Assignment 3: Complex Process

Due at class April 1 (no fooling).

Step 1:

Identify a multi-stage action or process, or a definable part of some larger process, involving several actors and (most important) several simultaneous actions. The scope of the action should be appropriate to the depiction described in Step 3.

Examples might include a play in a team sport; a dance routine with at least two dancers; a complex dramatic, cinematic, or fictional scene (e.g., a brawl or melee); a traffic accident; a bank robbery; a bar fight; 5-10 minutes in a restaurant kitchen, or on the service floor. Check with me if you're not sure about your selection. No sex acts may be described unless they involve more than six participants.

Step 2:

Write a complete and detailed verbal narrative of the action. This should be as long as needs to be.

Step 3:

Create a storyboard with no fewer than 10 panels and no more than 30. You may not use any words on the storyboard, though you may use graphical indicators such as arrows or "zip lines." The storyboard has three main objectives: (a) to fully explain any and all causal relationships in the process; (b) to explain the spatial and/or social context of the process; and (c) in some way to convey more information than is conveyed by your verbal narrative. The last criterion is the most important.

Technical:

Format your written narrative either as basic HTML or as a plain text file and upload it to your directory on student-iat.ubalt.edu. The file must be named yourLastName.assn2Text.htm (if HTML) or yourLastName.assn2Text.txt (if text). Fill in your last name. Points off if you ignore this detail.

The storyboard may be submitted either electronically (PDF or HTML) or on paper. If you use paper, mount your work on heavy black construction paper or Bristol board. If you submit a Web page, name the first page yourLastName.assn2Images.htm (or .pdf). Points off if these details are omitted.

Grading Criteria:

• Does the project describe multiple, simultaneous actions? How difficult was the descriptive task?
  
  
• Was the visual storytelling effectively designed and managed?
  
  
• Does the visual narrative succeed in conveying more information than the verbal narrative?
  
  
• Did you employ original or inventive strategies?