use the ones we know extremely well, and another key goal of the course is to know techniques so well that we use them.

 
 

STATIONARY BLOCKING

   
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The first two volumes deal with stationary camera work, and focus especially on shot selection,

 

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Learn Feature and Network Quality

    Directing.


Become a master of blocking technique

    through almost a thousand 3D animations
 

Get a profound understanding of every

    conceivable camera and actor movement.


Do more effective and cohesive blocking

    using fewer setups


Get more production-value, which

    ironically costs less.
 
 
Become an expert at using dolly and crane.


Know how to make every choice while

    blocking scenes from scratch.


Create complex scenes without line-

    issues and editing problems


Finally be able to concentrate on the

    actors


Learn how easy it can be to do great

    camera work.
 

 
THE MOVING CAMERA
 
 
These two volumes build a comprehen-sive language of dolly and crane moves, and look at...
   
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The higher purpose of the course is to do as meaningful and expressive camera work as possible. While the course spends a lot of time getting good at technical things like complex line-issues, the deeper goal is to have a profound understanding of the how and why of everything. Ultimately, the goal is to have as clear and precise an emotional impact as possible. All the hot moves we can create (and we do create a lot) are really means to that end.
 
STAGING HIGH-END SCENES
 
 
Volume V & VI create a power-ful blocking-method that produces excellent results for the
 
 
 
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