Students will compare/integrate other art forms with theatre through analyzing movie trailers. Students will demonstrate understanding of camera angles and movements, using iMovie, scriptwriting, and playing a convincing character by creating an original movie trailer.
Learning Level:
Beginning-Intermediate Drama
Previous Experience:
Introduced to basic movement/blocking, vocal choices, characterization, plot structure
Class Length:
80 minute class-periods
National Standards:
TH:Cr2.1.8 b. Share leadership and responsibilities to develop collaborative goals when preparing or devising drama/theatre work.
TH:Pr4.1.8 a. Explore different pacing to better communicate the story in a drama/theatre work.
TH:Re8.1.8 a. Recognize and share artistic choices when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work.
TH:Cn11.2.7 a. Research and discuss how a playwright (filmmaker) might have intended a drama/theatre work to be produced.
The Big Idea:
Just like theatre, other art forms such as film can be analyzed for its effect.
Essential Questions:
How do artistic choices impact audiences? What are the differences in analyzing film and theatre? The differences in creating it?
Enduring Understandings:
Visual, aural, oral, and kinetic elements express emotions and ideas in both theatre and film.
Objective: Students will demonstrate their understanding of camera angles, movement, and shots by presenting specific elements to the class. (two class periods)
Objective: Students will demonstrate their understanding of movie trailer construction by analyzing movie trailers and developing a storyboard for their original movie trailer.
Objective: Students will demonstrate their ability to combine camera elements, story, and music by sharing their original movie trailer. Students will complete an evaluation sheet on their group and themselves.
