TAKING A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK

Jocelyn James, Covenant Christian School

“Shorts” ACTATE Meeting 31 October 2019

HITCHCOCK –REAR WINDOW

Blocking a scene is simply “working out the details of an actor's moves in relation

to the camera.” You can also think of blocking as the choreography of a dance or a ballet: all the elements on the

set (actors, extras, vehicles, crew, equipment) should

move in perfect harmony with each other.

- New York Film Academy

HOW HITCHCOCK BLOCKS A SCENE

“The Giver” (2014)

Power of the Chief Elder

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Various stock images from “The Giver” film (2014)

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