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Year 7 English: Film Study – The Lion King
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
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ASSESSMENT
CONCLUSION
Hello and welcome to the world of The Lion King, first up let me say Hakuna Matata – there are no worries. This is a WebQuest based on the
study of film. Here you will learn what you can understand from different ways of using film techniques, we’ll look at a number of the main
characters from the film, and finally you’ll get the chance to create a missing scene from the film. Who knows, you might even change the
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whole story! Why wait any longer, lets get started now! Click ‘Task’ in the bar and we can look at our first project.
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TASK
INTRODUCTION
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ASSESSMENT
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There are three tasks for you to do before you can say you’ve completed this WebQuest.
1. In pairs, research and define different camera angles and provide examples of how they are used.
2. Individually, provide a character description and analysis for Mufasa, Simba, Scar and Zazu.
3. In groups of four, develop a storyboard for a missing scene in the film.
Examples of scenes are: - Scar setting the hyenas up to kill Simba in the Elephant’s graveyard or Narla’s escape from Scar’s
camp at Pride Rock to search for Simba.
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PROCESS
INTRODUCTION
TASK
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ASSESSMENT
CONCLUSION
Task 1: You will be working in pairs, time to find a buddy and start talking film and camera techniques!
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In Microsoft Word, you will need to fill in the following table, defining what each technique is used for as well as providing an example
of how it is used.
Film Technique:
Definition:
Example:
High Angle Shot
Low Angle Shot
Lighting (Shadows)
Point of view shot
Long Shot
Close up shot
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Extreme Close up
Music
Task 2: Individually now, there are four major characters in the film, The Lion King. What you have to do is create a character profile for each
of them.
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Below I’ve provided a picture of these characters, you must identify them, tell me what they look like, and finally describe their
personality.
Character Photo
Name
What do they look like?
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Describe their personality
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Task 3: This is where you get to be creative and work in groups!
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In groups of four, you now get to design and write your own storyboard in which you are to write a scene which is not in the film.
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A storyboard for each scene generally has between 15 and 30 frames (an example can be found in the ‘Resources’ tab)
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The best way to do this is either hand draw your storyboard or use Software such as StoryBoard Pro
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Think about the camera techniques, lighting and music we discussed in Task 1 as well as the characters from Task 2 to create your
storyboard.
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RESOURCES
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Resources for Task 1:
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Producing Videos: A Complete guide by Martha Mollison
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Traditional Film Techniques:
http://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/animation/cameras/traditional_film_camera_techniqu.htm
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Camera Angles and Techniques: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jURepXxuiGE
Resources for Task 2:
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The Lion King Characters: http://www.lionking.org/characters/
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The Lion King Image Archieve: http://www.lionking.org/imgarchive/
Resources for Task 3:
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Basic Techniques for drawing storyboards: http://storyboard.cfms.uct.ac.za/
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How to draw a storyboard: http://www.microfilmmaker.com/downloads/How_to_draw_storyboards.pdf
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Drawing Storyboards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9q1b6AiUxk
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ASSESSMENT
INTRODUCTION
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Beginning to Develop
At Expected Level
Above Expected Level
Evidence of utilising one source
Evidence of using two or more
Evidence of using several sources
per task, information has been
sources per task, information
for a task, information is
copied and pasted.
been paraphrased
paraphrased and has been
critically analysed
Film Techniques
Information has been written in
Information has been
Information is presented in a
grid with little or no detail
presented in a creative
creative manner, which the aide of
manner, with a good range of
vidual or sound files.
detail.
Character Analysis
Storyboard
Limited description of character
Sound level of description of
High level of detail and analysis of
and small amount of detail of
characters and their role in the
characters, with numerous points
relevance of character
film
of discussion
The student has made little
The student has worked
The student has worked well to
attempt to create a storyboard in
effectively in their group to
create an interesting storyboard,
their group environment
create a storyboard
which fits in with the current plot
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Group Work
The student either takes total
The student contributes to the
The student encourages everyone
control of the project or does not
group work, listening to others
to participate motivating others to
participate at all
and putting forward their own
listen and put forward ideas as
ideas
well as doing this themselves
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
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CONCLUSION
You’re almost finished! Last thing to do is a student reflection. It will take less than 10 minutes, honest!
Student Name:
Highlight which activities you’ve participated in
Library research, individual work, group work, peer editing, multi
media, factual writing, fictional writing composition.
What technologies did you use and learn about?
In what ways did you find the study of The Lion King enjoyable?
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What did you learn that was new or that you did not know about
before?
How did the classroom activities and lessons help you to complete the
task?
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TEACHER NOTES
INTRODUCTION
TASK
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CONCLUSION
This WebQuest has been designed for students in Stage 4 English, and should be used in correlation with the ‘Film Study’ guidelines as set
out by the Board of Studies in their syallbus: http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_scpdf_doc/english_710_syl.pdf.
It has been created in a manner, which should role over effectively three lessons, with the chance it would fit into a fourth class for
presentations of storyboard ideas.
The outcomes, which this unit covers, are; 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10 and 11. For more information refer to the syllabus as provided above.
For further details on the WebQuest, contact LaSalle Catholic College Bankstown who have already approved an 8 week unit on this topic to
be designed through team teaching.
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