Framing & Movement Exercise
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Due: By the start of class Week 4.2
Value: 10% of your final grade
Personnel: Solo
Assignment Outline:
Beyond basic framing & visual design, understanding how to present meaning visually is the
central focus of video & photography. In this assignment you will present yourself through
location, image, movement, and action. Your video will explore what makes you “you” through:
- Placement of the subject in the frame with specific focus on stable, balanced, and visual
structure.
- Movement of the subject within the frame with focus on use of the visual space.
- Activities, actions, props, and visual referents that help the audience understand you.
Step One:
- Write a description outlining:
o What topic, idea or concept you are attempting to present.
o How this video represents you.
o How you used framing, movement, and scale to build meaning in the video.
o Why you choose the location and how you framed it to tell the story of you.
- Your description should be:
o 12-point font, minimum half a page, doubled spaced.
o This is roughly 10 lines or more in a Word document with standard margins.
- Your description should be uploaded to Brightspace (as a PDF) and placed in the
description area of on YouTube.
Step Two:
- Create a single take, fixed position film, between 30 & 45 sec. without cuts.
- This film should be silent; therefore, no audio should be present.
- Your film should be uploaded to YouTube as Unlisted.
- Your film should be titled: Framing & Movement Assignment – Last Name
- No specific format is requested for upload, but ensure your film is in an appropriate
format for YouTube.
Additional Document Formatting & Submission Information:
You are expected to:
- Supply student name & number, course information, and submission date in
the top right-hand side of the document.
- Number your pages in the bottom right-hand corner.
- Your PDF should be named: Framing & Movement Assignment – Last Name.
- Upload your completed document as a PDF and a link to your YouTube video
at Brightspace/Activities/Assignments/Framing & Movement Exercise
