1. Script Writing, Story Boarding, and Site Selection Issues
MachinEVO Week 2

2. Scriptwriting Benefits
Filming and editing become much easier since less takes and cuts are needed.

3. Scriptwriting Benefits
Finding an appropriate set/sim, costumes, and props is easier.

4. Scriptwriting Steps
Step 1: Prewriting—Brainstorming your goal and how to achieve that goal.

5. Example Goals
* Illustrate: A grammar point—past tense, conditionals A language function—expressing anger, ordering from a menu Vocabulary terms—body parts, idioms, * Tell a story for students to understand or draw conclusions from. * Record students acting out a script. * Having students use English in an intense way while creating videos on a topic you or they choose.

6. Scriptwriting Steps
Step 2: Creating an outline—the major actions that need to be covered in the different scenes of the script.

7. Scriptwriting Steps
Step 3: Pitch—especially useful for your students to do since it requires them to present their ideas to the class.

8. Scriptwriting Steps
Step 4: The script—the setting and dialog for your scenes.

9. Scriptwriting Steps
Step 5: The storyboard—simple drawings that illustrate camera angles and essential costumes and props.

10. Useful Scriptwriting Tools
Story Generators: Roleplay Scenarios

11. Useful Scriptwriting Tools
Story Generators:Story Dice

12. Useful Scriptwriting Tools
Story Generators:Opening Lines

13. Useful Screenwriting Tools
Screenwriting Software: 

14. Useful Screenwriting Tools
Screenwriting YouTube Video: Scriptwriting by AFI ScreenNation =PLna7STDz_DyLBdlzcNWhChpCBZ5QVSG6u

15. Useful Screenwriting Tools
Basic Scriptwriting Conventions Interior/Exterior -- Location -- Time of day Description of where characters are and what they are doing Identify speaker Speaker’s lines Other film-making notes

16. Useful Screenwriting Tools
Basic Scriptwriting Conventions
INT. – BEDROOM – AFTERNOON Jenner leans on the wall next to the bed. James is in bed; his mother stands over him. She smiles a slight smile. MOTHER Doctor Jenner, could you please come here for a moment. DISSOLVE TO JAMES’ FACE. JENNER (V.O.) Just a second. FADE OUT.

17. Useful Screenwriting Tools
Basic Scriptwriting Conventions
= 1 minute of screen time

18. Story Boarding: Why Bother?
Storyboarding helps you: 
1. Discover problems before you start filming
2. Make sure everyone is on the same page about what needs to be done
3. Analyze what shots and angles you want (wide establishing shots, close-ups, cutaways, etc.)
4. Think about the purpose, props, dialogue, and action you need in each shot
5. Make it evident when you are repeating ideas already covered by previous action or dialogue. 

19. Storyboarding Examples
Use a simple form.

20. Storyboarding Examples
Draw right on your script.

21. Storyboarding Examples
Use comic software, like Comic Life, to make your storyboard.

22. Storyboarding Examples
If you absolutely don’t want to draw, at least use a detailed Excel sheet.

23. Storyboarding Aids
Tips in “Cinematic Storytelling” document

24. Storyboarding Aids You Tube Videos
Storyboarding by AFI ScreenNationhttp:// e=share&list=PLna7STDz_DyLBdlzcNWhChpCBZ5QVSG6u 
Zero Budget Storyboarding
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Storyboarding Tutorial 
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Alfred Hitchcock On Mastering Cinematic Tension
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25. Storyboarding Aids You Tube Videos detail types of shots and much more.

26. Storyboarding Aids You Tube Videos detail types of shots and much more.

27. Storyboarding Aids You Tube Videos detail types of shots and much more.

28. Storyboarding Aids You Tube Videos detail types of shots and much more.

29. Storyboarding Aids You Tube Videos detail types of shots and much more.

30. Storyboarding Aids You Tube Videos detail types of shots and much more.

31. Storyboarding Aids You Tube Videos detail types of shots and much more.

32. Storyboarding Aids You Tube Videos detail types of shots and much more.

33. Storyboarding Aids You Tube Videos detail types of shots and much more.

34. Storyboarding Aids You Tube Videos detail types of shots and much more.

35. Storyboarding Aids You Tube Videos detail types of shots and much more.
A rule-of-thirds shot

36. Site Selection Criteria
Partial list of factors: 1. Is it necessary to get permission to film? 2. Is the sim voice-enabled? 3. Are there useful or annoying background sounds? 4. Are there avatars on the sim that might be useful as extras or problematic? 5. Is it possible to shoot several different type of scenes on the same sim?

37. Site Resources: Historic or Culturally Rich Sims
Ancient Rome, King Arthur’s court, the Wild West, Parisian catacombs, Berlin in the 1920’s, modern New York, outer space colonies, underwater cities, etc. Visit SL Destinations to choose the best place for your machinima: -US

38. Site Resources: EduNation Holodecks
A holodeck stores Second Life scenes and lets you load them from a menu whenever you want. 
Scenes can include any prim object, including furniture, pose balls, and particle generators.
The following links give more information on holodecks:
holodeck.html 
lodeck 

39. Site Resources: Simple Cube Sets
Sample--easy to alter or build from scratch

40. Machinima Open Studio Project
Machinima Open Stage Project Blog: MOSP Welcome Area: Sound Stage 1: Sound Stage 2: Sound Stage 3: Sound Stage 4: Peaceful Valley: New Orleans: Gypsy Camp: Night Beach: Corporate Office: Beach Walk: Streets and Subway: Stone Ruins: Park: Shadow Lands:

41. Suggested Work to Complete Before Next Week:
1. Form film-making groups. 2. Prepare scripts/story boards. 3. Take photos of your sets/sims and costumes.

42. Additional Resources
PowerPoint illustrating SL basics:

43. Additional Resources PDFs on SL Basics: SL Basics.pdf
SL Basics Part 2.pdf

44. Additional Resources