While creating the outline for this assignment, I first considered the resources my students and I have, at least
for the coming school year. In future
years, I might be able to allocate some funds towards the purchase of class
cameras, but for now I think my students will be limited to what they bring to
class everyday: their phones.
Consequently, my lesson focused less on some of the technical aspects of
composition I would have liked to include.
Instead, they get a unit on framing (with some discussion on rule of thirds and nose room), camera
angles, and camera movement.
My finished video left something to
be desired, mostly because my compositions weren’t the prettiest (I don’t know
about my manual-exposure skills at this point, either). Next time, I will spend more time filming, until I get the exact shots I envision; my skill
level with some of these techniques (manual controls) will improve as I
practice more, too. I suppose I can have
students look for weaknesses in my video and ask them how to improve certain
shots compositionally.
I think my students will probably
share some of my struggles. Visualizing
a shot and pulling it off is a difficult task.
Having my students repeatedly practice similar compositional assignments
would allow them to make improvements.
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