Camera shot types, angles and movement

Still story activity

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Note: Teacher discretion is advised – This series of images conveys cultural practices including the preparation of a turtle for consumption.

Camera operator on a ladder

Access Meg White's ‘First Contact’ series of stills. Consider the narrative that each image communicates and the story created by the series as a whole.

  • Use the narrative you wrote in ‘Turning a stimulus into an idea’, to create a series of still images that tell the story in 10 images or less. Carefully consider the shot types and camera angles that would work best for each image. Ensure you experiment with a wide range of different shot types and camera angles.
  • Download the images and place them in order in your logbook and label them with the name of each shot type and camera angle used.