Right now I am having trouble making progress on my GAME plan for my video and film classes because of end of the year responsibilities, but I look forward to developing my GAME plan this summer before the next school year begins. There are plenty of resources to help students think and write creatively, but I have to sift through them to see which are most helpful. One I really like is http://www.makemovies.co.uk/stories/p1contents.htm. This site breaks down storytelling in a manner that anyone can understand, and it can help to remind my students of what they learned about writing a good script from their language arts classes.
I also need to help my students pick up creative shots and B-roll. Often students just shoot video from eye-level from 8 feet away zoomed all the way out. I want my students to get a variety of shots to make their news stories in particular more visually appealing. My students also forget to pick up shots that help tell a story visually to put on the screen while dialogue is spoken. I think the best way to make sure they pick up creative shots and B-roll is to take a newsmagazine program like 60 Minutes and break down some of the camera angles and B-roll and show some scenes from a few movies and emphasize the variety and creativity shots.
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Robert,
ReplyDeleteI am also having trouble making progress on my game plan because of end of the year responsibilities, and now we are done for the year. I will also have to continue to work on mine next year. Good luck with your GAME plan.