Digital Stories-Year 4,5&6

For activities 1-3 work with a partner and post your answers to these questions in the comment section of the blog.

Include your first names and class.

1.Watch “Sore Loser”

http://www.acmi.net.au/screenit07_sore_loser.htm

What parts were funny?

What did the film maker do to make them funnier?

• What did you notice about the music?
• What kinds of shots were there?
• Why did they use those angles?
• How did the characters show how they felt with their bodies?
• What other questions do you have?

2.Analyse one film using a graphic organiser of your choice from

Http://www.exploratree.org.uk/

http://www.thefutureschannel.com/

When are close-ups more likely to be used?

What kind of body language shows when a character is eg sad, happy etc

• What else happens to make you feel a particular emotion?
• What does looking up or down at a particular character do?
• What other generalisations can you make?
• What questions do you have?
• When you make a story or animation, what do you want to make sure you show/do/include?

3.Investigate the learning object and create a poster summarising what you learnt.

• What have you learnt about film terminology?
• What 5 things would you pass on to someone else?