Defining Style Unit
Defining Style Day 1: Unit Introduction
Unit Overview
• Take notes and answer questions using
Cornell Notes.
• Share answers with class.
Unit Goals and Academic Vocabulary
• Note unfamiliar terms on Notes page.
Learning Focus
Literary Review and Analysis
• THEN: Analysis of themes, character
development, and conflict through plot events
• NOW: Analysis of ideas, images, and motifs
through stylistic elements
Cinematic Techniques
• Framing, angles, lighting, sound
Assessment!!!
Storyboard EOR book event
Due Tuesday 12/17/13 (present Tues. or Wed.)
Motif
• Recurring image, object, sound, action, or
idea in literary work
• NOT symbols or themes
–Symbol: Mockingbird = innocence
–Theme: Good and evil often co-exist.
–Motifs:
• Small town life of Maycom (goodness)
• Images of gloomy, haunted settings,
supernatural events, full moon (evil)
Independent Reading
• Enjoyment of Reading book
• 20 minutes per night (same as always)
• Parent Letter
Absent last Friday?
See Mrs. Byrd after class for ASP pass.
Think, Pair, Share
1. How do authors use specific techniques to
achieve a desired effect?
2. How do directors use specific techniques
to achieve a desired effect?
3. What knowledge must you have (what do
you need to know) to succeed on your
Storyboard assignment? What skills must
you have (what must you be able to do)?
4. Write a summary for your notes that
reveals what this unit will be about.
Defining Style Day 2: The Techniques
MOVEMENTS
Pan
Tilt
Zoom
Dolly/Tracking
ANGLES
Eye line
High angle
Low angle
EDITING
Cut
Fade
Dissolve
Wipe
LIGHTING
High Key
Low Key
Bottom/Side
Front/Back
FRAMING
SOUND
Long shot
Diegetic
Mid shot
Non-diegetic
Close up
Extreme close up
Tree Maps
Team Activity
• Create 6 maps per team (1-2 per person)
Framing
Long
Shot
Mid
Shot
Close-Up
Shot
Extreme
Close-Up
Take Notes!
Define and/or explain each technique.
Why each might be used?
What visual effect is created by each?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7VdVaLK2sY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4HkrBzoxKY (2:57-5:24)
Be prepared to share your notes.
Applying Cinematic Techniques
SHOTS
AND
FRAMING
CAMERA
ANGLES
CAMERA
MOVEMENTS
LIGHTING
EDITING
MUSIC
AND
SOUND
As you watch the commercial, fill in as many
spaces on the chart as you can. Add to it
with each new viewing. Watch on silent (X2);
watch with volume (X2).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axSnW-ygU5g
Analysis
1. CLAIM: The most significant cinematic
technique used in the commercial was _____
because _____.
2. EVIDENCE: Choose one example from the
commercial that demonstrates this
technique.
3. WARRANT: Write 2-3 sentences showing how
the evidence proves the technique is the
most significant for the reason you stated.
4. RED BOW: End with a brilliant statement.
Defining Style Day 3: Preparing to Read
Quotations Chart
• Complete with group then share with class
Quotations
1. “An eye for an eye only ends up making the
whole world blind.” –Mahatma Gandhi
2. “Don’t get mad, get even.” –Robert F.
Kennedy
3. “She got even in a way that was almost
cruel. She forgave them.” –Ralph McGill
4. “Success is the sweetest revenge.” –Vanessa
Williams
5. “Revenge is often like biting a dog because
the dog bit you.” –Austin O’Malley
Reflection
Complete a 5-minute free write in response
to the following questions:
• Which of the quotes do you like or dislike
the most? Why?
• Which quotes have striking imagery, and
how does that imagery affect your
response?
Be prepared to share your answers to the
questions.
Quick Write
Write one paragraph in which you discuss your
feelings about revenge. Include a personal
reflection about a time when you had a choice
about taking revenge or when you were the
recipient of someone’s vengeful attitude or
action. Consider using one of the quotations
in your essay, crediting the author of the
quote.
Defining Style Day 4: Close Reading
1. Read “A Poison Tree” silently—no annotations
2. Listen to “A Poison Tree” and annotate.
• Highlight or underline the different choices
the speaker makes about revenge.
• Locate the speaker’s shift in attitude and
mark it with a star.
• Describe the attitude of the speaker in
different places in the poem.
• Paraphrase each stanza in the margin.
Storyboard Graphic Organizer
• “A Poison Tree” – Create ONE shot
• EOR Storyboard – Create 10-20 shots with
editing techniques. Handout will be provided.