1.8: Storyboard Templates

An easy way to create a storyboard is to use a two-column template. Each scene is described in a box with the VISUAL components of the scene on the left column and the AUDIO components on the right column.


Scene 1: Introduction

VISUAL

Video
Video filename(s):

Video length:

Title/Text/Graphics:

Josh Volk, Farmer
Slow Hand Farm

Video description:

Josh sitting on couch in his living room with fruit trees behind him. (Josh on left side of frame.)

Stills
Photo filename(s):

(1) fork.jpg
(2) seedrake.jpg
(3) debrisrake.jpg
(4) johnnys.jpg

Title/Text/Graphics:

Photo description:

(1) Clarington Forge spading fork
(2) DeWitt seed rake
(3) SHW debris rake
(4) johnny's 6-row seeder
AUDIO

Script
Audio (video) filename(s):

josh_intro_audio.jpg

Audio length: 46 seconds

Script text:

I'm Josh Volk. I run a small hand scale CSA here at Slow Hand Farm on Sauvie Island just outside Portland, Oregon. Today I want to share with you how I prepare my greenhouse seedbeds. We prepare beds by hand in the greenhouse. I'm a big fan of tools. I love tools that are well made and work well. I've found that doing things by hand means I really need my tools to work well, or I end up working much harder. In preparing a bed for planting I'll usually use several separate tools in succession, each for a slightly different part of the process. The tools we use are a Clarington Forge spading fork (photo 1), a DeWitt seed rake (photo 2), and a SHW debris rake (photo 3). For seeding we're using a Johnny's 6-row seeder. (photo 4)

 

Scene 2: Spading Fork

VISUAL

Video
Video filename(s):
Kji.mp4

Video length: 35 seconds

Title/Text/Graphics:

Video description:

Kji forking beds in greenhouse

Stills
Photo filename(s):

(1) forktines.jpg

Title/Text/Graphics:

Photo description:

(1) Fork tines
AUDIO

Script
Auido (video) filename(s):
Josh_spadingfork.mp4

Audio length: 40 seconds

Script text:

The spading fork is the first tool I use when preparing a seed bed. The purpose of the fork is to loosen and aerate the soil. A spading fork has a "D" or "T" shaped handle and several (usually four) short, sturdy tines (photo 1). It is used for loosening, lifting and turning soil. It is used similarly to a spade, but in many circumstances it is more appropriate than a spade: the tines can be pushed more easily into the ground, it can rake out stones and weeds and break up clods. My spading fork is made by Clarington Forge. I've had the fork for over 15 years and after a lot of abuse it's on its third handle. The D handle allows me to balance my weight directly over the fork tines and open up the soil 12" deep.

RESOURCES
Storyboard Template (.docx)
Storyboard Template (.pdf)