Reading and Viewing / Listening and Viewing: The Three Musketters.

Long Shot - Events in the Story

Describe the reactions and responses of the people in the story.

Medium Shot - Events in the story

Describe the actions taking place.

What are the characters talking about?

What is the manner of speaking?

Close shot - Developing Characters

Describe the characters' feelings and thoughts.

Describe their actions.

Establishing Shot - The Setting

Describe the setting.

Relating Camera Shots to the Structure of a Narrative

Imagine the camera as the story teller.

How do you tell your story?

A scene from 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee

Watch this scene from the movie 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.

The movie is adapted from the book 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee.

The story takes place in Maycomb, a small American town in the 1960's. Maycomb is a quiet, sleepy town where the people are mostly farmers and labourers. The streets are usually deserted and there are not many facilities around except at the main town.

The main characters in the scene are Scout, her brother Jem and their domestic maid, Calpurnia and their father, Atticus, a lawyer, and Sheriff Tate, the town police.

In this scene, the children have a frightening encounter with a mad dog near their house. They then witness their father, Atticus shoot the dog with one shot and are amazed by his ability.

Write a paragraph of the first scene.