For writing workshop recently my fourth graders acted out The Three Billy Goats Gruff to show them how to incorporate transition words like then, next, after that, etc. into their personal narratives. Since I cannot put their pictures in public view I decided to make a puppet show into a video. Luckily I thought to ask them to if they would like to paint a background for me and I described what I wanted but they did a much better job than I had imagined. I also recruited them for help with making the puppets and again they did a great job.
I used their painting for the background and the bridge is three dimensional although you can't really tell that. I know that you can see the hand in the shots but if I taped the figures onto the screen for each photo I thought it would be completely two dimensional and I wanted a three dimensional picture.
I used three lamps to add extra light to the scene. I did not have a tripod so I put the digital camera on a chair with several books to keep it at one level. I used the information in the chapter on stop motion animation to create the video.
Storyboard for Multimedia Project:
Here is a video of my storyboard for my Voice Thread Poetry Project for the Multimedia Project. In the video I show each shot of my project. As I say in the video, I will use a digital camera and Voice Thread. The audio on the project will include my voice, the students' voices, comments from fellow students, and parents' voices.
The painting on each page will be the focal point where the eye will start and then go down to the typed poem. I will use a font consistent with the feel of poetry, possibly Kristen ITC, Lucida Handwriting, or Harrington. This type will be the same on each page to have a flow through the pages. There will be an title page, introductions, the body of the work, and then a final, closing page.
Jeri,
ReplyDeleteI loved that you got your students involved in your video. It was really a wonderful example of what they talked about in the readings - how stop motion can be a really great activity for the classroom. I liked seeing the hands because it gave it a really homegrown feel, but I supposed if that isn't what you were looking for, you could do it differently.
Your storyboard gave me a really good feel for your project. I think Voice Thread will be such a great tool, because it will allow all the audio commenting. How exciting it will be for you students to be able to hear people's reaction to their work!
Great job!
Jess
Hi Jeri,
ReplyDeleteJess took the words right out of my mouth. This video was ADORABLE! I was so excited to see your students' names in the credits! Thanks for adhering to *all* of the Concept in 60 guidelines and then some. The fact that you could see the hands during the video was just precious - it really added to the overall appeal and sentiment of the video. Ah, youth! Using the stop motion technique was an awesome way of capturing their work. I am SO IMPRESSED by their background, puppets, etc. Please convey to them how fantastic a job they did (from me, *your* teacher - I'm sure they'd get a kick out of that ;)!
You did a very thorough job of describing how your project will come to be via your storyboard. I'm glad you took the hands-on approach to detailing your project with good old fashioned paper and pencil! Again, as I said in your MMP proposal feedback, it's great to hear that the parents will be involved with this project as well. I hope they are as excited by this project as I am/we are in this class!
Fantastic job!