What storytelling techniques have you used instinctively and which ones require more work for you? Which techniques will you focus on moving forward?
Some storytelling techniques that I have used instinctively are immersing the audience and telling a personal story. I have been instinctively using these whenever I tell a story and I feel like they go hand-in-hand. I find that I am able to tell a good story when it involves me, as I am able to recall little details and immerse the audience in my story. The issue I struggle with is building up to a S.T.A.R moment, I think that often times when I am in the middle of storytelling, especially a long one, I lose track of the story and it leads to a weak build-up. Moving forwards, I would like to learn how to narrate stories in a way that instinctively builds up to a climax and ends with a positive takeaway.
Storyboard – The Importance of Proper Sleep Hygiene
Script for the short video
Hi, my name is Thomas Nguyen and I will be talking about the importance of proper sleep hygiene.
Sleep is important for our health and well-being. Lack of quality sleep can leave us feeling tired, cranky, and even get sick.
Having good sleeping habits means having a consistent sleep schedule, keeping our bedroom cool and dark, and avoiding screens before bedtime. All of these things can help us get better quality sleep.
When we sleep, our bodies do maintenance work in fixing our tissues, building muscle, and improving our memory. So, when we have proper sleep habits, we’re helping our bodies do these things more efficiently.
Sleep deprivation can also negatively affect our mental health. It can make us feel sad or anxious, and we may have difficulty concentrating during the day as a result. By making sure we get enough restful sleep, we can help improve our mood and mental well-being.
Finally, it is important to maintain good sleep habits in order to stay healthy. Sleep deprivation increases our chances of getting sick and developing health problems such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
In conclusion, make sure to have a consistent time, avoid screens before bed, and create a relaxing sleep environment. By prioritizing good sleep habits, we can feel better, think clearer, and stay healthier in the long run.
What might you use AI tools for moving forward? What would you not use them for?
In my future professional career, I might use AI tools such as ChatGPT for advice in coding or grammar checking. ChatGPT is a great tool for programmers as it can provide code for a prompt you provide and write it in the programming language that you specify. I have a relative that uses ChatGPT in his everyday job to develop user interfaces and makes little edits to the code to work accordingly. It makes it easy for programmers to get over roadblocks when writing code and provides an excellent foundation to build upon. Another area it could be used for is writing professional emails. It can quite accurately write a professional email with very minor edits needed from the user, this saves a lot of time in formulating emails. I would not use AI to produce art and claim it as my own. As AI generates images and artwork based on the data of millions of images, it is in a sense, copying artwork. Furthermore, I think AI-generated art takes away from the creativity of artists.
AI Exploration – ChatGPT and Midjourney
When using ChatGPT to generate information about my prompt, I found it to be a useful tool that provides clear and concise information. I prompted ChatGPT to explain why sleep hygiene is important and it provided bullet points that I found to be quite accurate as I have researched the topic before. Although, if I were to use ChatGPT for information, I would like to ask it to provide sources for the information it gathers to cite in reports.
Midjouney is an AI that generates images based on a prompt you type in. It then generates four images which you can choose to upscale or further generate into more images with a similar style. This tool is especially interesting as it uses Discord as the medium to take in prompts and generate images. One thing that I observed in the images was that the hands are rarely ever accurate, they always appeared to be off in one way or another. Overall, Midjourney is a great tool to generate images you may need in a presentation or video. I used Midjourney to generate images for my storyboard.
Hey Thomas, I really enjoyed reading your post and thought it had many great points. I relate to the fact that I naturally tend to immerse and tell a more personal story. I enjoyed the way you set up your storyboard your intention was clear to me. Using points on the harmful effects as well as how to combat this really helps get the point across. I liked your point that you will use AI in the future as I also believe it could be a useful tool in educational and professional settings. Your prompts used for the images were well done and the pictures came out great. Overall I enjoyed reading your post and it brought up many great points that I related to. Thank you, Thomas!