STORYBOARDINGPLAN601E VERBAL AND VISUAL: INFORMATION GRAPHICS (SESSION 5)

ELEMENTS OF A STORYBOARD

ELEMENTS OF A STORYBOARD

SCRIPT

SKETCH

SEQUENCE

CONTENT

Pose a problem: “An outcast patriarch tries to win back his family’s good graces.”

PREMISE: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT THAT DRIVES THE PLOT

Ask a question: “What if you had to live the same day over and over?”

PREMISE: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT THAT DRIVES THE PLOT

Trace a route: “Find 100,000 deutsch marks and get across town (i.e. the roads not taken).”

PREMISE: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT THAT DRIVES THE PLOT

THREE ACT PLAY

ACT 1: SET UP – SETTING, CHARACTERS, AND PROBLEM INTRODUCEDConfined to a wheelchair, Jefferies spends the day watching his neighbors. Lisa wants Jefferies, but he acts distracted.

ACT 2: TURNING POINT – PROBLEM GETS COMPLEXA neighbor appears to have killed a dog that was digging up the garden; Jefferies thinks the neighbor has murdered his wife, but his detective friend doesn’t believe him.

ACT 3: DENOUEMENT – CLIMAX HAPPENS AND PROBLEM RESOLVEDJefferies convinces Lisa to sneak into the neighbor’s apartment to find evidence of the murder, but they both almost get murdered themselves. Now that she is a co-conspirer, Jefferies agrees to marry Lisa. Lisa is happy.

Organize a presentation with three “acts” or “chapters”: 1) set the characters and context; 2) detail a problem; 3) resolve the problem – narrate with stories not data.

ACT 1MAIN IDEA

ACT 2MAIN IDEA

ACT 3MAIN IDEA

Steps: 1) make a grid with three acts and write out your main idea for each act.

STORYBOARDING WITH INDEX CARDS

Steps: 2) write / sketch all of your content onto index cards.

STORYBOARDING WITH INDEX CARDS

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACTFACT

IDEA

IDEA

IDEA

IDEAOBSERVATION

DIAGRAM

GRAPH

GRAPH

GRAPH

GRAPHMAP / DRAWING

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

ACT 1MAIN IDEA

ACT 2MAIN IDEA

ACT 3MAIN IDEA

Steps: 3) place the cards into the grid – grouping content based on the ideas you want to express.

STORYBOARDING WITH INDEX CARDS

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACTFACT

FACT

IDEA

IDEA

IDEAIDEA

IDEAIDEA

IDEAIDEA

GRAPH

GRAPH

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

PHOTO PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

DIAGRAM

DIAGRAM

DIAGRAM

ACT 1MAIN IDEA

ACT 2MAIN IDEA

ACT 3MAIN IDEA

Steps: 4) talk through your presentation – thinking especially about how you transition from one idea to another.

STORYBOARDING WITH INDEX CARDS

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACTFACT

FACT

IDEA

IDEA

IDEAIDEA

IDEAIDEA

IDEAIDEA

GRAPH

GRAPH

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

PHOTO PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

DIAGRAM

DIAGRAM

DIAGRAM

ACT 1MAIN IDEA

ACT 2MAIN IDEA

ACT 3MAIN IDEA

Steps: 5) revise – re-sequence / re-group cards; re-visit main ideas; edit and identify gaps in content (data / drawings).

STORYBOARDING WITH INDEX CARDS

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACTFACT

FACT

IDEA

IDEA

IDEAIDEA

IDEAIDEA

IDEAIDEA

GRAPH

GRAPH

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

MAP / DRAWING

PHOTO PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

PHOTO

DIAGRAM

DIAGRAM

DIAGRAM

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Steps: 1) draw grid of boxes, leaving column on right for main and supporting ideas and background information.

STORYBOARDING ON A WHITE BOARD

Main Idea

Supporting Ideas

Background / Clarification / Contradiction

Steps: 2) give a title for each box and a message, write main ideas and background information in right column.

STORYBOARDING ON A WHITE BOARD

Supporting Ideas

Background / Clarification / Contradiction

Main IdeaTitle

Message Message Message

Title Title

Title

Message Message Message

Title Title

Title

Message Message Message

Title Title

Steps: 3) add content to each box, including graphics and visual documentation to support the message.

STORYBOARDING ON A WHITE BOARD

Supporting Ideas

Background / Clarification / Contradiction

Main IdeaTitle

Message Message Message

Title Title

Title

Message Message Message

Title Title

Title

Message Message Message

Title Title

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACT

IDEA IDEA

IDEA

IDEA

IDEA

IDEA

Steps: 4) talk through your presentation – how do the transitions work? does the content support the main idea?

STORYBOARDING ON A WHITE BOARD

Supporting Ideas

Background / Clarification / Contradiction

Main IdeaTitle

Message Message Message

Title Title

Title

Message Message Message

Title Title

Title

Message Message Message

Title Title

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACT

IDEA IDEA

IDEA

IDEA

IDEA

IDEA

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Steps: 5) revise – re-sequence; re-visit main idea and messages; edit and identify gaps in content (data / drawings).

STORYBOARDING ON A WHITE BOARD

Supporting Ideas

Background / Clarification / Contradiction

Main IdeaTitle

Message Message Message

Title Title

Title

Message Message Message

Title Title

Title

Message Message Message

Title Title

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACT

FACT

IDEA IDEA

IDEA

IDEA

IDEA

IDEA

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?FACT

FACT

STORYBOARDING EXERCISE

WRITE A PREMISE 10

BRAINSTORM 3 ACTS / CHAPTERS 10

ORGANIZE STORYBOARD 20• Main ideas

• Inventory graphics / facts

• Group ideas / sequence

GROUP DISCUSSION 20