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Curated OER

YOU CAN BE A WOMAN MOVIE MAKER

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and participate in activities to find out more information about women movie-makers.The use of reading a script and making storyboards are just a couple of examples.
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Website
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Film Competition 2021

For Students 1st - 9th
For the last 12 years, the Childnet Film Competition has challenged young filmmakers to create a short film or a storyboard in response to a given theme. All entries must contain a positive message and be able to educate other young...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Translating Short Stories Into Original Short Films

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After reviewing the elements of the short story, learners develop a script and storyboard from a published or original story. Students then film and edit a video of the story to present during a class film festival.
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Other

University of Oregon: J333 Writing for Multimedia

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of resources for a course on writing for multimedia productions. Includes PowerPoints, documents, and links. The Syllabus section contains a course description and outline from the instructor. The course addresses topics...
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New York Times

New York Times: Anatomy of a Scene: Michael Bay on "The Island"

For Students 9th - 10th
Michael Bay describes his approach to storyboarding an action sequence in the movie "The Island." Includes actual captioned storyboards from the production and video of the finished scene.
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Lesson Plan
New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: To Kill a Mockingbird

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this unit students begin by connecting to the story To Kill A Mockingbird through quotes taken from the text; they explore the background information about the author and the Civil Rights Movement. After reading, they plan and develop...
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Handout
Other

Miami Dade College: Vic 1000 Visual Comm Lecture: Storyboard Guidelines [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
These are the lecture notes from a course on visual communication that uses Herbert Zettl's book "Sight Sound Motion." This PowerPoint outline (in PDF format) summarizes Zettl's guidelines for creating storyboards. It lists the main...
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New York Times

New York Times: From Sketch to Screen: "A Very Long Engagement"

For Students 9th - 10th
Launch an audio slideshow, narrated by the director of the film, about storyboarding sequences in "A Very Long Engagement." An interesting site for considering the work of the storyboard artist, whose sketching technique is wonderfully...
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Unit Plan
Other

Australian Centre for the Moving Image: Storyboard

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this online resource to create your own storyboard.