The Storyboard

The point of creating a storyboard is to give you a chance to communicate your ideas for your story and provide a high level overview what is happening in each scene of your animation. You will use a single Google slide to create a three scene storyboard that outlines your plan for your the animated fable that you will create using Scratch.

YOU MUST TURN IN YOUR STORY BOARD BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR CARTOON - NOT AFTER

The Process

1.First watch this example of an Animated Fable - it was not created using Scratch, but will give you a good idea of what an animated Fable looks like. Your's will not be as elaborate, but things like the use of a narrator and animated characters will be similar.

2. Now have a look at this list of Aesop Fables.

There are a lot to choose from, so don't just pick the first one. Decide on a story you think you could animate in Scratch:

http://read.gov/aesop/001.html

Tip: Have a peek at the project requirements here, you ARE NOT STARTING THIS PROJECT NOW.... but it might help you decide what story to choose.

You can set up your FREE Scratch account now if you want so you can get your background images and sprites for the StoryBoard from Scratch.

https://sites.google.com/pleasantonusd.net/murphsitenew/computer8-pltw/scratch-final-animated-fable

3. Open Google Slides for your Story Board

Story Board Requirements

Your story board slide needs to have the following:

The name of the Fable

1.Scenes/Backgrounds: Three different backgrounds. Look in Scratch for what they have and screen shot those background images to use in your storyboard. You can also look on the internet for backgrounds that you will import into scratch that might better fit your plan. Look for "clipart" or "cartoon" images for back grounds.

2. Sprites/Characters: You need at lease TWO Characters in your story. Check the Sprite library in Scratch and see what then have. You can also search the internet for characters. When searching Google images, be sure to look for images with "transparent backgrounds" - then download them to your computer and import them into Scratch.

Tip: use the phrase "clip art" when searching to get animated/cartoon characters.

2. Descriptions: For each scene - write a brief sentence describing what is happening in the scene and say what the viewer is seeing and hearing.

Here is a sample of the level of detail you need in your storyboard

The Cat & The Birds