Example of storyboard
What is it? A storyboard tells the story of an animation like a comic book.
Purpose? You can easily make changes to your storyboard and creates an image of how your script is going to turn out. 
How to make one? They are usually drawn on paper with a pencil but sometimes made on computers. They are brief drawings in each box, it doesn't have to be neat. Just using basic shapes and stick figures. 

Media terminology - composition

Deep focus shot - Deep focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique using a large depth of field. Depth of field is the front-to-back range of focus in an image — that is, how much of it appears sharp and clear.


Shallow focus shot - Shallow focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique incorporating a small depth of field. In shallow focus one plane of the image is in focus while the rest is out of focus.

Media terminology - Movement

Pan shot - In photography, panning refers to the horizontal movement or rotation of a still or video camera, or the scanning of a subject horizontally on video or a display device.

Tilt shot-

Camera angle that looks up or down at the object being photographed, instead of being on the same level. Tilt shots are usually more dramatic than straight-angle shots.

Track shot-A movie shot made by a camera moving steadily on a track or dolly.

Dolly shot- A type of shot that involves a camera positioned by a dolly that changes position during the filming of a scene.  Sometimes it is referred to as a tracking shot.

Crane shot- In filmmaking and video production a crane shot is a shot taken by a camera on a crane.

Zoom shot-Shot which moves closer to, or away from, the subject using the lens rather than moving the whole camera in or out.

Reverse shot-a shot that views the action from the opposite side of the previous shot, as during a conversation between two actors, giving the effect of looking from one actor to the other

 

Media terminiology - Angles

High Angle-
In film, a high angle shot is usually when the camera is located above the eyeline.
With this type of angle, the camera looks down on the subject and the point of focus often get "swallowed up" by the setting.


Low shot angle-
In cinematography, a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eyeline, looking up.

Canted angle-  A camera angle which is deliberately slanted to one side, sometimes used for dramatic effect to help portray unease, disorientation, frantic or desperate action, intoxication, madness, etc.

Media Terminology - shots

Media Terminology - shots



Establishing shot: In motion pictures and television production, opening shot that establishes the environment of a show or scene. The establishing shot usually has a wide field of view and serves to orient the audience to the surroundings of the situation they are about to see.

Master shot: A single shot that includes the complete scene from its start to the finish.  Usually a master shot is filmed and then the rest of the other kinds of shots (close-ups...etc) are then shot later.


Close-up: A photograph or a television shot in which the subject is tightly framed and shown at a relatively large scale.

Mid shot: In film, a medium shot is a camera shot from a medium distance.

Long shot: Long Shot: A long shot typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.


Wide Shot: A wide shot reveals where the scene is taking place


Two shot: a medium-range camera shot of two persons


Aerial Shot: Aerial shots are usually done with a crane or with a camera attached to a special helicopter to view large landscapes. This sort of shot would be restricted to exterior locations.


Point Of View Shot:  A short scene in a film that shows what a character is looking at. It is usually established by being positioned between a shot of a character looking at something, and a shot showing the character's reaction.


Over the Shoulder Shot: A shot that gives us a character's point of view but that includes part of that character's shoulder or the side of the head in the shot.



Course outline

 Term 1a, we will be studying section A: texual analysis and representation of tv drama

Term 1b, key media concepts - section B: institutions and audiences: music/video games.

EXAM - January

Term 2a, foundation portfolio- magazine

Term 2b, foundation portfolio- magazine

Term 3a, foundation portfolio- magazine

Term 3b, A2 advanced portfolio - short film