Arc of a Story with Vanessa

Student Activities
Written By Vanessa, Workshop Coordinator

In our last lesson, we explored telling a story with a beginning, middle, and end using tableau images. For this project, we are going to think of the arc of a story in a very different way. We are going to think about both ancient stories of a Great Flood and like professionals in the film and animation industries! There are three very short videos to help you with this assignment.

Step 1: Click below to watch a short intro to “foundational stories” and how they relate to our Skirball Cultural Center theme, After the Flood: Building Community through Rituals of Care.

Step 2: Click below to watch this children’s animation, Tiddalick, and think about the beginning, middle, and end of the story in relation to larger themes of the Great Flood.

Step 3: Click below to watch a short video introduction to storyboards and an example of our project.

Final Step: Click below for a PDF of the assignment.

If you can’t print this out, no problem! Simply draw three rectangles on any piece of paper for your storyboard (you can even trace it from the screen if you are extra careful not to damage your screen) and write your text around the rectangles.

Vanessa, Workshop Coordinator

Vanessa Ramirez is a bilingual and bicultural teaching artist, social change activist, and special education advocate from Guatemala who is skilled in working with culturally diverse populations. She received her BA in Theatre Education with a Teaching License from UNC, Colorado. In the last 10 years, Vanessa has created and written inclusive curriculum, lead professional development workshops, integrated the arts in everyday curriculum with children with special needs through Everyday Arts for Special Education, implemented theatre for the oppressed workshops stateside and in Guatemala, developed bilingual programs for ELL, and taught theatre in Italy, Mexico and various in school and after school programs in NYC and Los Angeles. Her combined experience in both NYC and Los Angeles include Urban Arts Partnership, Manhattan New Music Project, The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company, SmartARTS, ENACT, Lingue Senza Frontiere, Abrons Arts Center, Habla: The Center for Language and Culture, and Los Patojos. Vanessa is a true third culture child with a determination to transform lives through education, locally and abroad.

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