Bootcamp
DURATION
6 Hours in 6 Weeks
(1 Hour session per week)
AGE RANGE
08-11 Years
12-14 Years
Skill Development:
Storytelling and Film-making
Along with a technical understanding of cinematography, child will learn to storyboard ideas, to interpret them via script-to screen processes, and to amplify observational and creative skills
A bootcamp taught by an industry pro takes students on an inspirational journey from the conception of a story, through processes of storyboarding and script-to-screen ideation, to filming and editing your own cinematic scenes! Alongside technical understanding, children will develop their creature writing, visual interpretation and observational skills. A truly epic introduction to film production.
INSTRUCTOR’S BIO
Shubh Chaudhary
Cinematographer, Director of
Photography
M.A. in Cinematography
Amazon Prime Camera Op.
LESSON PLAN
Equipment Required
Laptop
Topics Covered
INTRODUCTION TO THE FILM WORLD
1. Introduction/ Expectations
2. History of Film and Camera
3. Departments in a Film and their Roles
4. Process of Filming
5. Parts of a camera (Shutter speed, F stop, Lenses)
6. Scene, Shot and Sequence
Homework Assignment
Watch two films (given by the teacher)
Find out what you think is the essence of the film.
Which shot do you like the most?
Which scene is your favourite?
What differences do you see in the style of filming and camera?
Learning Objectives
Understanding the amalgamation of different departments of films and the process of filmmaking. Understanding the basics of cameras and how each element of the camera is used differently in every film.
Equipment Required
Laptop/Digital Camera/ iPhone or iPad Camera
Topics Covered
FILM LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR
1. Shots
2. 180 Degree Rule
3. 30 Degree Rule
4. Screen Direction
5. Film Time
6. Compression
7. Elaboration
8. Familiar Images
Homework Assignment
1. Watching a scene and answering questions related to film language.
2. Watching a scene shot by an amateur filmmaker and finding the errors and
mistakes made by the filmmaker in terms of film language and grammar.
Learning Objectives
Understanding the basics of film as a language and its grammar. Spatially orienting the audience and find out how to reduce confusion in the mind of the viewer so that the story can be told without any hindrance
Equipment Required
Digital Camera/ iPhone or iPad Camera
Topics Covered
CAMERA AS A TOOL:
1. Camera Angles
2. Subject size
3. Subject angle
4. Camera height
5. Lensing
6. Psychological Factors and Dramatic Factors
7. Camera Movement
Homework Assignment
Make photo-boards for a story given by the teacher with 3 different emotions. Use the above knowledge for the same.
Learning Objectives
Using different aspects of camera to add variety and impact to a film. How to capture various emotions and point the way to audience psychological and dramatically adding to the storytelling.
Equipment Required
Laptop/Digital Camera/ iPhone or iPad Camera
Topics Covered
SCRIPT TO SCREEN
1. Shot Listing
2. Story Boarding
3. Script Breakdown
Homework Assignment
1. Make a script breakdown, shot list and storyboard/photo board for a short script provided by the teacher.
Learning Objectives
How to interpret a script to visual form. Thinking in advance on how to shoot the story while looking at the final edit before hand.
Equipment Required
Laptop/Digital Camera/ iPhone or iPad Camera
Topics Covered
VISUAL MOTIVATIONS
1. Colour Theory
2. Visual Theory
3. Visual References and Mood Boards
Homework Assignment
Design a mood board and visual reference board for a script/story given by the teacher.
Learning Objectives
Adding intricate details to your storytelling in form or colours, visual reference, motivations from other artists in order to express the emotions in the story.
Equipment Required
Camera/ iPhone or iPad camera
Topics Covered
CUTTING/EDITING:
1. Continuation editing
2. Compilation editing
3. Cross Cutting
4. Continuity
5. Cutting on Action
6. Dissolves
7. Sound Editing and Flow
Homework Assignment
Shoot a scene from a film/script provided by the teacher.
Learning Objectives
Better conception keeping the editing pattern in mind along with thinking about the assembly of the picture so that it will generally cut together with minor, easy-to-solve editorial problems.
