Similar to the Visual Grammar video we viewed in class, there are many ways to illustrate some of the filmmaking techniques that students can use when filming. With senior media classes, we usually have a discussion about film angles and shots. Part of their work has been to recreate a video with a series of Filmmaking Techniques similar to the video below:
Basic Camera Shots for Filmmaking from Martin Curley Visuals on Vimeo.
I found this video using Vimeo and a Creative Commons search term. Curley's video uses his original footage along with music with a Creative Commons license.
This video could be used with New Media or ADST class, really any class that will use a camera to frame a subject and tell a story. Even with stop animation projects, students often forget to intersperse close up shots of their characters with the wider shots they take with a fixed camera. To ensure that this 'skill/tool set' is not overlooked, it is useful to have a few examples like Martin Curley's video.
I would share a video like this before the storyboarding process so they have a mixture of shots included in their project before they make their shot list.
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