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3. Use your own body to demonstrate the camera movements described in
this chapter.
• Pan Left: Stand perfectly still and turn your head to your left.
• Pan Right: Stand perfectly still and turn your head to your right.
• Tilt Up: Stand perfectly still and point your nose to the ceiling of the room.
• Tilt Down: Stand perfectly still and point your nose to the ground
between your feet.
• Pedestal Up: Rise up on your tiptoes while facing forward (toward the set).
• Pedestal Down: Squat down while facing forward (toward the set).
• Dolly In: Smoothly walk forward, directly toward the set.
• Dolly Out: Smoothly walk backward while facing the set.
• Truck Right: Walk sideways to the right while facing the set.
• Truck Left: Walk sideways to the left while facing the set.
• Arc: Walk in a circle around an object, keeping your eyes fixed on that
object. Walking to your right (counterclockwise) is an arc right. Walking
to your left (clockwise) is an arc left.
STEM and Academic Activities
1. Technology. Investigate how macro lenses work. Explain how the different
millimeter designations of macro lenses affect how the lenses are best used.
2. Mathematics. Print screen shots of 10 individual scenes from various televi-
sion shows, newscasts, or product spots. To follow the rule of thirds when
shooting, the on-screen talent should be positioned so that their eyes are 1/3
of the way down from the top of the screen, or on the upper horizontal line of
the tic-tac-toe grid. Using the rule of thirds model, draw a grid on each print-
out. Of the 10 scenes, how many followed the rule of thirds for talent place-
ment? What percentage of scenes made proper use of the rule of thirds?
3. Language Arts. Research “yellow journalism” and choose one case of
yellow journalism that interests you. Write a paper that explains the story
and why it is considered an example of yellow journalism.
4. Social Science. Review several still photos and note the portion of the
photo that your eye is drawn to first. Draw a grid representing the rule of
thirds on a sheet of vellum or transparency film. Lay the grid over each of
the photos. Which quadrant of each photo do you look at first? What do
your findings tell you about placement of the most important information
contained in the television image?
Communicating about Television
1. Speaking. Working in groups of two or three students, create flash cards
for the key terms in this chapter. On the front of the card, write the term.
On the back of the card, write the pronunciation and a brief definition.
Use your textbook and a dictionary for guidance. Then take turns quiz-
zing one another on the pronunciations and definitions of the key terms.
2. Speaking. Working with a partner, create a poster of movie stills that
show some of the ideas you learned in this chapter. Include different
examples of composition and different types of shots. Present your poster
to the class and answer any questions the other students may have.