Pre-production

Developing Effective Narratives

The voiceover is the foundation of the digital story; it’s the compositional link between all media assets, including images, video, and music. Ask your students if their stories are meant to inform, entertain, explain? Who is the intended audience? Then begin with an outline.

The Voiceover Script

Quality Public Service Announcements

The public service announcment is an important form of expression for students and is also one of the more straight-forward kinds of projects you can do. Understanding the conventions of how a public service announcements work is important to getting your point across.

Organizing a Project

Create a project folder with a name that idenifies the group, period, and teacher and inside your project folder, organize all of your media assets - video, images, voiceovers - into their own folders.

The Facilitator’s Initial Contact Checklist

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines

Storyboarding

Storyboarding helps students think ahead of time about what their video is going to look like. It helps them to think creatively, expansively and precisely about what images to use and also enables them to more accurately imagine what the audience will hear and see.

Storyboard Worksheet (from TR site)

Storyboard Quick Start

Finding and Saving Images

There are millions of images you can find and use on the Internet for projects created in the classroom. Be sure to save images that are large enough and in the correct format.

The Visual Element

Connecting Devices to the Laptop

Many students and schools have access to digital devices and it’s important to know how get media off of devices like digital cameras, camcorders, and external hard drives and into a video project.

Making a Checklist

Being prepared is the most important factor to having a successful residency.A simple checklist will ensure that all of your students are ready to start assembling and editing their videos.