Garrett Boden | Lesson Plan Assignment | The Shot Grade Level: 9 Course: Film 2 Time: 2 days with activity

Unit: Intro to Basics Lesson: The Shot Materials Needed: The Shot Worksheet, Digital cameras, USB cord, Laptop Classroom Preparation: Laptop hook up Assignment: The Shot Worksheet

Lesson Content What are the fundamental elements of film? What makes a good shot? Students will practice what is taught Review of Previous Lesson History of film How it came to be What impact it had on society Major developments in the area of film up until present day Objective The students will know the fundamental element of film - photography. They will understand the principles underlying the visual composition of framing a shot. StudentsThey will be able to identify the difference between a good and a bad shot set up. The students will be able to appropriately set up a shot according to a specific scene. Anticipatory Set Have a student come up and take a few pictures of thiem showing bad shot set up, display on screen for all to see. More detail : example Why is this bad? (list possible answers) Get an idea of where these students are on the understanding of this concept. I want to go back to the roots here get down to the fundamentals of film. What is a film made of thousands of pictures that are placed one after the other and when they are rapidly flashed before you eyes we see movement. Now things are different now with digital filmmaking but the basic principle is still there pictures make movies (wording). This is why they used to call them moving pictures. Instruction Introduce why / rationale
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Five basic rules of shot composition

1. Simplicity

narrative: bullets 2. Rule of Thirds each shot is composed of three different spatial elements the foreground, middle-ground, and background.

3. Balance

4. Framing

5. Lines

Check for understanding Show examples of a good shot/bad shot and call on a few students to identity which is which and have them explain their answer much more detail!!!! TPS Example of good shot composition

Example of bad shot composition

Example of bad shot compostion

Why is this bad? there are three stick protruding out of this boys head. Which is better? Shot #1

Shot #2

Demonstration Simple shot set up right in front of the class using some students. Create a situation for them to buy into and take some pictures and then bring them up on the screen for them all to see how the shot turned out. Check for Understanding When it comes to filmmaking what makes shot set up so important? o answers Why would I have you do this when were not even doing any filming?

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Activity I will provide cameras (just picture cameras) as getting to know just the basics of a shot. The students will go and take a series of pictures that I have specified which are: a person getting interviewed, two people talking to each other, a group of people in a room, and then an action sequence scene using only photos. The requirements are a series of at least 20 pictures and no more than 50 depicting a scene of some sort for example. A girl running and winning a race, a boy walking and tripping, something that shows a sequence of events. Divide Students into groups of 3-4 Worksheet to be filled out as they do the group project Name of each member of group List of each photo assignment Photo sequence scene has a space to describe what the scene Explain activity in more detail
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