Experimenting with Media Elements
Students experiment with composition, lighting, sound, and editing to see how they change the mood and meaning of a scene. They use digital tools to test different effects.
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Students experiment with composition, lighting, sound, and editing to see how they change the mood and meaning of a scene. They use digital tools to test different effects.
Key Questions
- How does changing the lighting alter the mood of an image?
- In what ways can sound effects change how we understand a video clip?
- How do we use composition to draw the audience's attention?
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