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“Bernice Bobs Her Hair” Storyboard Assignment
American Studies
Recently, we have been speaking about using visualization as a reading strategy. This was to
help you create deep, meaningful pictures of what you were reading and to assist you in
comprehending the material at an interpretive level. Remember, authors often “leave out’
details within a story so that the reader must infer or interpret the action, feeling, or motivations.
Today, you will be asked to put that knowledge and your newly acquired knowledge of
“Bernice Bobs Her Hair” together and into action.
ASSIGNMENT
 Pick a scene that is significant to the overall plot from “Bernice Bobs Her Hair.”
 Create an 8 cell storyboard (like a comic strip) for that entire scene.
 Tell the entire scene….with only 8 pictures on an oversized legal sheet of paper, which
we shall provide for you.
 Make 2 of your 8 cells show specific camera angles (like high or low angles) other than
eye-level.
 Make 2 of your 8 cells show specific framing techniques (For example, close ups and
establishing shots could be used.
 Make all of your 8 cells show lighting effects (high key, low key, side, etc.)
 On a separate sheet of paper, create a detailed “script” of your storyboard. For each cell,
include the following in your script:
a. what is “supposed” to be happening plot-wise in each shot (You know, in case
your Picasso gene never really developed!)
b. what camera angle, framing, and lighting techniques are used in each shot
c. what the soundtrack sounds like in each cell and where the “climax” is for the
scene (and the music)
d. Each cell’s script should be about a paragraph in length
KEY…..
e. WHY you chose to use those techniques at that specific time. SHOW me your
interpretation of the scene and detail where you have had to “read between the
lines.”
f. Remember: Every technique is a choice to help you tell your scene; make sure
you know why (and explain why) you chose to show Bernice as a close-up or as a
low camera angle or whatever else you might have chosen, making sure that your
drawing attempts reflect a VALID interpretation of the scene, given the
information you have!