Video: Projects: Storyboard

Unit

• Foundational Skills

Questions

• How do I visualize the camera shots for a story?

What am I making?

1. First, a story idea for a Public Service Announcement (PSA), and a basic script

2. Second, a set of cartoon-like images that show the camera angles and movements you will use to video your PSA

3. example Storyboard page you would put on your Google Site

How do I make it?

• What's a Public Service Announcement? History and examples:

  • 1 minute Forest

  • 30 second Forest

  • How long does each camera shot last? Notice the variety in shots!

• Plan to use a variety of Camera Shots and Moves

  • web page with examples - see camera moves at bottom

  • video with many examples - better job at showing camera moves

• Lots of Storyboarding resources

Steps

1. First, identify the "message" in your Public Service Announcement: don't litter! Conserve water! Get exercise! Save power!

2. Second, list the actions you will record in the video showing this message - come up with a story, list the events

3. Third, using 6 Frames per page, draw a comic strip showing the camera shots of your story.

   • An alternative way: Use StoryboardThat.com to create your Storyboard, download the images...

4. Photograph or scan your Storyboard paperwork, insert the images onto a new Page of your Google Site.

5. Write about what you learned doing this assignment, mention skills and techniques.

6. When done, push the Publish button, review the settings, and publish.

7. Then click the chain-link button, Copy the link for your page, and paste it into Google Classroom to "turn in."

Grading

• 4/A = Do all the steps, 2 interesting insights about "what I learned"

• 3/B = Do all the steps, interesting "what I learned"

• 2/C = Do all the steps, basic "what I learned"

Career Connections

• Making graphics to quickly communicate an idea is useful in many careers and social situations

Resources

• Storyboarding

• Cinematography