Multimedia Narration (Digital Story Telling) Project for French 331 spring 08

The multimedia narration project will be your term paper and students will pair in groups of 2 for each project.  Please plan early and finish each phase of your project on time.

Work involved with the multimedia narration project:

1. Write a script for the movie = a written essay that has to be approved by  the professor.
   To be finished by march 5th
2. Prepare a phonetic version of your script = you transcribe it in phonetics symbols, and read it to your professor before recording it in iMovie.
   To be finished by march 4th
3. Collect about 50 images from DVD, VHS tapes, the Web or material in print and images stored in ELLA
   To be finished by march 4th
   
   
4. Write a bibliography to document your sources (images, music, texts)
   To be finished by by April 16th
   
5. Prepare the images in Photoshop (JPEG format, 640 x 480)
   To be finished by by April 16th
6. Create an iMovie project by importing the selected images
   To be finished by by April 16th
7. Record your script in iMovie.
   To be finished by April 16th
   
   
8. Customize your iMovie project in iDVD
   To be finished by May 6th
9. Burn your DVD
   To be finished by May 6th
10. Present your project in class

Workshops schedule in preparation for your project in Digital Story Telling

This following list of workshops will be specially offered for you by Alexandra Balan, tech mentor, and Shaoping Moss, LITS technology liaison smoss@mtholyoke.edu, x3034

• Workshop for images, 6:30 – 8:30, Wednesday, Feb. 13, MEWS
• iMovie Workshop, 6:30 – 8:30, Wednesday, March 5, MEWS
• iDVD Workshop, 6:30 – 8:30, Wednesday, April 16, MEW

You will present your movies in class on Tuesday, May 6

Your Tech Mentor is Alexandra Balan, abalan@mtholyoke.edu; 413-322-9075. In addition to running workshops for images, iMovie and iDVD, Alexandra will help students prepare class presentations and multimedia projects, using PowerPoint, Photoshop, Ella iMovie and iDVD.
Alexandra's office hours are from 5:00 to 7:00 on Tues. and Thur. evenings and individual appointments at MEWs.

Instructions on class presentations:

For your weekly class presentations, create a PowerPoint presentaion (using no more than 10 images) and upload it in your workspace in EllA. Download it in class to do your presentation.

There are other available workshops offered by LITS, please check the calendar

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