Recently I have been using the phrase "Less is More" in my life, work and studies for this Masters program. It seems fitting, as I feel inundated with information. So as I began thinking about how to craft a Capstone video, a 90 second video that will capture the knowledge and research I have amassed over the last year, this seems especially true. I began with the 7 elements of Digital Storytelling that Mr. Pence had provided us, and well, it felt awkward. I ended up crafting a script and trying to shoe horn that into these elements. I realized after the fact that this was the overarching thinking piece, where I want to go with the video. That sounds about right to me, but then I took it to the actionable piece. What is this going to look like? How am I going to do this? How many visual, video clips, and VO segments will I use? Can I use instrumental music throughout, or will it be too distracting? I then took some of these pieces of this script, that I had accidentally taken to the tactical level, and put it into a storyboard. In my work I have recently done a lot of videos. Screencasts, tutorials, editing down hours of classroom video and teacher talk. With this, I am starting to learn a lot more about video editing; what is good and what can be left on the cutting room floor. That said, I have never used a proper storyboard, well that is not entirely true. Teaching is my second career, by passion job. My first job was in advertising, working in account management. I worked with a lot of story boards, got to work on million dollar commercials, it was a fantastic eye opening experience. But, I never had to do it all on my own. So that is where my cohort can come in, I am hoping! As it stands right now I wonder if my flow is correct. In working in EDUC 792 on our collaborative book report I learned a lot. Becky and I had a book with so much relevant, powerful content, and not a lot of time to convey it. I think we came to a good place and were able to make the information digestible, and in doing so learned a lot ourselves. I am hoping to use some of that thinking, how we edited down a lot of information and made sure that is coming across in a clear, concise way in my storyboard. So is it? Karly Miller Story Board Template Karly Miller Script When deciding what editor to use I did some research. I have used iMovie only a few times when my children were younger and I was wanting to put some of their videos together. Maybe it was the sleep deprivation (they were 2 months and 2 years at the time) or me toggling back and forth between MAC (home) and PC (work), but I found it harder than it needed to be. At this point I have a license for Camtasia, and I think I will work with that. I am having to use it for my work on a regular basis, so why not use this opportunity to get an even better understanding of it? I just hope it is not as limiting as I think it is. It seems I have to "record screen" on even the visuals? That is on my list today to explore a bit more. Now, back to less is more, right?
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Becky
6/25/2017 03:10:42 pm
I feel like we are in the same boat. My boat is a tiny dingy in a large sea of storyboarding hell. I think we are feeling like we need to explain our entire project in 90 seconds...data and all. But really we just need to intrigue people enough to keep reading...keep clicking through the website. When I look back at my storyboard...I am wondering if I should leave out all the hard facts and data and appeal more to the emotional side. Does data motivate teachers? Or does emotion? Or emotion backed up with some data?
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Roger Pence
6/26/2017 01:45:03 pm
Less is more is the trick! You are both right as the capstone video is not meant to be a presentation of your data other than a "one-liner". Think of it more as a digital circus barker asking us to "come on in and check it out!" Think about what motivates people. It's usually not data first then emotion, rather the other way around.
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Karly Miller
6/26/2017 04:40:46 pm
Thanks Roger for this feedback, it is always helpful to have other thoughts as you are in the middle of it. It makes me want to go back and revisit my storyboard to make sure there is enough emotion, but I do want to create "the why" which does speak to the emotion of the need, we all have these students in our classrooms.
Karly Miller
6/26/2017 04:42:09 pm
Thanks for your feedback Becky, working on more emotion right now. I needed to step away from it, and now that I have I am thinking more emotion. That said, I feel like as a teacher I get emotional when I am not finding the tools I need to meet my student's needs. So I do think there is some data, but as you said lead with emotion and back up with WHY (data).
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Todd
6/26/2017 08:45:47 pm
Karly,
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