Comic Life Storyboard

COMIC LIFE ASSIGNMENT: Transmediation and short stories

Objective: Take one of the short stories we have read and turn it into a comic, using ComicLife.

STEP 1. Choose a short story from those we read as a class.

Options: “Thank you, M’am,” “Sunday in the Park,” or “On the Bridge”

STEP 2. Complete the story map for the story you have chosen.

http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/storymap2_eng.pdf

STEP 4: Storyboard your ideas into the format of a comic strip (SEE NEXT HANDOUT)

STEP 5: Using Comic Life, create your comic using pictures and word balloons to convey the information that you have gathered on your botanist.

8Click on the Start Menu, click on “Applications” and then select Comic Life

Be sure the content of the frames is easy to read – both pictures and text – and that it flows in a logical sequence to tell the important events of the story .

SEE TUTORIAL FOR HELP!

Comic Life Assignment Tentative Schedule:

Monday – Introduce Assignment

¨ Decide who you will work with (if anyone)

¨ Choose story then begin the plotting of the story.

Tuesday

¨ Finish plotting the story

¨ Begin story boarding your story

¨ One group member might start looking for appropriate images.

Wednesday

¨ Finish story boarding and start using Comic Life to put the Comic together.

Thursday

¨ Comic Life writing.

Friday

¨ Finish up time, if needed.

¨ Submit Comics to Ms. MacDonald’s substitute by

o printing out your comic

o sending it to Ms. MacDonald’s email address ()

o putting it on the classroom USB.

Ensure that you submit the following:

______ Your plot diagram for the story

______ The story board

______ Your reflection on how well you did, working with a group.

______ Your plot diagram for the story

COMIC LIFE STORYBOARD

Objective: To outline/draft the information you will use for the assignment using Comic Life

What you should already have done:

_______ Planned out your story and the elements that you think are most important.

Create Your Storyboard

You will create this draft of a comic that will tell the story.

Remember, the story should have a start, a middle, and an end.

Once you have ideas for your comic, fill out the frames with what will be in the word balloons and what pictures you will need for each frame. There is no rule about how many frames you need to have but you should try to be concise while including all the required information.

NOTE: It is fine if you end up revising or reformatting the story later when entering it into Comic Life.

Example of storyboard frame:

Frame 6

NOTES:

Need picture of scientist and

Name: ____________________________________ Story: ____________________________ COMIC LIFE STORYBOARD

Frame 1 Frame 2 Frame 3

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Frame 4 Frame 5 Frame 6

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