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Joe Brennan

jbtv@mac.com

http://www.denblogs.com/digital_storytelling

Check out theAmerican Film Institutesscreennation.afi.com

The LEARN channel

How? Documentaries Grilled http://sfett.com/html_movie/Ican/grilled.html

How?

News Olds - historical you are there

How? Movie trailers Commercials/PSAs Made for TV You shoot it, Theyll share it! foxhilites.com

How? Movie trailers Commercials/PSAs Made for TV You shoot it, Theyll share it! foxhilites.com

How?InterviewsHistoricalre-enactmentDramatizeliterature

Visual Grammar A shot is a sentence The Quickest Way to Rent from National Car Rental

Visual Grammar A group of shots is a scene/paragraph The Quickest Internship from National

Visual Grammar Pans and zooms are run-on sentences

Transitions and effects can be run away commas and conjunctions

Hollywood Grammar Tips Establishing shot - topic sentence Close-ups (look for small things) Two shot -Letterman Super Bowl promo

Establish, Tell, EndPrior knowledge!

Establish, Tell, EndFrank Guttlers Google Teachers Academy applicationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jwsSwtBsJg&fmt=18

EstablishHe lifts the laptoplid andtells us who he is and his hopes.

Tell3 things to knowWhat students achieveWhat Google can add

EndRecap, thank youandcloses the lidjust like he started

Hollywood Tips Long shot - establishes context Zoomed, not zooming Dolly shot - camera goes to the action (office chair, skate board, baby stroller) High angle - looks down Low angle - looks upWhats your angle?

Whats your angle?

Powerful vs. Weakhttp://www.greatmindsfoundation.org/view_video.php?viewkey=aaf8370ebeda47a1ff1cTalent Show

Getting the ShotAFI. "LIGHTS, CAMERA, EDUCATION! AFI Kindergarten to Twelfth Grade Screen Education I: What Filmmakers Say (Episode 9 of 9)."Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

Rule of Thirds

Its not tic-tac-toeAvoid the middleUse the intersections

Rule of Thirds

Return of the KingRule of Thirds

Is he a clown because?http://www.greatmindsfoundation.org/view_video.php?viewkey=f202f26c1a174c735758A Message of Well Being

Lighting 3 Point Lighting

Video Tips: homepage.mac.com/jbtvali.apple.com (search on video)Lighting

ScreenNations LEARN channelhttp://www.screennation.afi.com/Watch.aspx?video=743Sound and more

Storyboarding

Storyboardingcheck the EXTRASmenu on DVDsFrom Monsters, Inc.

Links The American Film Institute screennation.afi.com & afi.edu The iCan Student Film Festival sfett.com The Great Minds Foundation www.greatmindsfoundation.org Discovery Education Streaming www.discoveryeducation.com Frank Guttlers blog www.lightscameralearn.com Examples: homepage.mac.com/jbtv