Camera angles, lighting and character placement can affect the perception of a story.
This exercise takes the students through the manipulation of how the same scene is shot can change how a story can be interpreted. The exercise puts students in the role of camera director choosing the scene angles, character placement, camera movement, sequencing, shot size, audio and lighting to determine a story. Here we help students consider the importance of visuals to our culture and how they have transformed the ways we communicate. For the media teacher, this is an appropriate time to review visual conventions for students and to illustrate possible interpretations of standard conventional imagery. Technology is simplifying the process of production and communicating visually.