• Photography: I can shoot & edit photos incorporating concepts for composition, light, and subject.
• Photo Editing and Design: I can collage multiple photos using photo editing software.
• Comic: I can create a comic story that uses comic strip conventions to clearly communicate my ideas.
• Movie: I can create a comic movie by combining my comic with voice & sound using video editing software.

We will be creating comic strip stories that answer the question: "What struggle have I overcome that makes ME a hero?" In other words, the stories will focus on a struggle that you have overcome.

The process will include photography, photo editing, telling a great story, and, of course...comic creation!

Finally, we will turn our comics into multimedia movie productions!

Part 1: Photography & Basic Photo Editing 1

Part 2: Photo Editing 2 - Creating Layers & Transparent Images

Part 3: The Comic Strip.
Guiding Question:
What struggle have I overcome that makes me a hero?

Planning the 'I am a Hero' Comic:
Download & use the following planning documents:

comicstrip_I_am_a_Hero_Project.pdf
(right-click > save link as > save to your folder > open > print/write)

comic_strip_sample.pdf
(right-click > save link as > save to your folder > open > print/write)

comicstrip_plan_0910.pdf
(right-click > save link as > save to your folder > open > print/write)

1. Build your comic strip using .
2. 1 Page (no more, no less) - follow guidelines outlined in the planning documents (above).
3. Page Format must be set to Landscape before beginning. [File > Page Format > Landscape]
4. Pages will contain 6 to 7 panels and must satisfy story guidelines for each panel.
5. Panels will contain a background/setting, character(s), object(s) and text (narration, talk bubbles, and thought bubbles).
6. Background photos may be provided by you, Mr. Glickman, magazines, and from the Web to use as the setting of your story.
7. Objects should be added to enhance your story.
8. Bibliography (Page 2) -- See below
   If you use photos from the Internet, be sure to follow copyright law. You must have permission to use other peoples' photos. Be sure to collect URLs for all photos so that you can cite your sources at the end of the comic.
   *Bibliography Guide
   *Sample Bibliography
   *NoodleBib Express: MLA
   
   Image websites that are not blocked by the content filter &
   offer some copyright-free images:
   • Pic4Learning
   • OpenPhoto.net
   • FreeDigitalPhotos.net
   • FreePhotosBank.com
   • BigFoto.com
   • Go to www.bcpss.org > login > Student Resource tab > SIRS Discoverer > search > pictures tab
   
   
9. You are the main character. You will need to shoot photos and delete the backgrounds in order to create transparent character images.
   Create Transparency for LiveQuartz Tutorial
   
   
10. Use every type of text feature multiple times throughout your story (title lettering, narration boxes, talk bubbles, & thought bubbles).
    
11. Use talk & thought bubbles for the dialogue/monologue and thoughts of the characters, spoken within the story.
    
    
12. Use narration boxes for narration. The narrator speaks from outside of the story, about what is happening in the story, in the third person.
    
    
13. You may apply filters to your panels. >
    
    
14. You must use a consistent style & format throughout your comic.
    
15. You must create a unique title and use the lettering tool for your title.
    
16. Place your name above the top right using a text box. .
    Remove the frame & fill from the narration box. > >
    
    
17. Print only with teacher approval.
    
    
    Resources:
    
    

Part 4: Movie.
We will create a movie version of our comic.

1. Export your final comic as an image file (JPG?).
2. Import the JPG version into iPhoto.
3. In iPhoto, duplicate the photo so that you have one version per panel.
4. Crop each image down to the panel edges, leaving you with one image for each panel.
5. Open iMovie.
6. Drage each image into the iMovie timeline in sequence.
7. Set the duration of each image to match the desired length for narration/voice over.
8. Add sound effects. (See Part 5, below)
9. Add music.
10. Add end credits.
11. Export as Full Quality Quicktime.

Part 5: Sound
We will create a soundtrack for our comic movie.

1. Explore GarageBand tutorials. (Duration: approx. 1 minute each)
   
   1. Creating Your GarageBand Project
   2. Starting Your Song with a Beat
   3. Auditioning More Musicians
   4. Building Your Song Over Time
   5. Introducing Melody
   6. Creating Drama with Call and Response
   7. Setting the Tone for Your Song with an Introduction
   8. Ending Your Song with a Fadeout
2. Explore GarageBandby creating a song using what you have learned from the tutorials.
3. Export Your Song to iTunes whenever you would like to create an mp3 of your song. ou may make multiple vrsions of the same song, or create multiple songs.
   
   Save GarageBand files in the Music/GarageBand folder.
   Remember to give each new song file a new name.
   Example: song1steve.band