3rd Friday May 2013
Storyboard Activity
For a Photography and Film Night, a storyboard seemed like a
perfect activity. The idea came up in the brainstorm session with the community
programs interns and staff. After this meeting, Haley and I decided to take over
the storyboard activity and we came up with the following things to prep:
1- Two boards designed in the form of film roll, each
holding six frames.
2- Old and new photos of downtown Santa Cruz and famous
landmarks in Santa Cruz County for the location of the stories.
3- photos of a few historical figures from Santa Cruz (Rory Calhoun, Cora King Swain, Zasu Pitts, Axel Erlandson) along
with a few cartoon characters to be used as the main characters in the stories
(we thought it makes it fun to mix the real people with cartoon characters.)
4-Thought bubbles.
5-Some transition words to connect different scenes of the
story.
The idea was to encourage small groups of visitors to use a
number the prepared characters and locations and put together a story. After
they finished putting their story together and left the station, we cleared the board for the
next group of visitors. I used one of the boards to keep the samples on, so it
would give the visitors some ideas about how this activity works.
By the end of the event, We had visitors of all ages participating
in the storyboard activity. Of course, our young participants were so excited to
play with their favorite cartoon characters like Miss Piggy and Wall-E.
Other visitors enjoyed the cowboy character of Rory
Calhoun and the black and white photos of downtown Santa Cruz from the early 20th
century.
The life of Axel Erlandson and his Tree
Circus inspired a group of teenagers to re-imagine Erlandson's life story.
And here is a love story created by a family of three:
