One of the ways I would
like to incorporate film history and film terms into my classroom is by having
a new media project of a short film. First the students will learn about all
the camera angles and the names of shots that are essential for planning out
the short film that they will create. I will have them then get into groups and
write a very short, short film script and then go to work determining every
angle for the film. Then students will have to draw out the story board for
their films, which will show in detail the shots within each scene, and the
angles of those shots. Each of these shots must be its own thumbnail within the
storyboard. While this is going on students will also think about how to create
costumes that will go with their films, what props they will need and where
they will shoot the film. This is all based off of the short story that I will
have them write at the beginning of this project. While this does not seem
like a lot of work I will ask them to incorporate every one of the angles and
shots that we have gone over as a requirement for the short film. That way they
have an idea of what goes into the making and planning of a movie. I will
preview the scripts and set them loose (within reason.) Then they will take the
footage and we will go to the computer lab as a class and edited the films
together. The students will critique their own work as well as their peers work
and they will a thoughtful discussion of what was different in the film making
process, than what they thought it would be what they would do differently in pre-production,
etc.
Here is an example story
board that my students will have to create.
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