Structuring Time
Narratives very rarely elapse in real time. While a film may run for ninety minutes, its story…
Filmmaking Exercises
Shooting Exercise #1
Shooting Exercise #1 is an opportunity for students to refresh their ability to block out and shoot a…
The Shoe
This is the first filmmaking exercise that I give my Year 9 Media students. It involves blocking out…
The Timetable
This is the second filmmaking exercise that I give my Year 9 Media students. It is designed…
The Chocolate Bar
This is the third filmmaking exercise that my students complete in Year 9 Media. The first and…
Dial ‘S’ for Suspense
Want to create nail-biting suspense? Want your audience hanging on tenterhooks? Brett Lamb looks to the experts to gather…
Shooting Exercise #2
Before you make your suspense film, we’re going get a little bit of practice with the DSLRs…
Shoot to Thrill
Want to make an action film? Think you can give Michael ‘Transformers’ Bay a run for his…