1. bill law’s three-scene storyboarding
to help you to…
> examine narrative’s distinctive contribution
> use episodic ‘turning-points’ to enable flexibility
> support ‘remembering’, ‘showing’ & ‘futuring’
> use word-and-image ‘filmic’ techniques
> plan for new programme possibilities
> enable a probing questioning of anecdotes
DVT 14
storyboarding
updated 2/11/09
this PowerPoint
at:
magazine/mkngtwork/cafstrybrd.ppt

2. bill law’s three-scene storyboarding what it does
intuition
> interweaving thoughts and feelings
habit
> using words and images
instinct
> showing the individual and others
> for other’s stories and your own
encounter
luck
> setting down career-related experience
> a story-telling process
impulse
> a basis for action
what real-life episode comes to mind?

3. bill law’s three-scene storyboarding key features
‘who?’
‘when?’
‘where?’
‘what?’
‘why?’
‘how?’
> draw us in
> keep us curious
> call up ‘what-next?’ hopes and fears
> memorable - we go over it and tell others
> can be an inspiration - or a warning
> hinges on a turning-point
what of your episode do you recall?

4. bill law’s three-scene storyboarding finding a turning-point
‘letting go?’
‘decision?’
‘holding on?’
‘moving on?’
> a scene where new possibilities come into view
> may be a surprise
> could change a person’s mind
> but even if it doesn’t it is remembered
is there a turning point in your episode?

5. bill law’s three-scene storyboarding using ‘filmic’ methods
> positioning-in-the-frame
> thoughts and feelings
> angle-of-shot
> looks and gestures
> width-of-field
> talk
can this convey the episode in the person’s own terms?

6. bill law’s three-scene storyboarding showing
> big scene: when things can be changed
> opening scene: the way things are before
> following scene: the way things become different
does your sequence show… surprises? disappointments? hopes?

7. bill law’s three-scene storyboarding remembering
> wondering ‘what might happen if....?’
> sorting out the natural muddle
> facing uncertainties
> opening-up questions - ‘why this?’, ‘why then?’, ‘why like that?’’
> seeing new possibilities - encounters, locations, events
use this instead of worksheets? data-base? psychometrics?

8. bill law’s three-scene storyboarding futuring
> check out an already-in-mind move
> visualise a never-before-considered move
> get clear on the ‘where?’, ‘who?’ and ‘what?’ of action
> consider action against-the-grain of family’s & friends’ expectations
> work out how to relate this to friends and family
> work out how to present this to recruitment people
support for flexible action in a changing world?

9. bill law’s three-scene storyboarding covering programme possibilities
> face-to-face help
> family-talk
> small-group-work
> visits-in and -out
> community projects
> enquiries
> role-plays
> media-productions
which of your partners can you interest in what?

10. bill law’s three-scene storyboarding formating the process
> like a diary, a chat or social-networking
> drawing on movie, novels and soap-opera formats
> for other peoples’ stories - which give us each a clue to our own
> and for our own
for creative use of digital technologies?

11. bill law’s three-scene storyboarding pursuing stories
> at first of readily-recognisable ‘up-close’ experience
> progressively of the-likes-of-people-you’ve-never-met-before
> then of situations where things go badly
> of where a person needs to be able to make good use of bad news
> of constructive ways of recounting challenging experience
community links
curriculum
media
websites
what stories bind a person to a community - local and virtual?

12. bill law’s three-scene storyboarding interrogating a narrative
what’s going on here?
who - what - when - where?
got enough to go on?
> finding-out - seeing, hearing, feeling
> finding-out - seeing, hearing, feeling
> sorting-out - getting things into useful order
> checking-out - pointing to what really counts
> working-out - grasping what leads to what
biggest surprise?
changes how I see things?
different from people I know?
> sorting-out - getting things into useful order
keeps coming back to me?
hardest to deal with?
why I have to do something?
> checking-out - pointing to what really counts
how did it get this way?
what can I do about it?
how I can make it work for me?
> working-out - grasping what leads to what
can a learning profession risk leaving any anecdote unquestioned?

13. bill law’s three-scene storyboarding adapting for your work
> handbook
> Word version of handout
> blank formats
> this PowerPoint
> web links
available shortly
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14. finding hope here? helping you to . . . yes/no
. . . examine narrative’s distinctive contribution
. . . use episodic ‘turning-points’ to enable flexibility
. . . support ‘remembering’, ‘showing’ & ‘futuring’
. . . use words-and-images ‘filmic’ techniques
. . . plan for new programme possibilities
. . . enable a probing questioning of anecdotes
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