Jenna Raygor EDIM 504 u06a1

On July 4, 1924 a man walks into a restaurant of a hotel. *Starts with a wider shot to open up film. This shots is FAST; it quickly moves onto start story. Story Map for Caesar Salad Caesar Salad Beginning: End: Changes? Problem: Solution: The customer asks for items off of the menu. *Camera shots do a nice job of showing communication between chef and customer. The chef is running out of food. He has to think of something quickly! *Speed of music and camera angles draw audience in. Chef starts seeing progress of salad and he puts his ingredients together. The chef used food items he did have readily available, therefore creating a new menu item- Caesar Salad. *motions such as the rubbing of the belly display to the audience the unspoken words of the customer’s satisfaction Chef goes from flustered to confident and satisfied with his new meal. Chef pulls out items he does have available and starts mixing.

Story Map for Beginning: End: Changes? Problem: Solution: Fall of the Gnome Girl pulls off road and parks car. She puts on running shoes and prepares iPod before working out. While on the run, the girl has a ball hit her. As she continues on her run, several other out-of- the ordinary things occur including a hedge moving, her shoe lace coming untied, a branch falling on her, a horrific noise coming through her iPod. *I may not have used so many different incidents occur; looses audience attention. Girl hears a random noise. She checks her backseat, but shrugs the sound off because she sees nothing. A passerby in her vehicle also makes eye contact with the “gnome” and has a flashback to a previous encounter with it. She uses her vehicle to run over it. *Great close-up shots are taken at this point. Also uses text overlay. The “gnome” appears to be destroyed and a single screen with the words “fin” appear. The transformation is that of a trusting citizen to run in the area to that of a scared citizen. This is assumed by the audience through the actor’s expressions, but not through words As she runs to her car, she accidently drops her keys and makes eye contact with the “gnome” *Several different camera angles are used t build intensity.

Story Map for My Feature Film the retelling of Gene Zion’s Harry the Dirty Dog Beginning: End: Changes? Problem: Solution: Harry, the dog, is outside in yard playing. Meanwhile, the little girl and boy are inside house getting towels and things for Harry’s bath. Little boy turning on water in bathtub. Upon hearing this noise, Harry becomes panicked. Harry finds the scrub brush before the children, picks it up with his mouth and runs with it. A few shots of Harry, up close, being VERY dirty. *Perhaps a change in music could be applied here. Harry, lonely and even dirtier, starts to see families spending time together. He also sees other dogs being walked by their owners. He starts to miss his family When Harry comes back to his home, he is disguised by the dirt and filth he is covered with. His owners do not even recognize him. In order for his owners to recognize him, Harry : 1. Dances to prove that it is him. 2. Willingly digging up the scrub brush. 3. Runs into the house and into the bathtub, getting for a bath Harry becomes his clean self again and feels safe back at home. He feels so safe that he is able to take a nap, but secretly hides the scrub brush so his owners do not get used to the idea of giving him a bath. Harry realizes that spending time with his family, feeling loved, and being secure is more important than running away just because you don’t like the house rules.

Works Cited for Story Map Analysis Ruvalcaba, E. (Producer), & Ruvalcaba, E. (Director). (2011). Caesar Salad [Motion picture]. United States: SFETT. Ochoa, R. & Madrigal, J. (Directors). (2011). Fall of the Gnome. [Motion picture]. United States: SFETT. Zion, G. (1956). Harry the Dirty Dog. United States: HarperCollins

Analysis I thought it would be easier to analyse movies that had already been produced, directed, and uploaded for all to see. However, I realized it is much easier to do this from the beginning, before even creating your project. Perhaps this is why Ohler explains this as one of the most important steps in the Digital Storytelling process. I am trying to make my story map as simple as possible for my students to understand. Therefore, I stuck with a basic VPS model, which also ties in nicely with the retelling of format students are required to know in my district. The two movies that I analysed showed me how quickly the introduction needs to occur. The main part of both of these movies are the problems and tension. I need to consider this for my own feature film. I also realized that I should carefully focus on the different shots that need to be taken in order to the movie to come “alive.” The angles of the shots are key. Although the angles and shots at the beginning were short, I, as the audience, still understood. I need to remember this... It is not so much building up the story, it is the problem and solution itself that needs to be “built up.”