English Hour - Film Forms and Conventions

Introduction

• Teacher: Shaddai
• Medium: DepEdTV, English Hour
• Audience: Grade 6 students
• Topic: Exploring forms and conventions of films

Film Preferences

• Questions for Students:
  • What is your favorite film?
  • Do you enjoy action, comedy, adventure, or horror films?

Activity 1: Analyzing Pictures

• Instructions: Study two pictures and answer questions about them.
• Questions:
  1. Notice the lighting in pictures A and B.
  2. Identify the characters in pictures A and B.
  3. Determine the settings in pictures A and B.
  4. Describe the atmosphere or mood of pictures A and B.
  5. Identify the setups of pictures A and B.
• Answers:
  • Picture A is dim/dark; Picture B is lively/bright.
  • Picture A has no character; Picture B has performers.
  • Picture A is in a room; Picture B is in a plaza.
  • Picture A is sad/gloomy; Picture B is festive/jolly.
  • Picture A is in a studio; Picture B is outside.

Understanding Films

• Definition: A film is a movie or motion picture consisting of moving images that tell a story or depict real situations.
• Forms of Films:
  • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime and Gangster, Drama, Epics or Historical, Horror, Musical or Dance, Science Fiction, War, and Fantasy.

Film Conventions and Devices

1. Lighting: Creates atmosphere and shapes meaning.
2. Blocking: Camera-actor relationship and movement.
3. Direction: Ensures smooth operation of film components.
4. Characterization: Reveals character personality.
5. Acting: Expresses character's thoughts/feelings.
6. Dialogue: Exchange of spoken words between characters.
7. Setting: Time and location within a film.
8. Setup (Set Design): Creation of scenery, often in studios or outdoor locations.

Activity 2: Film Form Identification

• Task: Identify the form of the given films.
• Films and Answers:
  1. Eerie - Horror
  2. Ang Panday - Action/Fantasy
  3. Dekada Sitenta - Drama/Historical
  4. The Mall, The Merrier - Comedy
  5. Barcelona - Drama

Activity 3: Conventions and Devices Practice

• Task: Choose the correct film convention/device used in a scene.
• Scenarios and Answers:
  1. Actors in front of a house - Blocking
  2. "Get out, the house is on fire" - Acting
  3. Director's instructions - Direction
  4. Filming near the ocean - Setting
  5. Use of natural sunlight - Lighting
  6. Emotional acting - Acting
  7. Character role - Characterization
  8. Dim and eerie location - Lighting
  9. Actors' positions at a table - Blocking
  10. Dialogue (example line) - Dialogue

Activity 4: Column Match

• Task: Match a description from Column A with the element in Column B.
• Questions and Answers:
  1. Actor positioning/movement - Blocking
  2. Personality portrayal - Characterization
  3. Attitude manipulation - Lighting
  4. Time and place - Setting
  5. Studio structures - Setup

Conclusion

• Encouragement: Students can aspire to be filmmakers or actors.
• Farewell: See you next time on English Hour.