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Filming tips take 2 As part of an introduction to using moving images in the nursery, get children to talk about their favourite films - why they like them, who the main characters are and how the film makes them feel. Show them a digital video camera, explaining two basic shots - the wide shot and close-up. Use key vocabulary such as digital video camera, tripod, record, cut, film, zoom, wide, close-up and shot. Explain that if they want to be directors then they will have to plan their production on paper first, using pictures to explain what they want to film - this is called a storyboard. Ask them to draw in order the shots they would like to film.

As part of an introduction to using moving images in the nursery, get children to talk about their favourite films - why they like them, who the main characters are and how the film makes them feel. Show them a digital video camera, explaining two basic shots - the wide shot and close-up. Use key vocabulary such as digital video camera, tripod, record, cut, film, zoom, wide, close-up and shot. Explain that if they want to be directors then they will have to plan their production on paper first, using pictures to explain what they want to film - this is called a storyboard. Ask them to draw in order the shots they would like to film.

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