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FOUNDATIONAL LESSON - Tripod Set up
Learning Target: I can safely set up, operate, and pack away a video tripod.
Estimated Time: 20–30 minutes
instructions:
instructions:
Form a group of 3 or 4
Check out a Camera kit (no audio)
Find the Tripod set up Checklist handout (below or paper copy in class)
Watch Video and follow instructions
Practise - Make sure ALL group members work thorugh the checklist
Demonstrate your learning to earn the Technical Licence - Tripod Apprentice
Tripod Setup Practise checklist.docxHANDOUT
HANDOUT
Follow Along to Practise Skills
TRIPOD APPRENTICE LICENCE.docxMASTERY CHECK
MASTERY CHECK
Demonstrate safe tripod setup and operation.
CHALLENGE LESSON - Depth of Field
Learning Target: Understand how focal distance can be used to control what the audience sees and create depth in an image.
Estimated Time: 20–30 minutes
instructions:
instructions:
Work solo or in pairs.
Watch the Depth of Field video.
As you watch, pay attention to:
shallow vs. deep depth of field
what parts of the image are in focus
how focus directs the audience’s attention
how filmmakers use foreground, subject and background
When the video is finished, make sure you can explain what depth of field is and why a filmmaker might choose a shallow or deep depth of field.
You'll be practising these skills in the first short production assignment in the next lesson.
MARK LESSON COMPLETE and move on to the NEXT LESSON.
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