Making of a StoryBoard

I have long been envious of people who were able to take the pictures in their cameras and put them into an electronic album, indexed and organized in a way that they could find them. Far more impressive were those who had their videos organized and archived. “Someday I hope to get all my [digital image] stuff in order”.

The next step, actually creating a product that organizes these videos in a coherent flow was beyond what I hoped I would do in this class. Being exposed to the movie makers, shown what they can do, and working with other teachers who showed me the process in action helped me realize it was within my reach. Once exposed to this technology I was quick to see relevant products that could be useful in helping students and family understand a message I was trying to communicate.

The project of creating a story board in a group was an excellent place to begin. Fortunately, John came up with a story by Utah Phillips that already existed in digital form, so our team could focus on collecting and organizing images. I had heard iMovie was good for making videos, so I was happy we were working in that program—it should be easy. Patience an expert, so our team had the support to answer any questions and offer supplemental ideas to enrich the experience. I had worked with them and Jonathan before, so we were quick to divide up the tasks and get on with accumulating the resources.



In previous Coetail courses I had learned about getting images from Creative Commons, now I was learning about “importing” images, changing the lengths of time images were shown, and linking these video images with sound. I was amazed at how quickly the process could occur once the story was developed and the importance of having the story in place from the beginning.