Historical+Camera+Montage

=Workshop: Historical Camera Montage= =Objective: Place film technology and technique into a historical context = =Relationship to SOI: Understanding the historical development of camera technology deepens the understanding of the camera as a story telling tool.=

Students will create a 5 minute montage of scenes from various films from different time periods with a voice over evaluating the camera movement and framing of a scene in regards to the director's intentions. Use vocabulary from the first workshop Use the [|Spark Charts Film Studies website]as a guide.
 * Find between 3 and 7 scene examples of camera movement from different historical film eras and describe how the technique is utilized. ||  || What were the director's intentions in choosing this technique and did they achieve their aims and why? ||
 * Why was the technique chosen by the director in regards to his/her societal, cultural, historical, or personal contexts and the technological constraints of his/her time? ||  || nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ||


 * = ** Tick ** ||= ** Criterion A1, A2 ** || ** Tick ** ||= ** Criterion D3 ** ||
 * = ** 0 ** ||= The student does not reach the standard described by any of the descriptors below ||  ||= The student does not reach the standard described by any of the descriptors below vvvvvvvvvvvvmmmvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvmmm ||
 * = ** 1 – 2 ** ||= The student demonstrates limited knowledge of camera movement and placement, including concepts, processes, and limited use of appropriate language, demonstrates limited knowledge of the role of camera movement in original or displaced contexts, || ** 1 – 2 ** ||= presents a limited evaluation of the films in each of the historical periods chosen. ||
 * = ** 3 – 4 ** ||= The student demonstrates adequate knowledge of camera movement and placement, including concepts, processes, and adequate use of appropriate language, demonstrates adequate knowledge of the role of camera movement in original or displaced contexts, || ** 3 – 4 ** ||= presents an adequate evaluation of films in each of the historical periods chosen. ||
 * = ** 5 – 6 ** ||= The student demonstrates substantial knowledge of camera movement and placement, including concepts, processes, and substantial use of appropriate language, demonstrates substantial knowledge of the role of camera movement in original or displaced contexts, || ** 5 – 6 ** ||= presents a substantial evaluation of films in each of the historical periods chosen. ||
 * = ** 7 - 8 ** ||= The student demonstrates excellent knowledge of camera movement and placement, including concepts, processes, and excellent use of appropriate language, demonstrates excellent knowledge of the role of camera movement in original or displaced contexts. || ** 7 - 8 ** ||= presents an excellent evaluation of films in each of the historical periods chosen. ||