Today we are going to review shot types and camera techniques for storytelling, while continuing work on designing your story! The first half of the class is a review on cinematic storytelling, and the second half will be about designing your story!

For this weekend: keep in mind that, in revising your story, Framed Ink chapter 3 is an excellent resource. It gives a variety of tips for choosing the best shots for your story!

Notes for class today:

When dealing with cinematography, camera work needs to be designed in the same way that we design the look and feel of our characters and environments!

Review this list of basic shot types! You can find multiple resources for these online, as well as inside the pages of Framed Ink!

Ultimately, the purpose of camera angles is to find ways to capture the best action occurring within the story!

• To do so, we have to understand one very important, fundamental rule of storytelling:  The camera is meant to FOLLOW the action of the characters and props within the story, not the other way around.
• Most rookie mistakes with storytelling think of filmaking as a series of "cool camera angles" as opposed to living breathing characters!
• So when you are creating shots for your story, and camera angles for your story, try this:
• Figure out where your characters are supposed to go first.
• Then, figure out which camera angles will best tell the story second!
• Our in-class exercise will help with this today!
  

STORY PROMPT: Our explorer is trying to sneak into a dungeon. Inside the dungeon is a treasure chest. Inside the treasure chest is a diamond. Our hero sneaks into the dungeon room, opens the chest with a key from his/her pocket, and secures the treasured diamond! Our hero leaves before anyone notices!