Creating Your Sitcom Continued To know what my group and I need to complete in order to make our own sitcom opening credits storyboard. To understand the importance of following a timeline and conventions of a sitcom opening credits. To be able design a storyboard of the opening credits of a sitcom. Wednesday is a test. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux_Em1lVsjI Conventions; Audience; Sitcom; Characters; Locations; Unique Selling Point

Tomorrow’s Test You will read an article. Here are some words that you may find difficult from the article. (You can bring this sheet to the test) You can bring dictionaries. You must also bring pencil because you will answer the questions by scantron. Nothing on magazine conventions! 

To know what my group and I need to complete in order to make our own sitcom opening credits storyboard. To understand the importance of following a timeline and conventions of a sitcom opening credits. You will discuss in your groups what must get done today. Your deadline is Thursday. You should try to finish your rough copy of the paragraph. Each of you must hand in the paragraph. Work on the storyboard. Conventions; Audience; Sitcom; Characters; Locations; Unique Selling Point

To know what my group and I need to complete in order to make our own sitcom opening credits storyboard. To understand the importance of following a timeline and conventions of a sitcom opening credits. Before you storyboard, I want you to plan it out using this sheet. You will also create your SMART targets of who’s going to do what? Conventions; Audience; Sitcom; Characters; Locations; Unique Selling Point

Steps to Storyboarding: NO STICK FIGURES! Name the camera shots Write a brief description of what is happening in the camera shot Write how long is the camera shot (it can be seconds long) Write only the first line of what someone is saying Number your shots in what order one will see the camera shot in your news report No white space Show that you understand the conventions of a sitcom (humour, relationships, silly characters, etc.) Fat arrows to camera movement; skinny arrow to show people or objects moving.

Opening Credits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XKZO2d1tw0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX8ZJP8QJ9E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo5tBDXyQno http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYvNiKwWvhk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa3Dj59d48k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3uGuqv9fyA

Consolidation Were you successful in meeting your goals? Conventions; Audience; Sitcom; Characters; Locations; Unique Selling Point