eLearning Guild DevLearn 2008 Presentation: The Making of a Blockbuster: Using Cinematic Techniques in eLearning
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3. A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words by Phillip Sexton Simple exercises to invigorate ideas of what a picture really could say. http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1582974721/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link http://www.amazon.com/Picture-Worth-1000-Words-Image-Driven/dp/1582974721
13. Cinematic Theory The “Voice” of the storyteller (instructional designer). Applying media elements: motion, visual, audio, timing/presentation in a particular way to tell the story.
16. Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made. George Burns
17. I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words. Edith Piaf
18. Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, imagery . It has to have a smell. It's like falling in love. -Paul Newman eLearning Guild Learning Solutions, Edge and Emotion What eLearning Programs are Missing , Oct. 27, 2008
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20. Throw things at them, hurl them off a cliff, or pull them into a dangerous love story, and they know that nothing will happen to them. Use characters to tease and pull them along to their goals. 1. It’s for the audience.
21. Particular uses of visuals, sound, motion, should involve knowing what emotions you want the audience to experience at a particular time. 2. See, hear, motion the emotion. A close-up will fill the screen with emotion, and pulling away to a wide angle shot will dissipate that emotion. A sudden cut from wide to close-up will show a sudden surprise. A strange angle will heighten the dramatic meaning. Give a visual perspective or camera view “through another’s eyes” to involve the audience. Montage, a sequencing technique in which a series of short shots
22. 3. A little less conversation, a little more action Keep it conversational and short! You don’t have to tell everyone everything. Show a smile, disappointment…voice “inflections” in narration…a little sarcasm, humor, can help get the point across… See blog.cathy-moore.com for ideas Writing Ideas: http://blog.cathy-moore.com/?cat=9#SlideFrame_1
23. 4. Twists, Tension, and Timing Have some things happen at once. Visuals move faster on screen to show tension…create pace. Games…
24. Chaotic sounds, unsettling, busy visual motion creates early tension, can’t hear…”something is wrong” feeling.