LIGHTS! CAMERA!    ACTION!
MARY LORD
Introduction
Standards
Objectives
Activities
Assessment
Results
Resources

 
 


 
 
 
 


 
 


 
 


 
 


 
 


 
 


 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 


 
 


 
















 

Introduction To act upon the stage you must project and make movements large enough to comprehend, while the camera is a much more critical observer. Students will focus upon the adaption of their original screenplay to the screen.
Advanced Drama
Film making
Grades 10-12
Filming  ctap295.ctaponline.org/~mlord/student/ 
Standards Addressed
List the California State Standards your lesson addresses. For example:
Visual and Performing Arts
Theater:  Artistic Perception
Film and electronic media

 1. Processing, analyzing, and responding to sensory information through the language and skills unique to the arts.

a) The student demonstrates an insightful understanding of works in theatrefilm by analyzing and interpreting what is presented through voice, movement, and visual effects in informal productions, films, and electronic media and respond to them, using the vocabulary and language of the theatre.

b) The student uses theatre/film vocabulary in his or her description and analysis of informal producttions, theatrical productions, films, and works in eletronic media.

c) Students demonstrate the use of two different technologies to make an independent film.

d) Students will demonstrate the ability to test the audience's response and revise the presentation accordingly.

Instructional Objectives

     1.After a presentation about storyboards, students will be able to adapt their original screenplay to the storyboard format.

    2. After viewing the film making website, students will be able to divide their original 
        screenplay into the Introduction-climax-resolution format.
    3. Students will be able to use film vocabulary to correctly identify the separate elements of their screenplay.
    4.  After a demonstration of video equipment, students will be able to use a videocamera and supplemental sound devices to create their film.
    5.  Students will present multiple pre-assessment performances which will be filmed by the teacher so that they will be able to edit thier own film.

Student Activities
Insert brief summaries of your introductory, enabling, and culminating activities. Insert links to online resources in your text and insert links to activities on your student lesson web site.

Introductory Activity
Students will watch a montage of film including, but not limited to, film noir, westerns, sci fi, documentary, propaganda, action/adventure, detective and foreign.  Next, students will be required to present an example of one of these genre illustrating their ability to distinguish between different types of film. 

Enabling Activity(ies)
 Film their original screenplay. Culminating Activity

A presentation of their original film.

Assessment
A rubric to assess their ability to create an independent film, considering the use of technology as well as aesthetic choices which will appeal to their target audience.
Independent Film Evaluation Results
After implementing your lesson (sometime between January & March), insert a chart of your pre-test, post-test, and culminating assessment data. Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity

http://www.teleport.com/~cdeemer/scr101.html
http://www.creativescreenwriting.com/
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWtitle.html

Enabling Activity

http://www.likeastory.com/
http://www.cybergecko.com/no-budge.htm
http://www.cyberfilmschool.com/
http://www.exposure.co.uk/eejit/index.html

Culminating Activity
Independent Film Evaluation
 
 


 
 
 
 

Final Presentation
 
 
 
 

West Valley High School
3805 Happy Valley Road
Cottonwood, CA 96022
Mary Lord  mlord@anderson.k12.ca.us
Last Revised: 07/25/2000