Camera movement & Camera Angle
What camera angles have you been able to identify [in the film Short Stuff]? Describe them and their context. |
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| Angle type | Long shot (establishing shot) | Action | Close-up / Point-of-view |
| Context | Allows viewer to take in the view or scene (Greenwood, 2003, p. 5). | Main activity the girls are playing. | Conversation; no distraction from the action that is close by. |
| Why used? | To identify the setting, time, place, weather etc. | To excite the viewer. Film can take advantage of action more than still photographs or drawings can because the viewer can see the action taking place. (Greenwood, 2003, p. 18). | Significant moment. Can also establish the link between characters by allowing the viewer to clearly see the expression on faces etc. ("Peep Show" in the UK is great at this!) |
| Narrative intent? | Wanted to show the girl alone, away from the action, with no other people around her. Also sets the scene of 'school playground/sports area'. No teacher, so likely an after school or break-time activity. | Makes up part of the 'beginning' of the story. Basketball is the activity the group of girls are participating in, and it is essential to the story: the lone girl wants to join in on the activity. | Angles in these close-ups/point of view shots are deliberately filmed at an exaggerated angle. (Dinham, 2014, p. 251). This is likely to emphasise the 'short' girl's status and that she is 'outside' the group. The aggressive girl is shown to be looking 'down' on the lone girl. |
Animation
Here is a storybook video (Murray & Wingfield, 1964) that I created in Movie Maker. My 4-yo son Zachary was keen to do the narration! I can now use the skills learnt in this process to design a 3-6 grade lesson using similar tactics.
References
Dinham, J. (2014). Delivering Authentic Arts Education (2nd ed.). Melbourne, VIC: Cengage.Greenwood, D. R. (2003). Action! In the Classroom. Oxford, UK: Rowman & Littlefield Education.
Murray, W., & Wingfield, J. H. (1964). Look at this! London, UK: Ladybird.
ReplyDeleteA great snap shot of the camera angles used in the film and very clearly laid out in the table. I think media arts is something we should be using more and more in our future classrooms. Not only does it engage the children, but it allows them to work to their potential and increase their learning. I have never done any work like this before, but I shall be increasing my knowledge of media arts and how it can be used throughout the curriculum as I feel this will be a powerful tool in my teacher's toolkit.
Also loved your son's story, he speaks very well and I loved the part at the end when he says he is now famous!!
ReplyDeleteYes he was very keen to be 'famous', and his mum didn't quite understand why he kept saying he was 'famous now'!
ReplyDelete(Mind you, I did have to edit the parts out at the end, when he said 'Dad, can we stop now?'!)