Storymakers 1: Pre-Planning Your Digital Story from Concept to Storyboard With Liz Norton, Stone Soup Films Nife Adeyemi, Eureka Loft, Scottsdale Public Library April 7, 2016

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. © TechSoup Global | All rights reserved 4 Presenters Assisting with chat: Susan Hope Bard, TechSoup, Ale Bezdikian, TechSoup Becky Wiegand Webinar Program Manager TechSoup Liz Norton ED and Founder Stone Soup Films Nife Adeyemi Digital Media Specialist Scottsdale Public Library

. © TechSoup Global | All rights reserved 5 Objectives 1.Learn about Storymakers Understand the strategic and creative process for honing your concept 3.See a sample script 4.Overview of the story workflow from start to finish 5.Outline steps for the planning phase 6.Who, What, Where, How, Why resources 7.Answer questions!

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© TechSoup | All rights reserved. 11 NGOs have never had more power at their fingertips. Storytelling can equal increased fundraising and stronger advocacy. TechSoup believes that nonprofits around the world must have the capacity to tell their own story. Join #Storymakers2016 to begin the adventure and check out this year's campaign with: a brand new, three-part education curriculum guiding you through the pre-production, production and post-production process four webinars with storytelling experts sharing their tricks of the trade an "Around-the-World" Twitter chat promising over 12 hours of conversation hosted on Twitter by NGOs from India, Kenya, Warsaw, the United States and Canada a contest in which we're giving away US$7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera

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21 Questions?

. © TechSoup Global | All rights reserved 22 PRE- PRODUCTION FROM CONCEPT TO STORYBOARD WEBINARS

. © TechSoup Global | All rights reserved 23 THE PRODUCTION PROCESS

WHO TO FILM WHERE TO FILM HOW TO FILM WHERE TO DISTRIBUTE WHAT YOU NEED

BUDGET EQUIPMENT LOCATION(S) DAYLIGHT HOURS TIME TEAM PERMISSION CLOTHING/PROPS MEALS? SHOTS BUDGET EQUIPMENT LOCATION(S) DAYLIGHT HOURS TIME TEAM PERMISSION CLOTHING/PROPS MEALS? SHOTS THE PLANNING PHASE

WHO TO FILM

PERMISSION PERMISSION!! MODEL RELEASES LOCATION RELEASES MINOR RELEASES

WHAT YOU NEED TO FILM

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. © TechSoup Global | All rights reserved 30 SMART DEVICE

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TRIPODS STURDY CAMERA FLUID MOVEMENTS EQUIPMENT

THREE-POINT LIGHTING NATURAL LIGHTING EQUIPMENT

GREEN SCREEN CHANGE THE BACKGROUND OF YOUR VIDEO EQUIPMENT

MEMORY CARDS BATTERIES LENSES CAMERA BAGS EXTENSION CORDS MONITOR/LAP TOP MICS (lavaliers, booms, voiceover) EQUIPMENT

WHERE TO FILM

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ONE CONTINUOUS piece of film that threadsthrough thecamera. In digital terms, it would bethedatathat iscontained between record and stop. WHAT IS A SHOT ?

SHOT LIST What are you going to shoot & How are you going to shoot it?

RULE OF THIRDS

SHOT COMPOSITION SHOT COMPOSITION

. © TechSoup Global | All rights reserved 45 ESTABLISHING WIDE SHOT

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. © TechSoup Global | All rights reserved 47 ESTABLISHING STOREFRONT SHOT

. © TechSoup Global | All rights reserved 48 WIDE SHOT

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WHAT TO FILM

VOICE OVER (VO) ON CAMERA (OC) NATURAL SOUNDS (NAT) SOUND ON TAPE (SOT) MUSIC/INSTRUMENTALS AUDIO TYPES

AUDIO STOCK PHOTOS/FOOTAGE ROYALITY FREE CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSING PUBLIC DOMAIN

GRAPHICS & LOGOS PERMISSION PERMISSION!!

WHERE TO DISTRIBUTE

. © TechSoup Global | All rights reserved 57 NIFE ADEYEMI WEBINARS

58 Questions?

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