Films pour enfants

Cinema glossary

Vocabulary and grammar of animated cinema for 6-11 year olds

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With the support of the Ministry of National Education and the CNC (National Center for Cinema and Animated Images), the cinema lexicon, intended for 6-11 year olds, is presented in the form of courses composed of games and exercises created from the films on the portal.
Also discover theeducational activities by teaching, THEthematic pathwaysand thetoolbox.

Course 1: Frame / On-camera / Off-camera / Sound off

This course will allow students to identify and appropriate tools of analysis and expression through vocabulary, but also to carry out preparatory activities for the making of a film.

Expected end of activity

Framing, framing, camera operator, shot-reverse shot.

The difference between the frame in painting, photography and the field in cinema.

The importance of off-camera as a staging tool.

Express your sensitivity and imagination with cinematographic language, say something to be heard and understood using appropriate vocabulary, use drawing in all its diversity as a means of expression.

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Course 2: Composition / Plan scale / angle of view

This course will allow students to identify and appropriate tools of analysis and expression through vocabulary, but also to carry out preparatory activities for the making of a film.

Expected end of activity

General shot, long shot, medium shot, close-up... foreground, second ground, background, normal angle, high angle, low angle, depth of field.

Understand and use the tools to compose an image. How does the framing influence the message?

Express your sensitivity and imagination with cinematographic language, say something to be heard and understood using appropriate vocabulary, use drawing in all its diversity as a means of expression.

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Course 3: Movements / Fixed shot / Panoramic / Traveling / Zoom

Course 3 under construction


Route 4: Shot / Sequence / Scene

Course 4 under construction


Course 5: History / Scenario / Storyboard / Direction

Course 5 under construction

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