Once when studying directing with the great New York drama teacher Wynn Handman, someone in the class asked the best way for a director to learn blocking. His answer was to spend a day in the Old Master’s room at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. All you’ll ever need to know about blocking is in those great paintings, Wynn told us.
Blocking is an art form. It is a much harder task than many think. The writer conceives a scene and creates the dialogue. The actors learn their lines. All the technicians — camera, sound, lighting and others — execute their crafts to create the scene.
