Digital+Storytelling+-+Create+a+Storyboard

Assignment #2: Creating a Map or Storyboard for my Digital Story
Expected time to complete reading and the written assignment: 15 - 30 minutes.

Your assignment for this segment is to create a storyboard for your project. After you create your storyboard, please return to this wiki page and share a brief reflection of what it was like for you to create a storyboard.

Here are two examples of a storyboard. The first one is blank and the second one is filled in. You can create your own storyboard by sketching it on a piece of paper. This assignment is not to be turned in; it's just to assist you in the process of creating your own story.





Remember to select the "Edit" button, and by your name, add your personal reflection. When you are done, be sure to click on "Save."

EXAMPLE: Name: Claudia McIvor Reflection: Creating a storyboard really helped me keep my thoughts and the sequence of the story organized.

Please post your name and reflection below: Name: Alison Smith

I used the power point to write my story board- I found it easy to upload my pictures add the text and keep everything in order-however it let me do more than when I got to Animoto and those few thirty seconds. Name: Pat Ruthemeyer Reflection: I used power point to organize my thoughts and images. I am familiar with this software and found it easy to organize one Psalm verse with the images I had collected. Easier for me than sketching out the images - at least for this project.

Name: Terri Kerley Reflection: I did use the power point software because I am very familiar with it and use power point a lot. Working with children, it would probably be easier for them to draw it.

Name: Ed Reising Reflection: I use mental story boards all the time when preparing homilies or talks. Putting everything on small paper squares first helps to keep ideas flowing when that time of indecision hits. Kept me focused.

Name: Joan Fye Reflection: In faith formation we share stories from the Bible and from the lives of Saints and others in our Catholic tradition. However, this is a way to bring the Gospel into our lives in a personal way and evangelize others. I am excited about digital storytelling.

Name: Mary Pat Austing Reflection: I am a visual learning and the added dimension of adding a picture to the outline form of telling a story or making a presentation is exciting and very helpful.

Name: Anne Marie Prangley Reflection: The storyboard required that I be methodical and purposeful in my storytelling. It helped me to think in a progressive sense - how one scene transitions into the next and how it fits into the big picture. Since I am also a visual learner, this exercise helped me to organize my thoughts and ideas in a very concrete way.

Name: Cara Stolarczyk Reflection: I am familiar with storyboards being used in designing on-line learning programs. It is a great tool to organize thoughts, quickly communicate to others and show both the overall objective and the supporting detail. It not only helps the creator but those who are reviewing the material to quickly get up & inside the material to provide input before notable time/investment is made in developing materials. It was a great way to bring to life the story prompt we created in Assignment #1. Thank you!

Laura Sams Reflection: The storyboard helped me organize my ideas so the presentation would flow in a logical and hopefully interesting way. I picked pictures from Flickr as I decided on what type of picture I needed for each story box.

Deanna Bartalini I choose to use Power Point to create the storyboard. It made it easy to add text and photos and move things around.

Elizabeth Girton Reflection The storyboard helped me visualize what the story will look like once it is developed throughly. I also realized you have to be selective in your choices of pictures.

Tara Dibble Using the storyboard helps me keep everything sequential and also helped me get rid of a few less important things that didn't add to my project.

Patti Gehred Using the storyboard helped me keep my thoughts in order. It also helped me see the sequence of what I wanted and how it would flow. Using powerpoint was very helpful in this process.

Name: Barb SK I am a person who must use storyboards and outlines for all work that I prepare for public consumption. I used a copy of the lyrics and a 5x8 card because that is what I usually use.

Name: Bob Wurzelbacher As I wrote out the storyboard, I am having trouble figuring out how to do this in less then 30 seconds, especially since the examples I see appear to have the animoto logo for the last 3-4 seconds of it.

Name: Karen Burford I normally use Windows Movie Maker, which has a story-board creating component built right in. But since the free animoto video is very, very short (less than 30 seconds), I used powerpoint to create my storyboard this time. It is very difficult to tell a story in less than 30 seconds.

Kim Adamson I have to say that for this project - I need to organize the actual images first. I don't think it was helpful to me to draw out the story. I think you should have your script or story, but the storyboard is more helpful when you are collaborating with others in the project.

Name: Sarah Pascual Reflection: I'm normally a very forgetful person. I often say I would forget my head if it weren't attached. So creating a storyboard helps ensure I don't leave anything out. It gives me a great "checklist."

Name: Claire Hamilton Reflection: After collecting pictures that seemed to capture the spirit of the lyrics for me, I used the story board to eliminate all but those I thought would fit into the time allowed and then to organize them so that they flowed properly.

Jan Von Handorf Creating A Storyboard I used PowerPoint to create my storyboard. Being able to see the “images” alongside the text helped me articulate my theme, organize my thoughts, select appropriate images, and arrange/rearrange/add/delete images as need be. Using sound in the background helped me focus on the total impact of the slides and the sequencing. I found in planning a 30-second video it is essential that the message be brief, crisp, and limited to one idea. 30 seconds is like creating a memorable “high impact” visual experience – everything must fit together precisely.

Loretta Nazario Reflection: I am a terrible artist. I chose to use PowerPoint and clip art for my story board. The story I chose to tell is so close to my heart that it flowed easily.

Name: Patti Kamper Reflection: With a project this small it was fairly easy to create the storyboard on Powerpoint and I appreciated having the ability to move frames easily, if necessary. For a larger scale project or one that was a collaborative effort I can see the process being vital to ensure all are on the same page. Classroom/collaborative projects might be better planned out on paper.

Name: Teresa Phillips Reflection: I use both hand sketch and powerpoint. I am very comfortable with power point. But, it's mechanical to me. I find sketching to be a reflective experience that helps thoughts flow in directions that powerpoint just doesn't allow my brain to go. I think it's the physical act of moving the pencil that moves the mind too.

Name: Terri Moser Reflection: Having photographed all the parishioners at their ministry displays on ministry Sunday and reflecting on the words of the Baptismal rite, I focused on the power of the chrism and the prayer that is said during the anointing. The responsibility of wearing the cloth of Christ, and being marked as Chris as - priest, prophet and servant king, the text that would be applied to the beautiful images of service and love I was viewing all fell into place.

Name: Marty McClain Reflection: The process of creating the storyboard allows me to spend time with the story and the photos. It allows me to focus more deeply on the message I want to convey. I am also more comfortable with using Powerpoint for this part of the story telling.

Name: Susan McGurgan Reflection: After deciding on the text, I found that that working directly on the Animoto creative space provided all the story board I needed or wanted. The ability to move images and text slides into and out of the right side overflow space worked best for me rather than using a separate story board. The Animoto work space provided a concrete sense of the video as it was shaping up and kept me on track with the time limitations. I found using a secondary story board with Animoto unnecessarily cumbersome... an extraneous step. I have made several videos since this first one and still prefer to work directly with Animoto after thinking out the project mentally. When using some other medium or platform for digital storytelling, I would investigate the use of storyboards.

Name: Barb Blanco Reflection: The storyboard process was fun and allowed me to order my thoughts, and frankly brought beautiful details to mind that I hadn't remembered. The images helped intensify the richness of my experience.