Thinking about your First Amendment project

Okay here is how you are going to break down and create your ideas for your project: 


1. You need to gather your materials in one place. (You should have done this.) 

2. Puke on the page about the themes you see emerging from your interviews and observations. (We did some in class - do more in your notebook.)

2. Develop your story board. 

                  But what is a storyboard, Dr. Crowley? 

A storyboard is a sketch of how to organize a story and a list of its contents.

A storyboard helps you:

• Define the parameters of a story within available resources and time
• Organize and focus a story
• Figure out what medium to use for each part of the story (video, stills, animations, graphs, etc.)

I'm having technical difficulties - Watch the Disney post about storyboarding as I cannot insert it here. 

Here are a couple of examples

As you can see each photo depicts a different moment in your story. 

Don't worry about the description of the shots - you already have stills or video you want to use and you can still take more pictures. Know what you need to tell your story. 

Concentrate on what you want to show and that you want to be said. You are going to create a voice-over (A VO) for your project. You will listen to what people said and have your own opinion and observations and write a script that you will read over your pictures or video. This is why you have to picture it all together on paper first. 

Now - 

Think about what is you theme.
What are the images you need to get to show your story? 
Once you know the images you can then start to write the script that matches the images on your storyboard. 
What are the most important things you want to emphasize? 

The best way to get started:

Use this template like this or make one of your own

or this one or make one of your own as a scratch pad. 

and draw a little picture and the words you want to use just below the image you draw. (Stick figures are fine - just use this as a sketching tool.) 

Then read this PDF on how to make a storyboard in Word and start to put one together with your own material and your own script. Again, don't worry about music or other details right now - concentrate on the script. 

Have your storyboard and your script ready for Wednesday's class. 
Make two copies because you are going to turn one into me. 

Email me if you have any questions. 

Have a good break!