Filmmaking Forum: Scene Analysis

Course details

Analyzing a scene helps new and seasoned filmmakers alike understand the creative and technical decisions of directors and editors. This course provides a rare opportunity to get inside the minds of video storytellers to discuss the filmmaking process—and appreciate how they arrived at the finished product. Ashley Kennedy offers new scenes for discussion. Then she interviews the filmmakers about their work: their aesthetic, approach, workflow, and collaboration style. Hear from film professionals such as independent filmmaker and editor Kurt Kuenne (Dear Zachary), TV editor and documentary director Zack Arnold (Empire and Go Far: The Christopher Rush Story), feature film editor Sofi Marshall (A Teacher), professor and filmmaker Sam Kauffmann (Massacre at Murambi), and more. Get behind-the-scenes details and firsthand looks at what really happens during the course of filmmaking, in this forum.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

Exploring a Scene from Singularity

02 - Scene excerpt - Singularity goodbye forever
03 - A conversation with writer director editor Jason Hallows

Exploring a Scene from Crib Notes

04 - Scene excerpt - Crib Notes finding a name
05 - A conversation with filmmaker editor Karen Silverstein

Exploring a Scene from Red Obsession

06 - Scene excerpt - Red Obsession welcome to China
07 - A conversation with editor Paul Murphy

Exploring a Scene from CMS Forex currency trading commercial

08 - Scene excerpt - CMS Forex currency trading commercial
09 - A conversation with filmmaker Abigail Honor

Exploring a Scene from One Long Goodbye

10 - Scene - One Long Goodbye
11 - A conversation with composer Bryce Jacobs and editor Paul Murphy

Exploring a Scene from the short film The Last Broadcast

12 - Scene excerpt - The Last Broadcast the world is ending
13 - A conversation with writer director editor Jason Hallows

Exploring a Scene from the feature film Wild Canaries

14 - Scene excerpt - Wild Canaries hiding in the apartment
15 - A conversation with editor Sofi Marshall

Exploring a Scene from the Documentary Go Far - The Christopher Rush Story

16 - Scene excerpt - Go Far Christopher's desire for love
17 - A conversation with director Zack Arnold

Exploring an Antismoking Commercial from the New York Dept. of Health

18 - Scene excerpt - NY Dept. of Health antismoking commercial
19 - A conversation with filmmaker Abigail Honor

Exploring a Scene from the Documentary Paper Chasers

20 - Scene excerpt - Paper Chasers discovering Ludacris
21 - A conversation with Anthony Artis (assoc. producer and DP)

Exploring Scenes from the Documentary Dear Zachary

22 - Scene excerpt - Dear Zachary Kate and David find out the news
23 - Scene excerpt - Dear Zachary the parents see their son
24 - A conversation with filmmaker Kurt Kuenne

Exploring a Scene from the Feature Film A Teacher

25 - Scene excerpt - A Teacher the teacher unravels in front of our eyes
26 - A conversation with editor Sofi Marshall

Exploring a Clinique Master Metallics commercial

27 - Scene excerpt - Clinique Master Metallics commercial spot
28 - A conversation with filmmaker Abigail Honor

Exploring a Scene from the Documentary The Birth of Sak

29 - Scene excerpt - The Birth of Sak the Koji scene
30 - Scene excerpt - The Birth of Sak the Karaoke singers
31 - A conversation with filmmaker Erik Shirai

Exploring the Short Film Massacre at Murambi with filmmaker Sam Kauffmann

32 - Scene excerpt - Massacre at Murambi (whole film)
33 - A conversation with filmmaker Sam Kauffmann

Exploring a Scene from the Web Series Happy and You Know It

34 - Scene excerpt - Happy and You Know It season 2, episode 1
35 - A conversation with director and editor Tyler Cook