Assignment for Unit Project 2
Step 1:
Identify a multi-stage action or process, or a definable part of some larger process,
that involves 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 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. There are 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.
Design Parameters:
You may use all techniques of layout and arrangement available to you in the first assignment. By the same token, if you decide this task calls for a more conservative approach with less experimentation and more uniform structures, that choice is quite acceptable.
Technical:
Format your written narrative either as basic HTML or as a plain text file and upload it to your directory on crow.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 specification.
The storyboard may be submitted either as a series of Web images or on paper. If you print out, mount your series on heavy black construction paper or Bristol board. If you submit a Web page or series, name the first page yourLastName.assn2Images.htm. Points off if this specification is not followed.
