How do you emphasize to the audience that something is important? Well, you could always cut to a close-up, but how about something subtler? Today I consider ensemble staging — a style of filmmaking that directs the audience exactly where to look, without ever seeming to do so at all. NO SPOILERS. Eight Ways to Get the Audience to Look at Someone/Something: 1) Let Them Speak 2) Make Them Brighter or Bring Them Closer 3) Let Them Move (Especially Hands or Eyes) 4) Put Them in the Center of Frame 5) Turn Them Towards the Lens 6) Separate Them from the Group 7) Isolate Them by Moving the Camera 8) Have Other People Look at Them For educational purposes only. You can donate to support the channel at Patreon: www.patreon.com/everyframeapainting And follow me here: Twitter: twitter.com/tonyszhou Facebook: www.facebook.com/everyframeapainting Music: Freddie Joachim - Sauced Taro Iwashiro - You Gotta Turn Yourself In Freddie Joachim - Strawberries DJ Shadow - Why Hip Hop Sucks in ‘96 Recommended Reading & Viewing: David Bordwell - Hands and Faces Across the Table (There Will Be Blood): bit.ly/1YB44Ye David Bordwell - Modest Virtuosity (Panic in the Streets): bit.ly/1QZaevi Alexander Mackendrick - On Filmmaking: www.amazon.com/dp/0571211259 DP/30 Samuel L. Jackson (2012) Django Unchained: youtu.be/QMyjYCuYKEM DP/30 Samuel L. Jackson (2015) The Hateful Eight: youtu.be/Reb74Elx83E

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