www.eLearningGuild.com
Storyboarding
for e-Learning
Video Production
Steve Haskin, S > Media and Joanna Miller,
University of Massachusetts Medical School
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April 14-17, 2008
Orlando, FL
Storyboarding for eLearning
Video Production
Joanna Miller, UMass Medical School &
Stephen Haskin, S > Media
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What is an eLearning storyboard?
What is a video storyboard?
What’s are the differences between video and eLearning storyboards?
How complex do my storyboards have to be??? I CAN’T DRAW!!!
A brief history of film and storyboards.
How do you put the different storyboards together?
Some assumptions
1. You already know you need a video to meet your eLearning objectives.
2. You want to make the video as cost effective and improve outcomes
as much as possible.
3. You understand that in making a video, there’s a process that’s
different than making static (picture) eLearning.
Session 408 – Storyboarding for e-Learning Video Production– Steve
Haskin, S > Media and Joanna Miller, University of Massachusetts
Medical School
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What is an eLearning storyboard
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Look like the finished product, but usually without all interactivity.
Done screen by screen with ALL the words inserted.
Includes images action text.
Used as a critical reference for team-based projects with graphic
designers, talent and other participants.
> Key to maintaining focus on objectives and preventing scocpe creep
What is a video storyboard?
> Rough visual outline of the video—it is NOT a script.
> Not at all like an eLearning storyboard
> Key to visualization of the video before it’s shot—important for the
producer and director and videographer (usually all the same person)
> Should be used to create planning for
> Locations
> Talent
> Equipment
> Looks VERY different from an eLearning storyboard…
Why are video storyboards different
> They don’t have to tell the whole story
> They’re only a sketch—eLearning storyboards are the whole story
> Video storyboard has lots of “gaps” and don’t show each and every shot
(they can, but are a ton of work) that you’ll be taking.
> The purpose of the storyboard “frames” is to show what you’re thinking.
Session 408 – Storyboarding for e-Learning Video Production– Steve
Haskin, S > Media and Joanna Miller, University of Massachusetts
Medical School
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April 14-17, 2008
Orlando, FL
A brief history of film
> The first “projector” was called a zoetrope and was invented in 1834 by
William Horner. Based on a device built in 1831 by Joseph Plateau.
> It may go back to the 1600s.
> Limitation was that only a few people could look at it at a time.
A brief history of film—continued
> First surviving “film” dates to 1888 by Louis LePrince in Yorkshire
England.
> Based on Edison’s device (really invented by William Dickson)
> The genius of this device was to put images on a strip of transparent celluloid “film.”
> It was called the kinetograph.
> The real inventors of film were the Lumeire brothers.
> It took about 10 years (1896-1906) or so for film to move from novelty to
popular medium.
> After that it’s all history…DeMille, D.W. Griffith, talkies, New York to
Hollywood, stars, action…
A brief history of film—storyboards
> Directors first started to use storyboards in the very early 1900s.
> Detailed storyboards were first used by Howard Hughes in “Hells
Angels” which had some incredibly complex sequences that he needed
to make others understand.
> Storyboards can be as complex or as simple as what works for you.
Session 408 – Storyboarding for e-Learning Video Production– Steve
Haskin, S > Media and Joanna Miller, University of Massachusetts
Medical School
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April 14-17, 2008
Orlando, FL
Storyboards—What they look like
> Some storyboards tell a whole scene with just one sketch
Can anyone guess what film this is from?
Storyboards—Stick figures
> Storyboards can stay simple—they don’t have to be complex to be
complex
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Haskin, S > Media and Joanna Miller, University of Massachusetts
Medical School
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April 14-17, 2008
Orlando, FL
You can stack figures too!
> Here’s one way to go from simple to complex
So how do you create a storyboard?
> First—you’ve got to have a story
> Sample story
> How to Steam Milk
> Good cooks use the right tools. To steam milk, make sure you have a small, stainless steel pitcher; a
carton of skim milk; a chef’s thermometer; and a milk steamer. Once you have the tools, be your own
sous chef and prepare them. Place the pitcher in the refrigerator for at least two minutes before beginning
to steam the milk. Leave the milk in the fridge until you need to use it. And be sure to wipe the steamer
nozzle clean with a damp towel. OK, it’s showtime! First, fill the pitcher about halfway with milk. Put the
thermometer in. Place the pitcher under the steamer nozzle and lift until the nozzle is about half an inch
under the surface. With your free hand, turn on the steam. You’re on the way! Be sure not to overfill the
pitcher. The key factor is temperature, so watch the thermometer: You want the milk to get no warmer
than 160 degrees, otherwise it will boil, burn and taste terrible. Don’t raise and lower the pitcher. Keep it
still and let the steam work its way through the liquid. After about two minutes you can sample your work.
Perfectly steamed milk has small bubbles throughout and foam on top. Take a sip; it will be sweeter than
cold milk. If you got it right you may even end up with a milk moustache.
How To Steam Milk
Session 408 – Storyboarding for e-Learning Video Production– Steve
Haskin, S > Media and Joanna Miller, University of Massachusetts
Medical School
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Orlando, FL
The right tools
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Stainless steel pitcher
Skim milk
Thermometer
Milk steamer
Prepare
> Cool pitcher in refrigerator for at least 2 minutes
> Use cold milk
> Clean steamer nozzle
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Fill the pitcher halfway with milk
Place thermometer in pitcher
Place steamer nozzle 1/2 inch under the surface
Turn on steam
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Haskin, S > Media and Joanna Miller, University of Massachusetts
Medical School
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Orlando, FL
Be careful!
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Don’t overfill pitcher
Don’t let temp rise above 160 degrees
Don’t bob pitcher up and down
Don’t steam for more than two minutes
Success
> Perfectly steamed milk
> Small bubbles throughout
> Foam on top
Concluding
> We now know the differences between the definition of what an
eLearning storyboard is and a video storyboard.
> Storyboards aren’t difficult to make, but they do require time thinking
about what your video is going to look like at the end of the day.
> You don’t have to draw.
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Haskin, S > Media and Joanna Miller, University of Massachusetts
Medical School
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