Teaching Idea--Conventions & Choices

At the end of the Language section the author states: "One of the aims of media education is to encourage students to reflect on the choice they have made, and to consider their consequences."
Here is my teaching idea primarily based on the Language section and this quotation.

Start with a clip from 500 days of Summer that uses a convention that is different from most movies (the firework slowmotion scene). Ask the students why they think this director chose this convention and made the choice of filming this scene in a stylistice way. Have a discussion about how choices have consequences that are affective, ineffective, positive, and negative. After the students have reached a good understanding of what a convention is and identify the different choices made in the clip show the another clip from the same film (the split down the screen scene: expectations and reality). Ask the students why this director made this choice. In this discussion focus on how we as artists make choices to affect our audience. Ask them what they think the director wanted us to experience and feel. To practice these principles have each student write down on a sheet of paper, if they could create a film what would they want their audience to feel and experience. Tell them they can use 1-3 words. Then have them get into groups of 3 with those that have similar words written on their piece of paper. If a student's word doesn't match up with any other students' put them with a group and have that group use both words. Once they are in their groups assign them to create a story board that uses certain conventions and choices that they decide that ultimately captures their objectives of what they want the audience to feel and experience.