Week 7 | Due Sunday, April 24th
Kickoff Video
Week 7 Deliverable: Rough storyreel of entire story (>1 hour)
Roughly sketch the images needed to tell Act 3 of your story. You are welcome to reuse any existing drawings from previous weeks. Use as many or as few images as you need to tell the story.
Your Deliverable this week should include all three Acts of your story: Acts 1, 2 & 3. If you aren't finished don't worry, it's okay to upload a partially completed story for feedback.
Try to make the length of this video 5min or less, shorter = better.
Past Week 7 Youth Submissions
Each team should upload one Week 7 deliverable below.
Only one individual from each team needs to upload.
Read and discuss feedback you received last week.
Make any changes you think will help improve your story.
At this stage your submission should be done rough and quickly (focus on story).
You can work on polishing/editing during Week 8 & 9.
Now it’s time to create your Week 7 Deliverable.
Remember this is still a rough draft, work roughly and quickly.
Exercise 1: Flesh out Act 3 (30-60min)
Last week you did this for Act 2, now you need to do it for Act 3.
Now look at the final two steps in your story spine (what we call Act 3). Write out each major beat into 2 or more minor beats so that you can tell the end of your story.
Until finally____
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minor beat: _____
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minor beat: _____
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And ever since then _____
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minor beat: _____
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minor beat: _____
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To help you out, check out this short video where Sunmee goes over different types of Act 3 endings. What type will yours be?
Your host for Week 8: Connie He! Join the final livestream on Monday, April 25th @ 5pm PT/8pm ET
Connie He is currently a story artist on an upcoming film at Pixar Animation Studios. She was born and raised in Shanghai, China. She graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2018, where she learned storytelling and CG animation. Her graduation film Watermelon: A Cautionary Tale has won 33 international film awards. Her animation career began as a CG artist on Netflix's series Love, Death & Robot. After that, she focused on pursuing storyboarding, which led to feature film development at Taiko Animation Studios. She joined Pixar in 2021 and is now working on a new Pixar film coming out in 2024.
We are now in the final buffer week.
Please submit your work at the bottom of the Week 8 page to be included in the Exhibition page which will go live on Friday, May 13th at 6pm PT. It's okay to submit partially finished work, that's what our program is all about. You must upload something by May 13th in order to earn your certificate & dedicated exhibition page.
Our awards & celebration livestream will happen via YouTube on Friday at 5pm PT. Here is the link to where it will happen.
The public exhibition page will go live after the livestream with ALL participants work: www.storyxperiential.com/exhibition (you can share this link with friends, families etc.)
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Exercise 2: Storyboard Act 3 (30min)
Rewatch this great video from Louis Gonzales, and then, try quickly sketching the minor beats of your third act on one page.
Click here to get a template if you would like, or just work from a blank page or use index cards.
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Act 3 Tips
James Robertson, Kevin O'Brien, Mary Coleman, & Robert Grahamjones offer some tips on creating a great Act 3. Here are some things to consider this week:
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What will your protagonist learn?
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How will they demonstrate they have changed/learned something?
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How does the world change?
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What will the audience feel?
Exercise 3: Narration vs. Dialog (optional)
Right now you probably have a narrator telling your entire story. The next step is to find ways to let your characters do the telling by giving them some dialog.
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narration: is when you, as the storyteller, tell your story
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dialog: is when a character you've created tells a part of your story
To get started try and find a few moments in your story where the character dialog can replace your narration.
This clip is a great example of the use of character dialog doing the "telling" of your story.