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LESSON ONE: PRE-ASSESSMENTS AND BEGINNINGS
By the end of class, you will be able to identify basic camera angles and shots in a film.
Pre-/ Post-Assessment #2: Describe the Camera Angle or Shot
Please create a new page on your personal Google website. Title it, "Unit Three: Understanding Cinematography." Please link both of your pre-assessments (i.e "Pre-/ Post-Assessment #1: Camera Angles and Shots" and "Pre-/ Post-Assessment #2: Describe the Camera Angle or Shot" ) on this new page.
Now let's watch a video about camera angles and shots to deepen our understanding of these cinematographic devices.
Beginning Resources
Types of Camera Angles and Types of Camera Shots from Read-Write-Think
Shot Types: The Language of Cinema
Advanced (Devin): Important Camera Angles, Utilising Depth of Field and More
Preview Next Class' Assignment
We'll be moving into assigned small groups, where you'll Make a 1-Minute Movie:
- brainstorm a narrative and writing a script
- storyboard out scenes, including camera angles, shots, settings, and actors
- film the scenes
- edit the scenes into a 1-Minute Movie,using IMovie.
Give Me 5 Short Film: Shhh!
Move to your new reconfigured groups. Watch some of these videos and determine what works, what doesn't: 1 Minute a Vimeo Project
Click this link to 10 Fantastic Short Films that Are Only a Minute Long
Here are some other Give Me 5 films (although they tend to be a bit longer)
LESSON TWO: BRAINSTORMING, WRITING A SCRIPT, AND STORYBOARDING
By the end of class, you will be able to design and map out a one minute film, incorporating a beginning, middle, and end as well as specific setting, camera angles, and camera shots.
LESSON THREE: FILMING YOUR ONE MINUTE FILM
By the end of class, you will be able to move a one minute film storyboard from concept to actual film product.
By the end of class, you will be able to analyze student films for inclusion of camera angles, camera shots, theme, and other cinematographic elements.
Student film screenings, commendations, and question & answer session ( 5 point discussion grade):
- What I liked about the 1-Minute Film project
- Something I'd improve
- Another thing I liked
Opportunity to join the Media Education Lab/ Teen Film Lab at URI
Read the following article: Stairway to Heaven: Guerrilla Film Making on the Streets of Philadelphia
Complete Response Protocol after you read.
Links to our 1-Minute Films
- Manny's group: School Life
- Quentin's group: Today's Lesson
- Elizabeth's group: The Balloon That Didn't Belong
- Sebastian's group: Sounds Like FHS
LESSON FIVE: VIEWING ROCKY
By the end of class, you will be able to identify camera angles and shots that contribute to the overall meanings and messages within the Sylvester Stallone film, Rocky.
Rocky: Camera Angles and Shots note-taking template
LESSON SIX: INSIDE/ OUTSIDE CIRCLE DISCUSSIONS
By the end of class, you will be able to connect the use of camera angles and shots to their effects through a small group discussion.
Inside/ Outside Circle Discussion Assignment
Registration Sheet for Camera Angles and/ or Shots
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