Ideas for Before and After Classroom Viewing

Before Viewing the Program:

1. Show an episode of “Lost.” Entire seasons are available on DVD at video rental stores.

Frequent viewers of “Lost” will recognize this hatch set. 2. Talk to the class about the general organization and premise of “Lost” as given in “Lost” Background. If some of the students are regular viewers of “Lost” let them give basic information about the show.

3. Give the class an overview of the program based on the material found in the Program Summary.

4. Discuss the Meaning of Below-the-line as presented in this material.

5. Go over glossary terms that you feel might not be familiar to your class using the Alphabetical Glossary or Interactive Glossary.

After Viewing the Program:

1. Discuss the content of the program and get student reactions. You might particularly want to ask students if they would be interested in considering a career related to camera work.

2. Explore some of the Web Links and other additional information that is pertinent to the DVD program.

Terry O’Quinn who portrays Locke is on of the people interviewed for the bonus material. 3. Show the class the DVD bonus interviews with the executives, actors, cinematography people, and others who have a relationship with “Lost.”

4. Show the class the bonus material that has career advice from the pros. Discuss this information as it relates to the various career goals that the students have.

5. Show the class the forms relevant to “Lost” production, printing them out for class if you wish.

6. Show students the list of Staff & Crew Positions on “Lost” emphasizing the wide variety of jobs available in TV production.

7. Show students the Special Features that relate to the video.

8. Share with students information about Journeys Below the Line by using the material in the About Journeys Below the Line section.

As Follow-up:

1. Have the students watch an episode of “Lost” with the following in mind:

A. What do you think were the most difficult shots to shoot in this episode?

B. Where do you think the camera crew was located for each of these shots?

C. What lighting do you think was needed for some of the difficult shots?

D. Would you have composed or lit any of the shots in a different manner?

Here is the setup for a difficult shot on the beach.

2. After watching a program, have students do research on one of the people associated with or mentioned on this program and write a report about the person or give the information orally in class. (They can use the Biographies as a starting point.)

3. If you are not currently a faculty member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, use the Faculty Academic Membership Application to join. Also have your students use the Student Academic Membership to join as student members so that they can benefit from other programs of the Academy.

4. View more programs from this series or other programs distributed by First Light.

 

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