The document provides guidance on basic moviemaking techniques including necessary equipment, camera handling tips, types of shots, angles, distances, and shooting techniques. It discusses software, camera care, establishing shots, close-ups, panning, tilting, zooming, and capturing different levels and angles. Sound equipment options like lavalier and cardioid microphones are also mentioned. Proper camera operation and shot composition are emphasized to help teach students moviemaking skills.

1. Basics of Moviemaking

2. What do we need Software Moviemaker Photo Story 3 for Windows Photo editing software (Picture Manager, Photofiltre) Music software (iTunes or Media Player)

3. Special care rules with cameras If there is neck strap… wear it! If there is a hand strap… put it on! If there is lens cap… always replace it! Try not to touch the screen or lens with your fingers Turn off the camera when you are not using it

4. Teach students how to look after the cameras Trust the children with the equipment Teach respect for the equipment by consistently modelling proper use Wear the neck strap Display confident use

5. If you are taking a close up… … move the camera up closer rather then using the zoom

6. Hold your camera at an angle

7. If you are taking a close up with a video camera… … use the zoom But be careful using the Digital Zoom on a digital camera it could pixilate the photo

8. Background space with moving objects Take photos of objects moving Show the background space from where the object has come from

9. Have a range of shots in your movie

10. Series of shots

11. Wide Shot WS or Long Shot LS Establishes the setting Take a Wide shot that sets the scene for the viewer What is your Wide shot about? What scene is it setting? Set the scene then zoom to show detail.

12. 3 main Levels What height are you at? Worms Eye or Low Angle Birds Eye or High Angle Eye level

13. The camera is down low looking up making your subject look more important or powerful.

14. High Angle or Birds Eye Your subject should look small and insignificant so the higher up looking down the better!

15. 3 Main angles The way you tilt your camera Up Down Straight www.artsmia.org/.../abbott/images/camera_35.gif

16. 3 types of Distance Close Far Medium

17. Horizon line Don’t cut your picture in half by setting the horizon line in the middle Set high to suggest closeness Set low to suggest spaciousness

18. Leading lines Look for natural lines of the scene that leads the viewers eyes into the picture and to your main centre of interest Remember horizon lines Do a vertical and a horizontal photo

19. Close up Shot The subjects head will fill most of the shot from the chest or neck to just above the head. Use this shot to emphasise something. Have them look away! Put space in front of them Do not put the head in the middle of the shot (unless it is a newsreader) give the head space in front of it! Newsreader shot

20. Photos of children Get down low Take photos when they are busy Get in close Make it fun Try to capture the downtimes

22. Foreground Sometimes objects in the foreground can set a scene like branches or doorways

23. Extreme close up (ECU ) Only a part of the body or face is shown and generally is used to demonstrate deep emotion

24. Medium Shot MS shows a character from the waist to just above the head

25. Two shot Profile of two people communicating

26. Over the shoulder Face and shoulder shot of speaker, listener just part of head and one shoulder Reverse Shot Same as above but change speaker and listener

27. Focus Soft focus Sharp focus

28. Panning moving the camera from one side to the other Forward Left Right http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa510752.cam_pan_1(en-us,MSDN.10).png

29. When introducing cameras Talk about care and handling Talk about main parts of camera Look at different types of shots Send children out on a mission to take different shot angles Have children analyse what they have done

30. Macro or super close up Set your camera to Macro and take close ups of nature When taking close ups move as close to the subject as possible before using the Zoom

31. Shooting Techniques

32. Static shot Camera is still, does not move Usually is a Wide shot Objects can move in the shot Zoom shot Use the zoom controls to move in If you have the camera on a trolley you can zoom in without using the camera controls

33. Pan shot Pivot on a tripod horizontally Looks better when they follow movement If you pan across static objects then pan very slowly Tilt shot Pivot on a tripod vertically Needs to be done slowly

34. Sound Cameras have built–in microphones which work well in many situations. If there is lot of noise you might need to use external microphones lavalier microphones small with clips that can be attach ed to a person's clothing. I if you have more than one lavalier, you must mix the sound before sending it to the camcorder. Cardioid microphones are designed to pick up sounds nearer to the microphone while muffling or rejecting sound behind and to the side. The microphone is usually suspended from a pole called a boom or fishpole . A sound assistant uses the pole to hold the microphone out over the actors. Ideally, it should be slightly in front of the actors, aimed down at their mouths.