This document provides guidance on previsualizing a research project through creating outlines, flow charts, and storyboards. It recommends defining your thesis, creating a media wish list, and outlining your argument into central themes and examples. The document also discusses using flow charts and storyboards to help organize your ideas, structure your argument linearly and non-linearly, and identify any weaknesses or needed changes in your project.
6. Flow Chart The 1930s redevelopment of old Chinatown was widely applauded as a move to modernize Los Angeles. But the motives behind the project were intimately tied to a history of problematic race relations between LA’s Chinese community and the growing city.
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8. Individual Old Chinatown/ Union Station History Chinatown Emergence of a community Race riot, 1879 Exclusion Acts 1910 Family history / immigration Family involvement in riot Story of relocation
9. Old Chinatown/ Union Station Narrative of Progress Popular discourses Architecture Newspapers Magazines Style How it was discussed “ the last great rail station” Local government Promotional materials
10. Old Chinatown/ Union Station New Chinatown Built by Los Angeles, opens 1938 City project (contrasted with Chinatown’s roots) Architecture Tourist destination Tourist literature Shops and restaurants
11. Old Chinatown/ Union Station History Narratives of progress New Chinatown Popular discourses Old Chinatown Personal Architecture Where? Race riot, 1879 Exclusion Acts, 1910 Newspapers Magazines Family history/ immigration? Story of riot style How it was discussed “ the last great Rail station” Story of relocation Built by City, Opens 1938 City project (contrasted with Chinatown’s roots) Architecture Tourist destination Tourist literature Shops / restaurants Flow Chart Local government Promotional materials
12. • LINEAR sequencing of still pictures to present the argument, themes and ideas, and media you are using for your project • Acts as a preview and as a visual script for your research project. Storyboard
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Editor's Notes
At it’s most basic level a storyboard is a sequence of still pictures arranged in a particular way to represent the argument, themes and idea, as well as the media you plan to integrate into the project. The storyboard acts as a preview and as a visual script for your research project. It will help you with organization, idea development, continuity, and flow