During the narrative unit at Freestyle Academy, I learned the basics on writing stories and turning them into movies. 3 act structure, suspense, and line of action are few of many techniques I learned from this unit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For film, I was taught the basics on creating compelling stories with story techniques such as 3 act structure, as well as important film techniques such as line of action, continuity, blocking, rule of thirds, and more. We would practice all these techniques is smaller projects, but most of the narrative unit would be spent on our narrative film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Griffith’s Pattern (building a scene)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The first technique we learned was to use the Griffith pattern on beginning new scenes. The Griffith pattern includes: Establishing shot to introduce setting, long shot to set the scene, medium shot to introduce characters, and close ups to feel the emotion of the characters. I was tasked with a group to shot a scene using Griffith’s pattern. Since it was my group and I’s first time practicing the technique, it came out a little rough, but I still learned a lot from the experience and further refined my film making techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n