Week 9- Media Arts Workshop

 

In Mirandas workshop today (9.5.13) we explored how the elements of Media Arts can be applied to learning about filmmaking in the Primary Classrooms. In the workshop we focusessed on the learning of composition in the pre-production, production and post-production process. In Mirandas workshop we looked at a text called "Marshall Arnstrong is new to our school" by David Mc Intosh were we looked at the composition rules: 1. Rule of Thirds, 2. Movement, 3. Perspective through the use of text. We were also given an image and in partners we were to look at the composition of images in films where we were given an image of Kirsten Stewart in the film “Snow White and the Huntsman". My partner and I had to look for the rule of third in the image and the perspective and explain how the perspective has conveyed the characters persona. We also had to focus on the shots and angles and decide whether the shit was a close, medium or long shot and whether were looking at the character at a high or Low angle. As an educator, allowing students to explore a range of images and getting them to identify and point out the composition rules is a great exercise where students are also able to look at other people’s perspective and compositions as well.
Through the workshop I learnt that as students are exposed to media from such an early age through, the internet, television and computer games, it is becoming more and more vital to develop students ability to critically analyse the media and use it effectively (Gibson & Ewing, 2011).

 

 

Gibson, R. & Ewing, R. (2011). Transforming the curriculum through the Arts. NSW, Australia: Palgrave Macmillan.