Director s Center. 1a. Community Brainstorming Chart. Overview

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1 Overview One person (the director) from each crew will attend this center. You will be responsible for taking back this information to the rest of your crew. The director is the boss in your video crew. You are responsible for approving the storyboard and script, the cueing routine for your video production (shoot) and the preparation of the storyboard and facilitating the brainstorming segment of the video production. You must have: the Preparation for Storyboard handout, the Storyboard/Script handout, and the Community Brainstorming Chart. In this center your tasks are: 1. Look over examples of the Brainstorming Chart and the Preparation for Storyboard Handout because you will be facilitating this part of the video production. 2. Learn how to storyboard/script your video and see an example. 3. Learn how to cue your shoot. 1a. Community Brainstorming Chart In the Community Brainstorming Chart, you will see a list of possible categories for your video production. As the facilitator, you will guide your crew in the planning phase of your community video production. You will decide as a crew whether you will be telling a story about your community s architecture, geography, public places, people, etc. For example, you may want to do a video production on: the cotton gin, the Rio Grande River, Billy the Kid, The Ghost Town, etc. The following chart should be in your Crew Folder.

2 Community Brainstorming Chart 1 Use this chart and community materials to record features about your community. Describe a feature, some history, its importance and contribution to the community. To continue on to storyboarding/scripting, make a choice on what you want to focus on for your video. Architecture: Schools, historic buildings, churches, homes, landmarks Geography: Mountains, deserts, rivers, lakes, prairies, forests, canales, mesas Businesses and/or commercial: Privately owned, publicly owned Public Places: Parks, libraries, museums, hospitals, depots, restaurants, town halls, points of interest People: Historic figures (famous or infamous), local celebrities, members of your family Cultural Influences: Food, dance, music, traditions, language, art, stories, folktales, legends, festivals, fiestas, traditions Adapted from Southwest Educational Development Laboratory

3 1b. Preparation for Storyboard After your crew has decided what story you will be telling about your community, you will guide your crew through the Preparation for Storyboard Handout. This handout gives your video a theme or focus. It also gives important information such as location of the shoot, who the talent is and what props and/or equipment you will need for the shoot. The following is what your Preparation for Storyboard contains. The Preparation for Storyboard can be found in your Crew Folder. Preparation for Storyboard Name of Video: Crew Members: Purpose and Objective of the Video: Story Kernel: Tell your story in one sentence: From what point of view will your story be told: Location of the video: Talent (who are the actors): Props and Equipment: Special Notes:

4 2. Storyboarding After you have gone through the Community Brainstorming Chart and Preparation for Storyboarding Handout with your crew, you are then ready for storyboarding. Storyboarding is a quick sketch of how the video will look. This video sketch helps all members of the crew quickly see what the next shot is so that audio, cameras, and lighting can be positioned quickly. The script is the audio or the spoken words of the video. Many video productions separate the script from the storyboard and others combine the storyboard and the script. Our production will include the storyboard and the script in the Storyboard/Script Handout. Basic Storyboard/Script Las Cruces music has a multicultural flavor. Director s Notes Medium close-up of saxophone player. Storyboard: Video Script: Audio Director s Notes Advanced Storyboard/Script Music/FX Shot Notes Storyboard: Video Script:Audio Time Code The storyboard is a map or guide for your video production. The storyboard has the visuals, and the script has the audio or narration. The director s notes have the technical information for your camera tech. Please take a look at the storyboard your crew will be using. For more information on storyboarding and scripting go to the following online sites. It will give you important information about what a storyboard

5 contains and will guide you through the process of scripting your video. You may want to print some samples for your crew. Storyboarding Samples Script Sample The following is what your Storyboard/Script looks like and can be found in the Crew Folder. Storyboard/Script

6 4. Cueing Routine As the director you will take your crew to the location of the video shoot. Review the your storyboard/script and review with your crew. This is called a Walk through. This means that you will briefly go over the action of the scene. No details of the words are reviewed just the entrances, exits, what the talent will say as an introduction, etc. Now that everyone is ready, begin the following routine: Director: (hold up hand with arm extended above your head with all five fingers extended.) This is the ready signal. You should be behind and to the right of the camera tech. Director says: Ready! Camera: Set! (Replies that shot and tripod is ready.) Talent: (If the talent is ready the talent will respond with a simple nod.) Director: Roll Tape This tells the camera tech to press record button. Camera: Tape Rolling or just Rolling The camera tech says rolling then presses the record button so that none of this dialogue is on the tape. Director: The director now checks the shot, listens for background noise, looks around for any disturbances, etc. If all is ready then proceed. For advanced users who will be editing, the director may say, Action. For basic users the director will now be using hand signals to continue the shoot. Your extended arm above your head goes as follows: 5 fingers extended: Ready 4 fingers extended: Roll tape 3 fingers extended: No dialogue 2 fingers extended: No dialogue 1 finger extended and point to the talent or camera tech. This is the hand signal for Action.