for the 2013 Flat Classroom Conference

1. Making Compelling Digital Stories
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by pasukaru76: http://flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/3694736727/

2. What
Works?
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by i am brad: http://flickr.com/photos/iambrad/220687809/

3. Shape of Stories
standard formula for screenplay = three act
structure, aka Freytag Pyramid

4. Kurt
Vonnegout on
the Shapes of
Stories
http://youtu.be/oP3c1h8v2ZQ
Paul Zak: Empathy,
Neurochemistry,
and the Dramatic
Arc
http://youtu.be/DHeqQAKHh3M

5. Nancy Duarte Analyzes Effective Speeches
Comparing what is (the status quo) with what could be,
eventually conveying to the audience the idea of “the new
bliss.”
www.duarte.com/books/resonate/sparkline-overview/

6. The Hook
opening question,
provocative statement

7. Lost Flash Drive - Remixed then
Returned
youtu.be/IG1ZkW_u_Bw

8. BBC Five Shot
Method
• closeup on hands
• closeup on face
• wide shot
• over the shoulder
• unusual/side shot
http://www.slideshare.net/fuzheado/teaching-visual-
storytelling-the-five-shot-method-and-beyond

9. Planning
cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by rodaniel: http://flickr.com/photos/rlodan01/5321531740/

10. Storyboarding Toy Story
http://youtu.be/QOeaC8kcxH0

11. Storyboarding any way you can

12. Animatics - video storyboard
sketches and music/audio
http://youtu.be/U1a1CmIpUBA

13. Two Genres
Docudrama
PSA