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
- e-MOTE Video Editing Creative Workshop
- Camera and Visual Effects Creative Workshop
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.
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 |
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 | |
About the Trainers
All the trainers are lecturers from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, School of Film & Media studies.