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Makin’ Movies. Joe Brennan jbtv@mac.com http://www.denblogs.com/digital_storytelling. Check out the American Film Institute’s screennation.afi.com. The LEARN channel. How?. Documentaries “Grilled” http://sfett.com/html_movie/Ican/grilled.html. How?. News
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Makin’ Movies • Joe Brennan • jbtv@mac.com • http://www.denblogs.com/digital_storytelling
How? • Documentaries “Grilled” • http://sfett.com/html_movie/Ican/grilled.html
How? • News • “Olds” - historical “you are there”
How? • Movie trailers • Commercials/PSA’s • Made for TV • You shoot it, They’ll share it! foxhilites.com
How? • Movie trailers • Commercials/PSA’s • Made for TV • You shoot it, They’ll share it! foxhilites.com
How? Interviews Historicalre-enactment Dramatizeliterature
Visual Grammar • A shot is a sentence“The Quickest Way to Rent”from National Car Rental
Visual Grammar • A group of shots is a scene/paragraph “The Quickest Internship” from National
Visual Grammar • Pans and zooms are run-on sentences • Transitions and effects can be run away commas and conjunctions
Hollywood Grammar Tips • Establishing shot - topic sentence • Close-ups (look for small things) • Two shot -Letterman Super Bowl promo
Establish, Tell, End Prior knowledge!
Establish, Tell, End Frank Guttler’s Google Teachers Academy applicationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jwsSwtBsJg&fmt=18
Establish He lifts the laptoplid and… …tells us who he is and his hopes.
Tell 3 things to know What students achieve What Google can add
End Recap, thank youand… …closes the lidjust like he started
Hollywood Tips What’s your angle? • Long shot - establishes context • Zoomed, not zooming • Dolly shot - camera goes to the action(office chair, skate board, baby stroller) • High angle - looks down • Low angle - looks up
Powerful vs. Weak “Talent Show” http://www.greatmindsfoundation.org/view_video.php?viewkey=aaf8370ebeda47a1ff1c
Getting the Shot AFI. "LIGHTS, CAMERA, EDUCATION! AFI Kindergarten to Twelfth Grade Screen Education I: What Filmmakers Say (Episode 9 of 9)."Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
“Return of the King” Rule of Thirds
Is he a clown because…? “A Message of Well Being” http://www.greatmindsfoundation.org/view_video.php?viewkey=f202f26c1a174c735758
Lighting • 3 Point Lighting
Video Tips: homepage.mac.com/jbtvali.apple.com (search on video) Lighting
ScreenNation’s LEARN channelhttp://www.screennation.afi.com/Watch.aspx?video=743 Sound and more
Storyboardingcheck the EXTRASmenu on DVD’s From “Monsters, Inc.”
Links • The American Film Institutescreennation.afi.com & afi.edu • The iCan Student Film Festivalsfett.com • The Great Minds Foundationwww.greatmindsfoundation.org • Discovery Education Streamingwww.discoveryeducation.com • Frank Guttler’s blogwww.lightscameralearn.com • Examples: homepage.mac.com/jbtv