Saturday, March 6, 2010

Use a storyboard for storytelling

Who, What, Where, When
What tools will we use?
Frame description
Media, music, images, video
Map things out ahead of time
Text + visual elements
Organizational structure, of visual, script, charted out

For an Ad: At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
  • identify the two types of advertising;
  • explain the AIDA sequence and how it is used in the creation of advertising material;
  • develop an original storyboard for a TV advertisement, developing their "company's" intellectual property.


  1. Teacher to explain the two types of advertising:
    • persuasive
    • informative
  2. Class discussion on the elements of advertising campaigns:
    • trade marks
    • slogans
    • jingles etc
  3. Teacher introduces the AIDA sequence: 
    Aget Attention
    Idevelop Interest
    Ddevelop Desire
    Atake Action
  4. Class to write down definitions and examples of the following:
    • persuasive advertising
    • informative advertising
    • trade marks
    • slogans
    • jingles
    • AIDA sequence
  5. Class is divided into groups of 4-5 and given the following scenario and task:
    • Television is one of the main forms of advertising, although it is expensive.
    • Advertisements of 15-30 seconds are filmed from a series of frames within a story (like a cartoon).
    • Task: Using the storyboard framework (Attachment 1) and allocated product, design a series of frames which could be used to film a 30 second commercial.
    • Students are encouraged to be innovative in the development of their intellectual property, including trade marks, logos, jingles and slogans where appropriate (refer to intellectual property definition in Lesson 1 if necessary).
  6. Class to work on group activities.
  7. Next 50 minute lesson, students to give a brief presentation of their group assignment.
  8. Teacher provides feedback and wrap up of marketing concepts.


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