This project is part of the Desano Language Documentation Project – a community-based collaboration, following a participatory model in which community members play a central role in the activities. The project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between a linguist, Indigenous educators and artists, and film and animation professional.

This is important if you want your video to have audio in the language. You can record yourself reading a short story in the language. If you don't have a professional digital recorder, use a smartphone, or a computer. Make sure the audio quality is audible (it helps if you record in a quite place).

For the purpose of this workshop, make sure the story is short (i.e. 2-3 minute long)

Transcribe each sentence of the story using the language's practical orthography. You may also find it helpful to include the translation of each sentence in English or Spanish. The transcription (and translation) of the audio will be helpful for sketching out the illustrations on the storyboard. They can also be used as subtitles in your videos.