Directing Experimental Short Films
Format
A course by Jiajie Yu Yan, Director and Filmmaker
About the video: Format
Overview
“In the format lesson I will talk about the types of formats that are most used and the importance of choosing the appropriate format, since the choice of format will affect the rest of the decisions we make, such as framing and compositions.”
In this video lesson Jiajie Yu Yan addresses the topic: Format, which is part of the Domestika online course: Directing Experimental Short Films. Learn to create a short film based on an image that inspires you.
Partial transcription of the video
“Before beginning the course project. we will discuss aspects of cinematic language that will shape our personal style formally. It's crucial to recognize that cinematic language does not carry a predetermined meaning. allowing for diverse interpretations and creative expression. This means that the use of a low-angle shot does not necessarily mean to magnify a person's figure. We are the ones who will give the meaning we want in each of our pieces. We will start by talking about the choice of format we will use to shoot our pieces. It is especially important to know with what aspect ratio w...”
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Course summary for: Directing Experimental Short Films
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Jiajie Yu Yan
A course by Jiajie Yu Yan
Jiajie Yu Yan is a film director and commercial filmmaker. His first experience on a film set was in 2007 as an actor for a Pepsi ad, which is when he realized that what he really wanted to do was to get behind the camera. He earned a degree in audiovisual communication from the Ramón Llull University in Barcelona and did a master's degree in screenplay and film direction at the Bande à Part film school. Thanks to a scholarship, he moved to Madrid to study a master in digital cinematography at EFTI.
He has received awards at the Thailand International Film Destination Festival for his short films A Lonely Trip (2014) and Blissful City (2015). His short film Aliens (2016) was filmed in Benidorm and has been nominated in more than 40 national and international festivals, including the Málaga Film Festival, the Sant Joan d'Alacant Film Festival, and the Curtocircuíto International Short Film Festival in Santiago de Compostela—all of them qualifiers for the Goya Awards. His latest music video for the song Soul (2018) by the group The Prussians was selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick and has been shared on platforms such as NOWNESS, Booooooom, Directors Notes, and in magazines such as i-D Vice, Metal Magazine, and Kluid Magazine. He recently finished his latest short film Xiao Xian, which is in the process of being distributed at festivals.
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