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e-MOTE Digital Storytelling Competition

Workshops

Each school is entitled to send a group of 30 students and a teacher for the workshop. The cost for each participant is SGD 15, inclusive of training materials. Interested participants need to sign up by sending an email to [email protected] or call NBDCS at 6848 8295, stating their name, school and IC number.

Contestants are not required to attend the workshops in order to participate in the competition. However, these workshops are value added activities to enhance the digital storytelling experience.

e-MOTE The Art of Storytelling Creative Workshop

Duration 30 minutes
Activity Using time-honoured storytelling tools of experience, memory and observation, this creative workshop will stimulate thought and discussion setting students on the path to creating stories revolving around the theme of the competition.

Students will learn about the tools of storytelling, namely experience, memory and observation. Then, they will be asked to reflect on and write out a short paragraph with the spark:

“Think of someone who you’ve met and who surprised you after you got to know them better. They can be from a different race or different culture and can be someone who you see every day but you never really made the effort to know better.”

Following that, students will present their writing and we will discuss how to transform that into a narrative piece to be filmed, possibly for the competition.

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e-MOTE Video Editing Creative Workshop

Duration 1.5 hours
Equipment 1 PC Laptop equipped with either Windows 7/XP and Windows Movie Maker. Also included are a set of pre-loaded raw clips.
Activity Editing for short films
Participants Ideally, groups should not exceed 15 participants.
Time Activity Description
5 mins The elements of editing Transitions, straight cut, fades, etc
10 mins Overview of Windows Movie Media Maker Explanation of software and its key function
10 mins Titles and transition filters Demonstration of the plug-ins
10 mins The first insert Insert a basic timeline with titles
40 mins Students begin editing Teaching assistants and lecturers guide students
10 mins Exporting Demonstration on how to export video clip
5 mins Closure Contest re-cap

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Camera and Visual Effects Creative Workshop

Duration 2 hours
Equipment 1 PC with Windows 7/XP loaded with Adobe After Effects
Activity Students will experience how to improvise and shoot green screen effects after which they will get a hands-on lesson in green screen post-production and basic VFX techniques.
Participants Ideally, groups should not exceed 15 participants due to VFX lab size.
Location VFX Lab
Time Activity Description
15mins Introduction to green screen compositing Why we shoot green
How to shoot on a “homemade” green screen
15 mins Demonstration on perspective & lighting Show storyboard of required shots
Show background footage
10 mins Introduction to VFX Lab and login Explanation of the Lab and post-production process
20 mins Overview of Adobe After Effects Demonstration to load footage
Demonstration on adding effects
30 mins Compositing exercise Teaching assistants and lecturers guide students
30 mins Render to movie file & review

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About the Trainers

All the trainers are lecturers from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, School of Film & Media studies.

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