Costanzo and class activities

In the Costanzo text it says "The earliest cameras were fixed, but today the camera moves." Since cameras are no longer fixed there are many different types of shots a cameraman can capture. Knowing about these types of shots, a tilt, pan, crane shot or zoom shot, creating a storyboard before filming helps the cameraman to decide what types of shots will work best. I think the activities we did today involving making up our own storyboards were really helpful in showing us that much thought goes into how a film is shot. Making the right choice when it comes to shooting is important to getting the point across that the director and writer wish to make. Creating these storyboards was also helpful for helping me to remember the events that happened in "Little Brother." After a period of time passes it is hard to remember all of the events in order, so this activity also helps students to not only remember all of the events, but to put them in order. Doing it without speaking is also a good way to get students to work as a team.