Paula Hunt

“History comes alive through books”

Shot #1/CU/5 Second
Description: Close up of Title: History comes alive through books.
Shot #2/LS/30 Second
Description: We see a long shot of the media center. Two Students enter taking to each other and looking discouraged and are greeted by the Media Specialist.
Shot #3/M/30 Second
Description: A mid range shot of the group. The students explain that they have to find a non-fiction book on people from a past time in History for a report as well as read a fiction book on the same subject to complete the project.
Shot #4/M/10 Second
Description: This is a medium shot over the shoulders of the students. The Media Specialist assures them that this will not only be easy, but fun. He asks questions about the report such as what time period or what kind of people they are each interested in.
Shot #5/CU/20 Second
Description: Shot looks over the shoulder of the Media Specialist toward the boy as he says he is not into History, but he likes things like pirates and adventure.
Shot #6/CU/20 Second
Description: Shot looks over the shoulder of the Media Specialist toward the girl. She explains the she likes the Civil War period, but is tired of battles - she would like to know what the girls did during the war and if there were any female heros.
Shot #7/L/10 Second
Description: We see the MS indicating the window wall as he explains that nonfiction books about history will be found in the 900 section of Dewey, biography in 920.
Shot #8/M/40 Second
Description: We are at the History section and see the Media Specialist select a book about Pirate life for the boy and a book about life on the home front during the Civil War.
Shot #9/M to CU/15 Second
Description: The two students are now sitting at a table in the MC looking through the books that they have chosen. The shot is from the side over shoulder of boy. He is looking at the book and asking questions about pirate life. As he speaks, the camera zooms into the pages of the book.
Shot #10/M/30 Second
Description: Back to a medium shot that shows the MS as a Pirate standing near the boy. He seems to come from the pages of the book and answers the questions posed by the boy. The boy continues to as hold a conversation with the Pirate.
Shot #11/M to CU/15 Second
Description: A shot that mirrors shot 9 shows the girl and her book as she wonders aloud what sort of things girls had to endure during the War and if there were any famous women of that time.
Shot #12/M/30 Second
Description: Again as in shot 10, the camera goes from a close up on the book out to a medium shot and this time we see the Media Specialist dressed in a hoop skirt and snood (much to his surprise) and the girl converses with “her” in the same way the boy did with the pirate.
Shot #13/M/30 Second
Description: This shot is a medium shot of both students at the table talking to each other agreeing that these books were more interesting than they ever imagined. The view pulls back slightly as the Media Specialist returns carrying fiction books to join them. He gives Treasure Island and a diary style book to the boy and Little Women and a diary style book to the girl. He explains the term “Historical Fiction”.
Shot #14/L/5 Second
Description: The students leave the Media Center carrying their books.
Shot #15/L to M/30 Second
Description: We see the students returning to the Media Center a week later in a much better mood. They are greeted by the Media Specialist who asks how the project was going. They tell him that they both got A’s and have come back to get another Historical Fiction book.
Shot #16/M/5 Second
Description: We see a close medium shot of the three agreeing that “History can really come alive with a good book”.
Shot #17/CU/5 Second
Description: Still photo of credits