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Following our Pivot Animator assignment to create a storyline in which the main character has to interact with the image's surroundings in a way that involves meeting obstacles and overcoming them (or being overcome by them), One of our students made this outstanding version she calls
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Using Celtx to Create a Podcast Storyboard
Celtx should already be installed on your lab computer, and you can download a free desktop version for use at home here.
The purpose of Celtx is to organize and automatically format a script or storyboard for a presentation, play, radio show, podcast, etc. It is very good at this once you get comfortable with its workflow. We'll go over the basics in class.
For the state podcast you're going to be finishing later, write your script into the Storyboard section of Celtx. Split up the sentences you've written into different shots to go with different pictures. You should have a different picture for every different detail you mention in your script. Don't start collecting your pictures until you've entered your sentences into Celtx.
So, after you have finished your script and entered all your sentences into the storyboard, if you haven't already done so, you should organize your podcast by starting with a "big picture" of your state - a map image is a good idea. This shows where your state is located in the country, and, if you haven't done so already, perhaps you can talk about which states are on your state's borders.
After that, organize your statements about other things in the state in general, such as the state flag, the state bird, and so on. You should be able to use a picture of each of these things you mention. If you talk about the main products of the state, or its geography, or other things it's famous for (in general) just be sure that these are things that you can show in a picture, and that you include the picture as you speak about it.
Later, you should begin getting more specific about your state, such as talking about specific cities instead of the state as a whole. Make sure you keep your talk focused on things that make your state interesting.
Keep your organization of your podcast clear - Don't include general things about the state when you're talking about a city, and don't include things about a single city when you're talking about the state.
It's important that you have the right picture showing on the screen when you talk about it, so make sure your storyboard is accurately organized. Choose pictures that clearly show what you're talking about.
When you have fully organized your storyboard with text and images, submit it below.
The purpose of Celtx is to organize and automatically format a script or storyboard for a presentation, play, radio show, podcast, etc. It is very good at this once you get comfortable with its workflow. We'll go over the basics in class.
For the state podcast you're going to be finishing later, write your script into the Storyboard section of Celtx. Split up the sentences you've written into different shots to go with different pictures. You should have a different picture for every different detail you mention in your script. Don't start collecting your pictures until you've entered your sentences into Celtx.
- Finish script
- Copy sentences into different shots in Celtx storyboard
- Organize the sequence, moving from general topics to specific topics
- Start looking for pictures to fit what you've written
- Place pictures into the storyboard image holders
- Make sure your picture goes with what you're saying in it's connected box
So, after you have finished your script and entered all your sentences into the storyboard, if you haven't already done so, you should organize your podcast by starting with a "big picture" of your state - a map image is a good idea. This shows where your state is located in the country, and, if you haven't done so already, perhaps you can talk about which states are on your state's borders.
After that, organize your statements about other things in the state in general, such as the state flag, the state bird, and so on. You should be able to use a picture of each of these things you mention. If you talk about the main products of the state, or its geography, or other things it's famous for (in general) just be sure that these are things that you can show in a picture, and that you include the picture as you speak about it.
Later, you should begin getting more specific about your state, such as talking about specific cities instead of the state as a whole. Make sure you keep your talk focused on things that make your state interesting.
Keep your organization of your podcast clear - Don't include general things about the state when you're talking about a city, and don't include things about a single city when you're talking about the state.
It's important that you have the right picture showing on the screen when you talk about it, so make sure your storyboard is accurately organized. Choose pictures that clearly show what you're talking about.
When you have fully organized your storyboard with text and images, submit it below.
Here's how your final Color Palette should look except for the three boxes on the upper right row.
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It's time to master the keyboard. You have two goals in front of you:
To do this, you're going to have to memorize the key positions on a standard QWERTY keyboard and then practice moving your fingers from their resting position ("Home Position") to the key you want to type. That's really all that learning to Touch Type entails. You have to keep in mind, though, that being able to do it without looking at the keys is the only thing that matters. In other words, ACCURACY is far more important than SPEED. We will begin with drills to help you learn where the keys are. We've done some of this before, but now we're doing it in earnest. Your first drill, for example, is simply to practice returning your hands to the Home Position whenever you use a keyboard. Everything builds from this one skill, so practice it well and make it a Good Habit. Later on, you will also use a typing program I like that helps you practice finding the keys with your fingers and not your eyes - more Good Habits. You will need to demonstrate progress, and to maintain a level of accuracy that is no less than 90%. Your final test will be a timed test to see how accurately you can type a passage without looking at the keys. Explore.
Human vs. Technological Vision-
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