Rule of Thirds Review

Here's a good video overview about how the rule of thirds is applied:

Rule of Thirds exercise

The Force: Volkswagen Commercial

Assignment:

Find examples from 4 different television commercials illustrating how the rule of thirds has been followed. Screen capture a scene from each, then overlay the grid on the scene. Circle what you think is the focus of the scene.

Include  scenes that focus on

• One person
• Two people
• A product
• A natural setting or cityscape.

Include the title of the commercial or, if that’s not available, the product being advertised.

Labels: rule_of_thirds, camera_techniques.

Reflection questions will be posted soon.

Show not Tell

When you write a script, typically you do not write what you cannot see (hear, taste, touch or smell).
If a character is confused, you would not write, "Bob looks confused." Rather, you would describe what SHOWS he is confused. For example, "Bob looks up at his friend, looks back at the paper in his hand, scratches his head, and looks back at his friend."

In other words, you want to SHOW, not TELL.

Complete the exercise here to help practice this.

Formatting a Script

For January 11:
Use Celtx to write the script for "Peer Pressure," using the dialogue provided at
Peer Pressure: http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/115-Peer-Pressure.
Do not try to include every camera shot, but include what you think are the most important shots.

Save your script in the shared (224) folder.

Story Elements Notes

Story Structure

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Story Elements

You should have notes on these story elements:


-->Conflict
-->Rising action
-->Climax or high point
-->Resolution
-->Turn-around


We answered these questions about several sample videos:


View the short films below. Describe the conflict, identify elements of the rising action, the climax, elements of the resolution, and whether there is a turn-around. Use the sentence frames below to respond to each.
•The conflict is between __________________ and _______________________________.
•An example of dialogue that contributes to the rising action (increasing the tension) is when _____________ says ______________________________________________________.
•An example of a character’s action or a camera shot that contributes to the rising action is when ___________________________________________________________________.
•The high point or climax of the story is when__________________________________.
•An example of a character’s action or a camera shot that contributes to the resolution is ____________________________________________________________________.
•Is this a turn-around story? Why or why not?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.


Here are the videos:


Peer Pressure: http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/115-Peer-Pressure
Moms and texting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grkiLU9iPe8&feature=player_embedded
Hilary Duff: “That’s so gay” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVicCD8FmMs

The greatest: http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/99-The-Greatest