1. Lights, Camera, Action

2. WALT identify the different genres of television
 Non fiction
 Fiction

3. WALT identify social issues:
 What is a social issue?
 Poverty
 Global Warming
 Water Pollution
 Air pollution
 Over fishing
 Animal Breeding

4. WALT identify the producer’s purpose of
producing a documentary
 Why might a producer make a documentary?
 Inform or Spread a message e.g. Stop Bullying
 Entertain e.g. Supersize me about Mcdonalds
 Persuade e.g. To give money to support a cause
 Educate e.g. What are human rights
 Profit e.g. The Motorbike documentary

5. Different types of Purposes:
 To inform (journalist)
 To educate (teacher)
 To entertain (entertainer)
 To persuade (The advocate)
 For self-expression (the artist)
 For profit (the investor)

6. Identifying the purpose
 Watch http://youtu.be/O7-Ico-kLoM and identify
the different types of purposes

7.  Clip 1: Testament is a documentary about ancient history and
archeology.
Clip 2: Children of Chernobyl is a documentary about
exposing the impact of the nuclear accident on the citizens of
the Ukraine.
Clip 3: In the Company of Whales is a program about whale
behavior and the relationship between man and animals.
Clip 4: Normandy: The Great Crusade is a commemoration
of the 50th anniversary of the Normandy invasion from the
personal perspective of the participants.

8. WALT identify how language, sound and
images can manipulate a message
 Discussion: How does music affect emotion?

9. How does music affect emotions?
 Music is one of the most important techniques used
to encourage viewers to have an emotional
response. Music can be added to make something
look more playful, more suspenseful, more dramatic
and spectacular, and more fearful. Lots of times
when we are watching, we do not notice the impact
that music can have.

10. WALT involve and engage the audience
 Getting and keeping viewers attention is one of the
classic concerns of all media makers.
 Often: Movement, Action, Violence, Children and
Humour can be highly effective.
 What is Propoganda? See propoganda Powerpoint.

11. Music - Activity
 Divide the class into two groups. Ask group 1 to put their heads down on their desks
and close their eyes (They are not to see the first part of Segment 5). Now play the
first part of Segment 5 for group 2, which shows the chimps playing with no
background sound. Ask students in group 2 to write a sentence or two on their
feelings after watching this segment.
 After students have completed this activity, ask group 2 to put their heads down and
invite group 1 to listen to the next sequence, a clip of music only (no video). Ask
students in group 1 to write a sentence or two on their feelings after listening.
 As a whole class, watch the third segment, which combines the images and music
together. Invite students to read aloud their original interpretations and compare
and contrast them with their feelings after watching the video-music
combination. What did they notice about how music changed their interpretation of
the image? What did they notice about how the image changed their interpretation
of the music?
 http://youtu.be/2jkuYmJKag0
 Again, as a whole class, watch the fourth segment, which combines the same images
with different music. Invite the students to identify how this new suspenseful music
alters their interpretation of the images.

12. WALT define a documentary:
 Short movie that gives you information and tries to
persuade you
 Eye-opener – can change your perceptions
 Make you care about a topic
 Could be on history or future events
 Emotional attachment
 Interests you
 Educational
 Is your documentary going to Inform? Persuade? Or
Educate?

13. WALT identify different Camera Techniques
 Close-up
 Pan
 Angle Shot
 Freeze Frame
 Time Lapse
 Aerial View
 Alter the lighting, pace, rhythm of the editing.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grHvYviWUQE&
feature=youtu.be

14. WALT identify different Camera Techniques
 What different camera techniques do we know of?
 What else can producers do with the camera to
manipulate what we see?

15. WAL what a storyboard is:
 When a director is making a film, they plan out the
story in picture form. It looks a bit like a comic strip.
This is called a storyboard.
 A storyboard is a series of pictures and words that
help the director to visualise the film. It also helps
to guide the filming schedule. Each picture is
drawn in a frame.

16. Storyboarding:
 This is an important part of the documentary
process. This technique will help you to decide which
pictures, sound, graphics will best suit the narrative
script.
 See storyboarding lesson plan.

17. Story boarding
http://vimeo.com/13301021

18. Storyboarding:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8g__
x6ExM8

19. The Frame
 A frame is a visual border within which you
can create an image, story or message.
 There are many types of shots. Depends on
five elements: (SHAMP)
 Size of the frame
 Height of camera
 Angle of frame
 Movement of camera
 Placement of camera

20. Camera Angles

21. Camera Angles

22. Camera Angles

23. Video Scavenger Hunt
 In small teams you will have to videotape as many
types of shots as you can!

24. Size of the Frame

25. Height of the Camera

26. Angle of the Frame

27. Movement of the Camera

28. The power of the interview

29. Brainstorm: What makes a good interview?

30. Interviewing Do’s and Don’ts:

31. Movie Trailers:
 Earthlings: http://youtu.be/yW3gunMSCu4
 Home documentary: http://youtu.be/3EYSSc-xGtY
 Supersize me: http://youtu.be/I1Lkyb6SU5U
 Arctic Tale: http://youtu.be/5bR9DlFFxtA
 An Inconvenient Truth http://youtu.be/OAK8Cd4t0WA
 The end of poverty? http://youtu.be/LRZnEBFYNS0
 Baby smoker http://youtu.be/x4c_wI6kQyE
 Child chain smoker http://youtu.be/xCGaCgjY0hs
 What are humans rights? http://youtu.be/MkEX0kp0H6w
 We can stop world hunger http://youtu.be/ktSCbW1Adfk
 The garbage children of Cebu http://youtu.be/a6NHuggG6vU