Introduction+Video+Project+-+Personal+Narrative

Tell a Story Video Project

 * Essential Questions:**
 * 1) What ethical issues are involved with using music, pictures, and film in multimedia presentations?
 * 2) What are the six elements of a good story?
 * 3) What is a storyboard? Why are storyboards important in the pre-production phase of video production?
 * 4) How do voiceovers enhance a video?

**Pre-Production Activities**

 * Part A:** Complete each activity below, beginning with the KWL acitivity
 * ====Copyright and Video KWL activity [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32"]]====
 * Principles of Copyright [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32"]]
 * Music Copyright
 * Ethics

Take the Ethics Quiz. Write a summary in your Journal about what you have learned about copyright - 100 to 200 words. Also include the results of your Ethics Quiz.


 * Part B:** List the 6 elements of digital story telling in your Journal. Describe each.
 * 6 Elements of Digital Story Telling (also in blue binder) [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32"]]


 * Part C:** Pre-production is the planning step of the video process. Most videos develop scripts and storyboards during this step.

Read the Scripts article. In your Journal, describe the two genres of scripts. What other tips, suggestions does the article give you about script writing?
 * Scripts [[file:Scripts.doc]]

With your partner, write an outline script for your Tell a Story video project.


 * Part D:** Storyboards are the backbone for any video project. Read the pages about storyboards in the blue binders. Using the suggestions you find in the binder and your script outline, plan your Tell a Story video with your partner that tells a story. Create a storyboard for your video.
 * Video Storyboarding Form [[file:Story Boarding Template .pdf]]

Tell a Story Video Evaluation