The Blocking
Blocking - How the actors use the space and move in relation to the camera and other actors in the scene.
Staging - The positioning of actors within the frame as well as the movement of the camera itself.
If you have a scene from a movie you think is worth adding please let us know.
Thanks to DP Richard Vialet for giving us this idea and access to his ever-growing list.
This page is dedicated to the memory of Director Jonathan Kaplan who would have loved it.
(and The Staging)
Roger Deakins on Blocking
Fargo - Morning Sickness
Millers Crossing - Begging For Mercy
Taxi Driver - The Phone Call
Children of Men - Opening Sequence
War of the Worlds - Stalked In The Basement
Sicario - Border Crossing
Mildred Pearce - Mildred Makes A Discovery
Children of Men - Car Attack
War of the Worlds - First Attack
Blocking and the Multi Beat Shot
Pulp Fiction - The Basement
Rear Window - Hitchcock
Drive β’ Opening Car Chase
Spielberg Oners
High & Low - 3 Examples
Munich - Night Standoff
Sneakers - Good Cop, Bad Cop

