Katie Blades
Dr. Wilson
Instructional Technology
Scrapbook
Technology; Cinematography and Film
Objectives:
Cinematography
Careers in film
How to make a storyboard
How to write a screenplay
Speaking on TV
Art Direction, Special Effects, Lighting, Sound, Costume, Make-up
Capturing Images on Film
Editing film
Film history
Internet Sites:
Informational
1. The Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences website. Website about the academy, its history, awards, and events. www.oscars.org
2. The Public Broadcasting Station website. Contains information regarding a variety of topics and videos. www.pbs.org
3. Disney’s website about the history of Walt Disney, the Disney corporation, and the science and technology behind special effects.
http://corporate.disney.go.com/corporate/complete_history.html
4. MGM’s website about their history and start in Hollywood. http://www.mgm.com/corporate/index.html
5. The Hollywood sign. The history behind the sign and why it is famous. http://www.hollywoodsign.org/history.html
Educational
1. Digital History website with timelines and the beginning of film and photography. How history and Hollywood collided. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/film_chron.cfm
2. AMC website that discusses the greatest films ever made. Including actors, quotes, the Oscars, and huge leaps forward in social, economic, and political instability. http://www.filmsite.org/filmh.html
3. Discuss Women in the media. Have the students list careers in the media and what titles women typically have and typically do not have. Help students to understand stereotypes. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/sistersof77/edu_2.html
4. Teach with movies is a website geared for teachers to show popular Hollywood movies but still teach their subject and allow the kids to see that subject in a different light. http://www.teachwithmovies.org/
5. Website with templates and pdf files. Can print out a storyboard for students to make before filming their project. They can watch clips from movies to understand behind the scenes of filmmaking. http://www.frankwbaker.com/film_links.htm
Images:
Figure 1 Hollywood Sign www.history.com
Figure 2 Cleopatra www.vanityfair.com
Figure 3 Clapboard www.serendipity-films.com
Figure 4 8mm movie film www.dreamstime.com
Figure 5 Steven Spielberg www.examiner.com
Figure 6 Charlie Chaplin www.pbs.org
Figure 7 The Oscars www.laist.com
Figure 8 Wizard of Oz www.teachwithmovies.org
Figure 9 Cinematography Camera www.myfilm.com
Figure 10 Hollywood Walk of Fame www.jhiconferencela2011.com
Activities and Lessons Plans
1. Art Direction The Language of film. The teacher’s guide; Academy Award Series from The Academy. Lessons and activities for art direction. Students will fill out “creating the look” worksheet. This will helps students to better understand art direction. http://www.oscars.org/education-outreach/teachersguide/index.html
2. Cinematography Capturing Images on Film. The teacher’s guide; Academy Award Series from The Academy. Lessons and Activities for Cinematography. Students will pair up together and take digital pictures then edit their color, saturation and tone. They will then discuss the lighting of each picture to understand the general mood and how color and lighting affects mood. http://www.oscars.org/education-outreach/teachersguide/cinematography/index.html
3. Screen Writing; The Language of Film. Students can download the program called Celtix and create their own screenplay. Before writing their own screen plays students will engage in an activity after reading a book or watching a movie to determine the plot points during the movie. This will help them understand the flow of the creative process and connecting the different acts between movies. http://www.oscars.org/education-outreach/teachersguide/screenwriting/index.html
4. Costumes and Makeup Character by Design. Students will develop characters and draw inspiration from that character to create costumes and makeup. Show students a contemporary movie. Then let them choose two actors. They then must create a list of the way they look. Their clothes, makeup, and costumes to show how the character was created. http://www.oscars.org/education-outreach/teachersguide/costumesmakeup/index.html
5. Sound and Music, which will give students the power to enhance the story. Allow students to watch clips of several musicals. One’s that are based on true historical events. Such as Chicago, Sound of Music, or Funny Girl. Then allow them to discuss how the characters and the situations they were in and how the songs enhanced the stories. http://www.oscars.org/education-outreach/teachersguide/sound/index.html
6. Visual Effects; seeing is believing. Have students watch special effects in movie clips. Then have them discuss how directors and cinematographers could make the effects more believable. http://www.oscars.org/education-outreach/teachersguide/visualeffects/index.html