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Storyboard The Shining Lesson Plan
Storyboard The Shining Lesson Plan
Storyboard The Shining Lesson Plan
4. Before we get started, some reminders: you don’t need to Essential Question(s):
be an artist. Here we will be working backwards – from How do we take a film and adapt it into a
film to storyboard – but later we will be working visual/textual form? How can we begin to
forwards – adapting a story to a storyboard. understand the process of filmmaking
(5 min) through this task?
5. Watch the scene from The Shining as a class twice Student will know:
- Post/hand out guiding questions for students to think - The use and effect of
about: different camera angles
a) How many shots are in this scene? and shots in a scene
b) What is the mood or atmosphere of this scene? What - How to apply knowledge
is the audience supposed to feel? to create a storyboard of
c) What dialogue or sound effects are there? a (scene in a) film
d) What are the different shot types used? Students will understand:
e) What camera angles are being used? - How camera angles and
f) What kind of motions do I need to incorporate into shots can help to create a
the storyboard (i.e. what movements is the camera mood in a film
doing)? - How storyboarding is used
(10-15 min) as a planning tool for a
film
Cross Curricular Competencies:
CCC3: Exercises critical judgement
6. Work on storyboard for the remainder of the class (watch CCC4: Uses creativity
the clip from The Shining one more time before end of CCC5: Adopts effective work methods (in
class) progress)
(40-45 min)
Broad Areas of Learning:
Media Literacy