Below is a link to the NYU Tisch Film Wiki (aka the Mother Lode for Cell Phone Cinema Students regarding all things production). Left column, fifth item down is a link to a storyboard template. You need to be logged in to home.nyu.edu to view our site. There is also a pretty definitive page on Wikipedia. I donate $5 a month to them so linking to them makes me feel like I am seeing a greater return on my investment!
“The plot of a story consists of the events that occur during the course of that story and the way in which they are presented to the reader. The plot is also sometimes referred to as the storyline. Aristotle posited that plots must have a beginning, middle, and end, and that each event in the plot causes the next event to happen. ” — Literary Devices
I don’t have a problem with the simplest explanations possible. This site has that in its favor.
Here are some links to help you think along dfferent lines:
Random Plots.com • Time Travel Reviews Plot Generator
The log line is the idea of your story – not the entire story in one sentence.
On this page are links to other pages to help you to better think about developing log lines for your project.
Log lines are the ultimate branding and/or marketing tool: one sentence descriptions with a hook to capture attention. But they are not branding which is slightly, markedly different.
Use loglines in selling your cinematic ideas; use them in life. In this way life and cinema are interchangeable! — PT
http://www.movieoutline.com/articles/writing-good-log-lines.html
“A log line or logline is a brief (usually one-sentence) summary of a television program, film, or book that states the central conflict of the story, often providing both a synopsis of the story’s plot, and an emotional “hook” to stimulate interest. A one-sentence program summary in TV Guide is a log line.” — Wikipedia (contains examples)
Log Line courtesy of the United States Navel Academy
It seems like more and more is available to early adopters of the ubiquitous cellphone for creative story telling. It is difficult to imagine a more powerful tool in the reach of every artist and storyteller which will only continue to develop over time.
Cellphone Cinema introduces its students to a heretofore unimagined world of creative techniques – and an opportunity to have their work seen in public.
