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Learning How to Frame Images Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 25 August 2009 19:43

Objective:

Students will be introduced to the various camera angles and ways to frame images used in photography, film, video and comic books.  They will apply this knowledge to making a 6 panel comic book page that retells a part of a fairy tale.  This comic should use a variety of different ways to frame images and use no writen words to tell the story.

 

Activities:

Introducing Ways to Present Images:

Start by going over the Framing Images Powerpoint presentation and discuss various kinds of ways to frame images.

 

Framing Images

Watch this very short Spongebob cartoon and have students look for what kinds of shots are used in the cartoon.

Go through the Spongebob Framepants Powerpoint Presentation, which has screen shots of every major shot in the cartoon and tells what it is. You can tweek this presentation to hide the name of the shot and have students guess what the shot is and then reveal the true answer.

 

Spongebob Frame Pants

Make a Short Fairy Tale Comic:

Students should use what they have learned about framing images and camera angles to make a six panel comic book page. They should tell part of a fairy tale story like Rapunzel or Cinderella. The comic should use a variety of framing devices and camera angles and should not use any words to tell the story. Here is an example that tells the story of Cinderella leaving the ball:

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