Introduction to voice-overs using Blabberize
Overview
This is an introduction to voice-overs lesson that is designed to get students used to hearing their recorded voice. This project or a similar project is completed prior to our multimedia unit of designing and recording PSA videos. I have chosen to us Blabberize for this lesson but other options are available that would serve the same purpose.
Creating a story
This lesson is the first in a series that builds up to recording and producing PSA videos. Students should already be familiar with completing a storyboard, otherwise a mini lesson on completing one would need to take place prior to this activity. Students start with learning how to do voice-overs and getting used to hearing their voice recorded. Blabberize is a fun tool to help them get used to their recorded voice which makes the next steps in the process go much more smoothly.
working either individually or in groups, fill in the sections of the story board. The story will be based on what happened today at lunch. The story can be fictional, true, or a combination of both. For this project you will only need to draw out the events in the first line and fill in the dialogue in the second line. Use as many copies of the story board as needed to complete your story. The dialgue for this project must be a narration by one person. The teacher should be able to see exactly what your voice-over will be by looking at your storyboard. It will also be your outline or script to follow as you record.
Blabberize
This activity will take several class periods as they choose and image and make their blabber. Students will also redo until they run out of time so a firm deadline is needed to keep them on target. It also requires a device and webcam for each student, extra time will need to be built in if students will be sharing.
This particular program has a great app if students are allowed to use their phones. Once they have finished their project, they can easily share it via email. I would highly encourge the instructor to do one for themselves first as getting the picture to "talk" can take some manipulating.
follow the online instructions along with your teacher to create your blabberize account or log into the teacher account. Create a blabber using an image of yourself, bitmoji, or another picture of your choosing. Once you have created a blabber, use it to tell the story you wrote in section 1.