Hello! I've happened to get my hands on a group of high schoolers aged 12 to 14, roughly, in a film course that I have to design myself. These are smart kids, but somewhat apathetic and they largely think of Spider-Man as the best film has to offer. That's fine, my goal is to broaden their horizons a bit and make them think about HOW something is portrayed in the screen, rather than just WHAT is portrayed. Over the next two months they will produce a short film of their own.

Topics I'm trying to cover are filming techniques and camera angles and stuff, as well as editing techniques and sound design. I'm not getting into scripts or acting. Ideally, I'd have some short film scenes to cover a variety of techniques in these departments that I can show in class. I did this last week with the ending to Last of the Mohicans and I found it to be very successful.

What short scenes (between 2 and 5 minutes ideally) can you guys come up with that are suitable for this purpose?