Start by asking students to think about some of the best scenes in their favourite movies. What makes you remember them? What makes them exciting, or funny, or dramatic?

Next, show the video in the student chapter Wacky Media Songs: Reading Images!

After the video, ask: Did some of the movie scenes you thought of use the things Ava was talking about, like close-ups, camera angles, and light and colour? (You can use YouTube to watch some of these scenes if you don’t have a copy or access on a streaming service.)

Do other media, like comics or video games, use some of the same techniques? What other techniques do they use to do the same thing?