Showing posts with label Film Study. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Film Study. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The Lion King - Be Prepared (colour and symbolism)

I love learning...and I love having those "Ah-ha!" moments while I'm learning (as Despicable Me comes to mind, "Light bulb...")

For me, I was at a Conference last year when I discovered the uses for a single song from The Lion King:


Ideas for use?
-consider the use of colours (and the transitions)
-camera angles (demonstrating power and submission)
-SYMBOLS! (my students told me they will never watch the movie in the same light!)

UP!


A cool idea for a sweet, sweet film:


Ideas for use?
I love to teach about COLOUR in movies. What a great idea for introducing the use of colour and the symbolism that goes with it.