digital inquiry: making a documentary
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Adapt inquiry Research to a "documentary" film format.TRANSCRIPT
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Digital Inquiry:Digital Inquiry:Making a DocumentaryMaking a Documentary
Jon Orech
English Department
Curricular Technology Consultant
Downers Grove South High School
Downers Grove, Illinois
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Essential Question:Essential Question:
How can inquiry learning and digital storytelling be combined to create a meaningful learning experience?
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Inquiry-based ProjectInquiry-based Project(Jakes, Pennington, Knodle)(Jakes, Pennington, Knodle)
Essential question Foundation questions Develop a search strategy Locate information Filter, distill, and cross reference Evaluate amount of information Develop answer to question Create product to represent answer
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Digital StorytellingDigital Storytelling(Lambert)(Lambert)
Point (of View)Dramatic QuestionEconomyEmotional ContentSoundtrackGift of your VoicePacing
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““Digital Inquiry”Digital Inquiry”
Inquiry
Project
Digital
Story-
telling
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Prior to the ProjectPrior to the Project
Practice with Inquiry model (Mini inquiry)– Essential/Foundation questions– Keywords– Internet Research
Creation of a “pure” digital story– 7 elements– Editing software
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Step 1:Step 1:Writing the inquiry paperWriting the inquiry paper
Design topic that accommodates inquiry. Adapt “scaffolding” to student ability and
experience. Require a wide variety of types of sources.
– On line– Print– Interviews
Promote ethical research. Consider collaborative writing. Collect paper as a self-contained assignment.
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Step 2:Step 2:Adapting the TextAdapting the Text
Length: 2 pages, double spacedDocumentation
– Oral citations– Works cited
Consider audience familiarityMaster pronunciation
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Step 3:Step 3:Collecting ImagesCollecting Images
(USE STILLS)(USE STILLS)
Where?– Google, altavista, flickr.com
Image size: 640x480 pixelsCopyrightsConsistencyConsider symbolic representations
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Step 4: Step 4: Create StoryboardCreate Storyboard
“Movie Outline”“Movie Outline”
Visually “syncs” words to imagesEncourages editingReveals “holes”Aids in creation of documentary
Template
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Step 5:Step 5:Create DocumentaryCreate Documentary
(Digital editing software)(Digital editing software)Drop imagesRecord voice overSynchronize images to audioAdd effectsAdd soundtrackTitles, text, and transitionsPolish and burn
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Drop imagesDrop images
Begin with black, title, blackPlace in order from story boardConclude with black,title, black
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Voice overVoice over
PacingArticulation, pronunciationTone
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Sync images to soundSync images to sound
1+1=3Image before wordsGive audience time to digestCoordinating audio with transitions
– V.O. through cut– V.O. stop at dissolve– V.O. stop at fade
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EffectsEffects “Less is more”“Less is more”
Movement– Zoom– Pan
Using textColor/lighting
– Sepia– B/W vs. color– Contrast
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SoundtrackSoundtrack
VolumeMood/toneInstrumental vs. lyrics
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Titles and transitionsTitles and transitions
Titles – Sans serif– Appropriate to topic
Transitions: “less is more”– Cut– Dissolve– Fade– Other…
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A “cut” = no punctiation orA “cut” = no punctiation or
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A comma.A comma.
Think of a dissolve as a Think of a dissolve as a period.period.
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After the dissolve, we start After the dissolve, we start another, related thought.another, related thought.
A fade is like an “enter” that A fade is like an “enter” that implies a new topic of thought.implies a new topic of thought.
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AssessmentAssessment
Inqury written assignment– Content– Documentation– Mechanics
Prep steps (storyboard)Documentary
– Content (images, adaptations)– Presentation (7 elements)
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Why Digital Inquiry?Why Digital Inquiry?
Adaptable to student ability and subjectPerformance assessment (P.B.L.)Wide variety of assessment possibilitiesMultiple intelligencesStudent ownershipStudent motivation
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What are the obstacles?What are the obstacles?
Time
Technology
Training
“Selectively abandon”
Studio 9, iMovie, Photo Story 3
CALL ME!
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I am available for I am available for workshops, in-service for:workshops, in-service for:
Digital storytelling: art and craftSoftware training: PhotoStory 3
Pinnacle Studio 9,™Digital inquiryAdapting DST/ DI to low-achieving
students