1. Kelly Miller Kelly.miller@vbschools.com http://vblms1.wikispaces.com/ Green Run High School Green Screen Storytelling

2. Consider This “ We need to prepare students for their future, not their present. ”

3. What is Digital Storytelling? Combining narrative with digital content to create a short movie, typically with a strong emotional component Digital Content includes: *still images * text *audio * animation *video * music * sound

4. Skills Used in and Benefits of Creating Digital Stories  Writing  Speaking and Visual  Technical  Personal Development  Active, Participatory Learners  Authentic Tasks  Collaborative  Creator of Knowledge  Curriculum Linking/Integration  Inquiry-based  Reflection  Research

5. Good Digital Stories: 1. Are Personal 2. Begin with a Story/Script 3. Are Concise 4. Use Readily-available Source Elements 5. Include Universal Story Elements 6. Involve Collaboration

6. Consider This “ I know only one thing about the technologies that await us in the future: We will find ways to tell stories with them. ” Jason Ohler Educator & Author

7. Seven Elements of Effective and Interesting Digital Stories 1. Point of View 2. Dramatic Question 3. Emotional Content 4. Gift of Voice 5. Power of the Soundtrack 6. Economy 7. Pacing

8. Considerations in Creating Digital Stories 1. Student groups (2-3) 2. Tutorials 3. Resources 4. Copyright 5. Assessment 6. Storage

9. Green Screen Story Telling “Harry Potter production techniques meets traditional story telling performance.” Jason Ohler

10. Creating a story Map Tell Write Tell/retell Done? Next steps

11. Story Map Visual Portrait of a Story developed by Brett Dillingham, modified by Jason Ohler

12. Basic Steps Thomas Banaszewski

13. Basic Steps Tom Collins

14. Phase I – Pre-Production Create and map the story Create a storyboard? Tell their stores in front of the whole group Write their stories Tell and retell stories Develop a list of background pictures Perform and record stories in front of a green surface.

15. Story board Bernajean Porter

16. Storytable NarrativeImages, Media Write your story hereDescribe your image you want to use

17. Phase II Production Use iMovie on the Mac - I assume MovieMaker on the PC - with a green screen chroma plug in Use Adobe Premier Elements Scan artwork Add the video recording Add scanned images using chroma editing Add music, sounds, other voices Mixing Peer/instructor review

18. Phase III Post Production Add titles Add background title music? Add transitions and effects Add credits and citations Peer/instructor review? Final mix, polishing Export the final file

19. Phase IV Performance/Distribution Burn a DVD for distribution Showing in-class, in-school, in-community Web-casting, web-streaming Community TV Note: invite community members to the performance recording

20. Green Screen Resources You need a solid color wall and a software program that allows chroma key editing It is not important that the wall be "green" only that it be mono-color, well lit and have as few shadows as possible. Movies and weather announcers tend to use a particular shade of green or blue because it is distinct and not commonly worn. A good digital video camera A teacher willing to work with you

21. Green Screen Tips Make sure your background is lit evenly Pay attention to coloring of subject’s clothing Try to use a digital video camera with a 4:1:1:1 ratio Have as much distance between the subject and green screen as possible Get in close the action –use wide angle mode Try to use unusual camera angles Use a fast shutter speed Use high energy music with lots of fast cuts

22. Examples of Digital Storytelling

24. Digital Storytelling Resources Jason Ohler http://www.jasonohler.com/storytelling/storymaking.cfm How to do chroma key with movie maker: http://www.wikihow.com/Chroma-Key-in-Windows-Movie- Maker Izzy Videos http://www.izzyvideo.com/http://www.izzyvideo.com/ (3 free videos) http://www.mediacollege.com/video/special- effects/green-screen/ http://www.mediacollege.com/video/special- effects/green-screen/