As we head towards the holiday, I want to share my gratitude for our class, and how thoughtful you have all been this semester thus far.
I am glad your were able to proceed with the Elit Workshop designed to “jump-start” the process of formulating your own elit story development. Writing your own #elit piece will involve some basic steps over the remainder of our time together. As I mentioned in class, this process is ultimately iterative which means you might cycle back-and-forth in the steps needed to be taken. The steps will include:
- Researching the concept(s) you come up with in order to have a clearer sense of how you might approach design and implementation.
- Writing a script, a storyboard, and outline/map, and/or a timeline of activities.
- Collecting and curating required multimedia elements — text, images, audio, video, oral history, interviews, selfies, and digital tools applications, etc.
- Constructing the narrative using selected digital tools. Play around with digital tools that best suit your implementation efforts.
- Sharing and reflect on the developing story for feedback.
Please remember that the creative process is rarely linear.
Your to-do list:
- As per our in-class workshop on 11/24 – Please remember to submit your initial concept for your final elit project in this document (see your name included at the bottom of the document). I will be reading everybody’s ideas in time for our next meeting on 12/1.
- Your blog for this week is a progress report on your on-going work. It should include the description of the project along with a sense of your overall working plan and a timeline. We will discuss digital tools and storyboarding in our next class.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!
I am hoping you will heap your plate full, and enjoy the nourishment. And I hope that each of your hearts will be full too…
