I saw Mikhail’s effort of telling the story of The Shining in 6 Frames in response to Jim Groom’s explanation of this as an activity used in his digital storytelling class.
But c’mon, how many other ways do you mix up Jack with an Ax, Jack in the Ice, Jack in the Bar, jack poking his head through the wall, Jack as Woody Allen (oaky, Mikhail, that was clever and rule bending) ? Yawwwwwwwn I was looking for some different angles on the story. Some made up ones.
For me, the Shining was a story about a boy, his toys, and his boundless love for a Dad who gave him more and more toys.
What? Are you criticizing my story — the story of a sexually frustrated woman who escapes an abusive, murdeorus husband into the embraces of a nebbishy New York psuedo-intellectual? Surely, you must have watched a different Shining. Perhaps this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfout_rgPSA
No, I forgot to add a sentence in there. Hang on while I edit.
Aw, he gets the toys he asked for!
Dad and toys, a remix, where is Scatman Crothers? The gy Danny calls (via telepathy) to bring him more toys, and then the father gets mad and jealous at him and puts an ax in his chest. That’s the real story 🙂
Touché, the Scatman always rules. I love that guy, even if he was reading me the ingredients of a soup can.
That sets up a really fun part two to the assignment.
Part one- you summarize it as faithfully as possible in your limited frames- maybe you have them include lines from the movie.
Part two- you have to use the same frames (but you can switch the order) and whatever lines from the movie you want to create as opposite a story as possible.
How old was Jack at the time?