Kamishibai
Paper Theater Performance and Video
What’s the relationship between words and images?
How do we determine essential elements of a piece of art?
How does live vs recorded performance impact a piece of art?
Create a Kamishibai “paper theater” in which you tell a story over 9 – 12 still images. Present your kamishibai live to an audience. Then, make a video of your kamishibai using voiceover to tell the story and present your video to a distant audience.
Read a chapter out of a story, or a short story by itself.
Break down the chapter into 9 - 12 individual beats.
Beats are the individual scenes from the chapter that you think are most important to that work.
Create a document that identifies the beats, including a brief description and a quote from the text that identifies the beat.
Create a detailed, full-color storyboard for each of your beats.
Storyboards must accurately follow the story you based it off of, and should be detailed enough for someone who has not read the original to understand and follow from beginning to end.
Each storyboard should also include a quote from the text underneath.
Present your kamishibai live to an audience using your storyboards as visual aids to guide the story.
Only one storyboard should be visible at a time, kamishibai style.
Your storytelling should be dramatic in nature, distinguishing between narrator and characters by using different vocal characterizations and engaging your audience using dramatic techniques and enthusiasm.
Your storytelling must accurately follow the story you based it off of, and should be detailed enough for someone who has not read the original to understand and follow from beginning to end.
After presenting your kamishibai, answer questions and elicit feedback from the audience.
Create a video version of your kamishibai. Your video must:
Accurately follow the story you based it off of, and it should be detailed enough for someone who has not read the original to understand and follow from beginning to end.
Incorporate feedback
Use voiceover and music and sound effects.
Publish your video to your portfolio on the website.
Share your video with an audience of no less than three friends.
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