Learn how to bring a scene from script to screen with your unique vision—the essence of film and television directing. In this three-hour Master Class, DGA Award-winning and Emmy-nominated director and producer Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland, Mad Men) shares her approach to creative decision-making and reveals the process of blocking and designing complex, cinematic scenes for some of television’s most beloved shows.
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Topics covered include:
00:00 - Welcome and Introduction from Sundance Collab
04:40 - Welcome from Lesli
05:30 - Paths to Directing
14:45 - The Importance of Story
20:00 - How to Prepare for a New Project
30:00 - Prep for Pre-Production: Collaboration with the Writer, Cast, and Crew
44:45 - Pre-Production: Creating the Visual Language of the Story
01:01 - Location Scouting
01:17 - Creating Anxiety with Camerawork
01:20 - Live Reading of Homeland Sequence
01:37 - Breakdown of Shot Lists and Storyboards from Homeland
01:45 - Clip: Commentary on Scene From Homeland
02:13 - Live Reading of Mad Men Sequence
02:28 - Clip: Commentary on Scene From Mad Men
02:33 - Q&A