6 Second Stories

1. deconstructing
and understanding
narratives in
short form video
6second
stories
Mike Harrison
www.mikejharrison.com
Trendy English
Online Spring Forum
Sunday 20 March 2016

2. Session overview
• Theory & examples
• [mise-en-scène, editing, camera
position]
• Thoughts for the EFL classroom

3. understanding how
film tells a story

4. a description, either true
or imagined, of a connected
series of events
Cambridge Dictionaries Online

5. a description, either true
or imagined, of a connected
series of events
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
(emphasis my own)

6. mise-en-scène
[placing on stage]

7. photo by Martin Eayrs

8. mise-en-scène
sound [people, places, things] lighting

9. mise-en-scène
sound [people, places, things] lighting
[actors, sets, props]

10. mise-en-scène
sound [people, places, things] lighting
[actors, sets, props]

11. Lele Pons – Those girls who get attached really easily
https://vine.co/v/OBeADtP7gQT

12. editing
[how it is shot and how the shots
are put together]

13. editing
[how it is shot and how the shots
are put together]

14. editing
[how it is shot and how the shots
are put together]

15. editing
[how it is shot and how the shots
are put together]

16. editing

17. editing
logical vs.
illogical

18. editing
logical vs.
illogical
shot length

19. editing
logical vs.
illogical
shot length
short vs. long take
[Jurassic Park or Rope]

20. camera position
[bringing the viewer in]

21. camera position

22. concluding thoughts

23. concluding thoughts
analysing films
with students

24. concluding thoughts
analysing films
with students
making
your own films

25. concluding thoughts
analysing films
with students
making
your own films
2pm Moscow time
Vanja Fazinic –
Learning Language
through creative
process of filmmaking

26. concluding thoughts
analysing films
with students
making
your own films
2pm Moscow time
Vanja Fazinic –
Learning Language
through creative
process of filmmaking

28. Thank you!
Mike Harrison
www.mikejharrison.com
@harrisonmike
fb.com/mikejh.elt