Your Story = A Video

Now we are going to take your stories and turn them into a video.  Let's watch the following video created by Ester Boller-the girl from the first set of pictures.  But before we do that I want to share her story with you so that you can see what it is like to take a story and create a film out of it.

Ester's Story:

Where I don't Feel Alone    

    On May 28, 2012, my brother Daniel committed suicide. For several years before his death, he suffered from a severe mental illness that took his rational mind, and he just wanted peace from the torment.

     Soon afterwards I began wondering what would’ve happened if he hadn’t ended his life; what would he be like in 10 – 15 years from now? I’ll never know these answers, but I hope with my whole heart that in heaven he found peace, happiness, and freedom from his suffering.

    This is a self-filmed video.

Music: To Build a Home - The Cinematic Orchestra.
Older dancer: Mia Bendele - En Croix (Homeschool Ballet) Dance Fort Wayne.
Younger girl: Me

http://vimeo.com/50036890

YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

 You already have a song and a story.  Hopefully you chose a song that truly fits your story.  The song will be your guide for your video.  Here is what I would like from you:

1.  Break down your song line by line.  Or beat by beat.  EXAMPLE:  At the beginning of the song-take the first line or beat.  What could you show that would represent the song words or beat that would also portray your emotion from your story?   

2.  You clearly should have a beginning, middle and end.  (think of these as your 3 different emotions)  BUT, like you saw in Ester's video, you can travel back and forth within the backgrounds to help bring your video together. 

3.  Using sticky notes I want you to create a story board.  Using sticky notes will allow you to move scenes around.  I want to know the details here.  This section will be due by Thursday when you walk into class.  So lets discuss Sticky notes and storyboards.  THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE SONG YOU HAVE CHOSEN.

Things you should have in you sticky notes:

The Scene # Every location change should be a new scene.

The lyrics to the song or beats to the song (to identify what section you are working on)
Camera Angles (54 DIFFERENT camera angles shown in Ester's video) how many different angles will you use in each scene and tell me how.
http://vhsadvancedfilm.blogspot.com/2012/11/camera-anglesshots.html
How and why to use different Camera Angles: CLICK HERE
How and why to use different Camera Angles part 2-CLICK HERE
Estimated Time- for each scene - base it on the music length-?(EX: how long is the piano section)
Explain what we will see-tell me exactly what I am going to be seeing in this clip 
Connection to the lyrics-explain how you used the words in the song to help portray your feeling/emotion or to help set the scene of what you are trying to portray.

Example of what I want to see in your Sticky Notes, using Ester's video:

Remember: you are trying to use the emotion from your story as your guide/inspiration for the whole film.  You came up with 3 different emotions.  I should see those emotions portrayed in your video.