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1. 4 Film Study
City of Ember

2. Learning Focus
Learning Intention
 To understand how
language features,
images,
vocabulary and
film techniques are
used to represent
different ideas and
issues in film?
Success Criteria
 I can show my
understanding of how
language features,
images, vocabulary and
film techniques are used
in City of Ember.
 I can give examples of
how each feature and
techniques enhances
different sections of the
film.

3. Key Vocabulary
 language
 images,
 vocabulary
 camera techniques -
distance and angle,
focus, angle of shot,
viewpoint, point of
view, movement,
zoom, pan, editing

4. GKR - Cinematography
Focus word:
cinematography
 Divide a fresh page
into two columns.
In the first column
write the word
‘cinema’
 What do you know
about ‘cinema’?
 Write it down
 Can we figure out
what ‘cinema’
means?
What does
the title tell
me?
What do I
predict the
text will be
about?
What can
the pictures
tell me?
What do I
already know
about this
topic?
What
words do
I expect
to see?
What
images come
to mind?
What will I
do as I
read?

5. Word origin
What do I know
about cinema? Cinema means …

6. Word Origin
 Now think back to
when we wrote our
autobiographies
What did the word
graph mean?

7. Defining cinematography
 Cinematography
means …

8. GKR - Cinematography
cinema
Origin: 1895-1900;
French cinématographe,
via Greek kīnēmat -
stem of kīńēma - motion
graphy
Origin: Greek - graphos -
something drawn or written, on
e who draws or writes.
an instrument that writes or
records e.g. telegraph
What does
the title tell
me?
What do I
predict the
text will be
about?
What can
the pictures
tell me?
What do I
already know
about this
topic?
What
words do
I expect
to see?
What
images come
to mind?
What will I
do as I
read?

9. Group discussion
What are film techniques?
 Brainstorm and discuss.
 camera techniques - distance and angle,
focus, angle of shot, viewpoint, point of
view, movement, zoom, pan, editing)
 camera shots, camera angles, camera
movement, lighting

10. Activity
Watch a scene from the movie. Analyse it
taking into account:
 camera shots
 camera angles
 camera movement
 Lighting
Use the worksheet to assist you 

11. Class discussion
What did you notice?
 How did the technique support/provide
impact to the storyline?

12. Review
 Record 5 things
that you now know
about film
techniques.
 Record the
learning actions
you used to
compete today's
tasks.