Feeling a Certain Way
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Objective(s):
Students will have experience running through the development process of a film/video with extremely limited time periods.
Overview:
Students will form groups and each group will be assigned a different emotion. With this emotion, students will write a script, develop a storyboard, and shoot footage for their 7 second film.
Expected Lesson Duration:
Lesson is expected to last 1-1.5 days.
Interdisciplinary Connection(s) to Common Core
Preparing to Teach this Lesson:
Case Studies of Color that students will use to do research and take notes.
TED Talk : 4 Ways Sound Affects Us
Student Handouts:
Students will again need to use the Cornell notes handout
Lesson Procedure:
Introduction/Gain Attention
- Video of the Day: The class will begin with a silent film project. Each film will be shown and each student is required to write at least one positive and one critical feedback on the projects displayed. These will be placed in the students journals.
Project
The students will review a few case studies: 1 and 2 , in which researchers are describing hue and its relationship to people’s emotions.
After the student read the descriptions of how color affects a person’s psyche ask questions like:
What color do women tend to wear on their wedding day? Is that true in all cultures?
Does then the color have the same effect on someone from that culture?
What effect if any does that have on storytelling?
In many parts of Asia what color is worn to funerals?
Does then the color have the same effect on someone from that culture?
What effect if any does that have on storytelling?
What does diversity have to do with storytelling?
The students must use the Cornell notes guide to take notes as they read the case studies and discuss the questions.
After the completion of the case studies the students must watch the selected TED talk and start a new notes page about the effects of sound on humans.
After the completion of students’ note entries the students will listen to the challenge “Emotion in 7 seconds” and be assigned a different emotion for each group.
- Some emotions might be complex and involve an intricate editing process.
The students have the remainder of the class to develop a script, storyboard and shoot the footage for their seven second story.
Prior to shooting your film at least one other group must review your groups storyboard.
The subject for the film is ________________ emotion
STIPULATION: No text can be utilized within the film
STIPULATION: No music can be utilized within the film
STIPULATION: No dialogue can be utilized within the film
At the conclusion of the first day students will place their footage in their shared folder and begin editing the second day.
Transition from capturing the footage to editing utilizing the iPads.
Students have 30 minutes to edit their stories and export them to a digital archive for viewing in the following class.
- In the following class all of the of the clips should be combined in order to develop a rainbow of colors and emotions, after the stories are reviewed.
Outcomes:
Identify the four ways sound affects individuals
Identify and explain the effects of color on the human psyche
Identify differences in the perception and meaning of color amongst different cultures
Implement knowledge of the effects of sound and color on human emotion to adequately convey the assigned emotion
Demonstrate adequate implementation of scripts, storyboards, editing software, etc.
Ability to adhere to creative stipulations
Exercise and strengthen peer reviewing skills
Utilize and strengthen time management skills required to produce a quality product within a limited amount of time
Content of Lesson
Acquiring Key Concepts: applying all skills gained thus far to create a complete 7 second short film. Implementing pre-production techniques such as writing scripts and developing storyboards, production techniques such as filming and editing, and post-production techniques such as peer review and archiving.
Engaging in Experiential Learning: collaboratively creating a short film with a group, producing scripts, storyboards, footage, implementing fresh video editing skills, and publishing a completed video/film.
Building Proficiencies: implementing all skills relevant to the production of a film to create an adequate finished product. Adhering to guidelines and stipulations, all within restrictive deadlines.
Connecting with STEM Professionals: view a video or listen to a professional discussing their use of sound in film or video to have a specific effect on emotions or psyche.
Assessing Learning: have groups explain what individual members worked on, how their story changed over the process of creating the film, what they found most useful or helpful in the process, etc. Groups can also explain their film to instructors and how they accommodated their films to meet the stipulations.
Closure and Review
Reiterate the importance of storytelling in media
The importance of a compelling, dynamic, and memorable story.
Digital archive
Higher Level Thinking Skills Noted
- Why must a compelling, dynamic, and memorable story contain: Curiosity, Details, Metaphors, Characters, and Movement.
Relevance/Rationale:
The art and skill of storytelling that will be practiced in this class will help the students reasoning skills, cognitive constructive capabilities, and develop character. The creation of a narrative requires the student to develop a logical order from a sequence of events. In order for the student to develop a meaningful arrangement of events the student must begin to grow their narrative reasoning skills. These skills can evolve through the consumption and dissection of narrative literature, of a mixed medium. While developing of their narrative reasoning skills the students should/ will become more empathetic to others, wise to deciphering the true purpose of the story, and become comprehensive thinkers of their own circumstances. The students are finally at the age in which they are beginning to construct their own narratives. We, as educators, want them to be exposed to a great diversity of narratives in order mature those narrative reasoning skills. The more developed their narrative reasoning skills are the more they get from a story (deeper perspective). The more advanced their skills, the more likely they are to rationalize why this character chose a particular path, place themselves in the characters shoes, and develop their own character.
Explorations and Extensions:
Cultures use colors differently within their society, so how can scientist justify the colors links to different emotions?
Content knowledge, student knowledge, and appropriate resources are aligned to instructional outcomes. student learning will be assessed throughout the lesson via question responses and correlation to the project.
Students will have successfully met the outcomes when fundamental questions about the importance of storytelling and its role in videography can be observed through their writing and reflections of their peers work. Also questions about their current disposition are taken into consideration when they see media should begin to arise. Also a fluid and respectful use of time, along with an essay that is fluid, easy to follow, and retains its essentials as an ELA.
Modifications/Accommodations and Access for All:
A simpler version of Imagery and storytelling is already prepared if there are students that need to re-review the information. Also, if students need an alternate assignment due to their personal disposition to the material, alterations will be easily made.
Implementation Feedback:
Students can receive feedback on their completed films from their peers and instructor. Students can then share how they felt about the project with their instructor; as well as what they gained from it, how it could have better benefited them, etc.