Angles
Students learn about camera angles and trial them using phone cameras and other media equipment.
Teaching Activities
Dance Video
Students discuss framing and editing, plan camera angles for a dance shoot
On Tour
Students role play interviewer and artist on tour. Students create a poster advertising an upcoming tour.
Perfect Minutes
Students discuss a song that resonates with them; try to find a song that resonates for the class.
Roles in a Film Studio
Students look at roles on set and create a “postcard” of a set and bring it to life for 15 seconds.
Storyboarding
Students create a dance, photograph or draw it and arrange as a storyboard. Extension activity rearranging the elements.
Telling the Story
English skills practices in creating 1-line, 1-paragraph and 1-page synopses.
The Plot
Students recount the story of Swan Lake in present tense in the style of a news broadcast. Extension activity to film the broadcast.
What is Perfection?
Students discuss perfection in Western Culture and create a collage of the perfect person.