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Name one method you can use to structure your descriptive writing.
Time of day, arrival-departure and scene-to-scene, camera angles
What does the 'time of day' structure mean?
You describe from the beginning to the end
What does arrival-departure structure mean?
You start as a character arriving at the scene and describe going through until you depart.
Give an example of a scene-to-scene structure.
Moving from section to sections in a retail store.
"From my hotel window, I watch as the long street lined with shops, shuttered, and shut, slowly awakes." Which type of camera shot match the given sentence?
Wide angle
"crumples can of fizzy drink on pavement" This is an idea for a further paragraph. Which camera shot match with the idea?
Zooming in
"...blinds lift up on fashion display. Here, a young girl stands outside and stares at the mannequins" Which type of camera shot below that matches the sentence?
long shot framing one person
Name one of the camera angles you can write descriptively from.
Tracking shot, long shot framing a person, zoom-in, wide angle, panning from side to side
