THE DIRECTOR: THE 3 SECRET SHOTS (1st Master 2nd Mediums)

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Making a Movie is like building a building. After the Blueprint (aka: script) build the floor & walls… how you design the floor & walls is what’s called “style” or “art” and I can’t teach “art” or “style” but pour the foundation, get the floor, then put up the walls and you’re building.

Now, let’s talk film making. After you have the Script (aka: Blueprint) for each scene start with the Master Shot (the floor) and then get the 2 Mediums (the walls) and you’re directing.

I repeat… First get the Master. Then get the 2 OTS (Over-The-Shoulder) Mediums.

In the old days (50s-60s) this was called the Master & 2-Pops and perfected by the genius Producer Roger Corman who mastered making money, making movies with little-to-no-money.

Below is how Mr Corman teaches a first-time director, who probably went to a 4-year film school, the basics of directing and shot selection in 3-minutes.

3-MINUTE DIRECTING COURSE

(ROGER CORMAN STYLE)

A long time ago (mid-80s) I worked for a man, Roger Corman, who was called “The King of the Bs”.

The “Bs” are those tacky, visual, low-budget genre movies that starred “nobody” but always had the word “Blood”, “Zombie”, “Slime”, “Nightmare”, “Fatal” or “Final” or “Massacre” somewhere in the title with a lot of blood, cleavage and car chases.. that you ridiculed as Mr Corman walked to-and-from banks with 2 bodyguards to protect his earnings.

ROGERCORMAN

“Roger Corman made over 700 profitable feature films mastering the 3 basic shots” 

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(First off, Mr Corman’s movies were all called “Million Dollar Features”, but were made for $150,000-$200,000, who took them to the Cannes or AFM where he sold (actually “Licensed”) them to 35 nations (Spain, Israel, Germany, Australia, France, Turkey, Malaysia, etc.) or territories (Scandinavia, East Africa, Benelux, Middle East, etc) for $10,000-$75,000 each.

When you multiply 35 sales times $10K-$75K for a movie that he made for $150K-$200K, you discover he made a profit….

Then in North America he would release it D-T-V (Direct-to-Video) for additional profits and today to any of the On-Demand (Streaming) Platforms for additional profits… “not bad”

Smart man.

Plus Mr Corman is credited with launching 100s of directing careers from Scorsese, to Cameron, to Coppola, to Sayles, to Dante, to Demme to… who made these tacky movies… And he gave each one a “3-Minute Directing” course.

I should know because I was his Production Manager / Line Producer on several shoots and noticed that he always let the first-time director, that he knew knew little about the mechanics of low-budget film making / direct prepare for the first shot… but 3 minutes before first shot… he would always ask them a question, which they didn’t know how to answer and then he’d give them his “3-Minute Directing” course.

HOW TO DIRECT?

Again, Mr Corman, once he hired a first-time director he’d allow him/her to run around for 3-4 weeks doing pre-production then he’d come to the set, about 10 minutes before first shot was scheduled, and ask the director, who has never directed a feature film before, “Do you know how to get a Master & 2-Pops”?

The young director would usually look at Mr Corman with the gaze of a dear caught in headlights mumbling “Master. Yeah. 2-Pops? Huh?” and Mr Corman now knew the kid knew close to nothing about directing except theory, theory, theory…

Mr Corman, now 10-minutes before first scheduled shot, on Day-1 of the shoot, now knowing the director knew nothing about getting a “Master & 2-Pops” would explain it in 2-minutes leaving 1-minute for a question…and this became the “Roger Corman 3-Minute Directing School”

It is simple.

THE ROGER CORMAN SCHOOL OF DIRECTING 

(Master & 2-Pops)

1st GET A MASTER

As you approach each scene, in a low-budget movie, your priority is always… get it DONE!

Director-3

“Michael Bay directing with the Master Shot direction”

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Thus, start with a Master Shot which is (A) pull the camera back (B) put on a small number (18mm-30mm), almost wide angle, lens that (C) sees the entire set and all the actors and props that is on that page of script typing and say (D) “action”…wait till the scene is done and (E) say “Cut”.

You got the Master.

The scene is covered. This is not Rocket Science.

It might take you 2-3 Takes to get an excellent Master Shot, of the entire scene, but do not attempt any other shot until you first get a good Master.

1st Get a Master. Remember that… “1st Get a Master”.

2nd GET 2-POPS

Once, you have a good Master (do not proceed to a Medium or a Close-up until you first get a Master) you have a small sighe, because the scene is covered with a Master… then you the same scene again, from beginning to end a 2nd time, but this time with a Medium Shot frame using a 35mm-50mm Lens of the scene/actors and then, once gotten, reverse the camera 180-degrees with the same 35-50mm Lens from the beginning to end a 3rd time and you now have 2 Medium Shots, from reverse angles, with the same actors and same dialogue that is in the Master Shot.

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“Clint Eastwood the consummate director always starts with a Master”.

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(You now have the 2-Pops… or the 2 O-T-S (Over-The-Shoulder) Medium Shots

That is the Master & 2-Pops….

Voilla!

3rd GET CLOSE-UPS

Close-Ups can be shot with 100-150mm Lens showing just the actor’s face… These are “Action Close-Ups”

And, Close-Ups shot with 100-150mm Lens can also be quickies of extras or atmosphere people in the scene who are doing a physical gesture (no dialogue) that shows them reacting to the acting close-up… These are called “Cutaways” (need something to cut-away-to) and are also called “Reaction Shots”.

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“Spielberg after shooting a Master and 2 Mediums always looks for the Close-Ups and Cutaways”.

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(Now turn on tv. Watch a one-hour drama and you will notice that each scene has a Master & 2-Pops, plus, a bunch of close-ups, and you will go “Oh, OK, I got it”.

Voilla!

4th GET AN ESTABLISHING SHOT

This is merely a 5-10 second wide-angle shot that shows the Building, the Town, the Street, the Valley, etc. where the entire scene, covered with a Master, 2 Mediums & numerous Close-ups is about to take place.

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“Minghella just like Bay, Eastwood & Spielberg always gets the Master first and thinks about Establishing shot last”.

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5th SHOT SELECTION

Hello Directors… Do not reinvent the wheel, especially when you have little money to afford little time to direct a scene and make your mind think in this order to maximize your coverage… Thus…

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 “Women: The secret to directing after learning how to point is to get a Master, 2 Mediums & 3-5 Closeups.”

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1st: Get a Master.

2nd: Get the Mediums (2 Reverse Angle Over-The-Shoulder)

3rd: Get the Close-Ups (Action & Re-Action)

4th: Get an Establishing Shot before you leave the area.

That’s it… “it ain’t Rocket Science”.

When building a house… first get the Floor, then the Walls, then the Roof and some Windows & Doors.

When directing a movie… first get a Master, the get the Mediums, the Close-ups… and don’t forget an Establishing Shot.

Happy Filmmaking,

Dov Simens

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