The final project of YOUR STORY course at Northern Arizona University. Each student will create a short documentary film about themselves. They will be the Director, Producer, Narrator, Cinematographer, and Distributor. How well will you tell YOUR STORY.

1. Your Story
Video Portrait

2. Assignment
Each student is to create:
A short profile video on themselves
could include…
Think of the personal inventory you did in the first couple quarters, e.g.
values, one word that describes you, favorite quote, your bio, 12 slides, etc.

3. Parameters
Duration: 1 - 2:20 minutes (if you need to go over, fine, just cap it at 5 min.)
Group size: 1 - 3 members
Due date: December 5th

4. Pre Production
“Work done on a product,
especially a film or broadcast
program, before full-scale
production begins.”
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Three main components:
Treatment, Script, and Storyboard
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Pre production will not be graded,
however, it is highly
recommended for your success

5. Treatment
A treatment is a detailed summary of your video
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Communicates your important sequences, scenes, and story points

6. Script
All words and actions that will be within your video
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This is a written, chronological, sequencing of all that will occur within the
video
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Best accomplished through word or Celtx.com

7. Storyboard
“A storyboard is a graphic organizer in the form of illustrations or images
displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture,
animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.”
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Utilize images or drawings to visualize what your video will look like from
start to finish

8. This is the step where you will
gather or film all necessary
components of your video
The shoot

9. Types of Footage
A-roll:
The primary footage that will be used in your film
B-roll:
Pictures and video to supplement the A-roll

10. Equipment
Your Phone:
Believe it or not, there are award winning feature films shot on iPhones
The Library:
Has a plethora of video and audio gear to checkout
https://nau.edu/library/laptops-equipment/ (in “production equipment” tab)

11. Preparing and assembling your
footagePost Production

12. Editing
Combine all of your footage into a timeline.
Timeline:
In video editing, timeline is a commonly used interface found in most video
editing programs. This interface enables authors to lay a video project out in
a linear fashion horizontally across a monitor.

13. Video Software
Free:
iMovie, DaVinci Resolve, Avid, Blender, Lightworks, Etc.
https://www.oberlo.com/blog/best-free-video-editing-software
Library Computers:
Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro

14. Audio Software
How to get free music:
https://filmstro.com/music
https://filmstro.com/music
https://ytmp3.cc/ (paste link from youtube)

15. Export and Submit
Export video from software to a savable file (dozens of tutorials online for
your chosen interface)
Upload to a video sharing platform such as vimeo, Youtube, or Google
Drive.
Once you have successfully uploaded your video, share a link Via BbLearn
or email.

16. Questions?
Blake Silkey
rbs65@nau.edu