For this project students formed groups to create fully WOVEN parody videos. They could parody any genre, including lifestyle vlogs, pop songs, political commentary, primetime news, sports talk, game shows, or reality tv. Their videos had to be five to seven minutes long. Along with their finished video, they had to submit a working script/storyboard. They had access to a greenscreen room at the Communications Lab and video editing software through the multimedia studio.
Collaboration Plan
Genre: What genre are you parodying?
Communication: How will group members communicate?
Division of labor: Who will take the lead on each task?
| Group Member | Task |
| Brainstorming | |
| Create storyboard | |
| Revise storyboard | |
| Borrow AV equipment | |
| Scout locations | |
| Film video | |
| Act in video | |
| Edit video |
Timeline: When will you meet as a group (or work individually) to complete each task?
Version control: How will you give feedback, name documents, and keep track of changes?
Storyboarding Workshop
Your storyboard should convey the overall narrative of your video. While it doesn’t need to include every single detail, it should be a good summary. Each panel should include an image (either hand drawn or computer generated) with some explanatory text. You should include summaries of dialogue or blocking (how characters move through space), as well as notes about the camera angle (high, low, level, distant, close, panning, etc.). You should have at least 20 panels in your storyboard. You can use the InDesign template or another template.
Dr. Kendra Slayton facilitated a storyboarding workshop at the Naugle CommLab
Storyboard Drafts
Family Feud Parody, Oliver Hvidsten, Huong Ho, Alice Gao, Isabella Macaluso, and Sabin Kim
Story-Board-1MTV’s Cribs Parody, Naomi Davis, Austin Carroll, Justin Thurber, Erin Ohm, Andres Ginebra
MTV-cribs-storyboardPeer Review
- Summarize the action of the storyboard
- What are the best, funniest, or most surprising moments?
- What are the most confusing moments?
- Where does the storyboard need additional frames to clarify the action?
- Where does the storyboard need additional text to clarify dialogue or camera angles?
Final Videos
To see more work from this semester, check out the News Parody and Lifestyle Parody projects
