VIDEOS• http://www.creativenarrations.net/node/84 - NABLUS•  http://mediastorm.com/clients/vanishing-americana-for-msnbc - vanishing americana

Scott simon on storytellinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiX_WNdJu6w&feature=related

IRA GLASS on the basics, anecdote, etc... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loxJ3FtCJJA

IRA GLASS on good taste, it takes time:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI23U7U2aUY&feature=relmfu

TUESDAY, June 28 2011

Summer 2011 at Georgetown University in Broadcast JournalismCAPSTONE VIDEO PROJECT

digital storytelling

PLEASE SIT WITH YOUR CAPSTONE BUDDY!!!

at this point you don't know what you need for your story, video, photos, etc

before you can decide all that, you need to know what your story is

and how do you start planning a story?

"Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact."

- Robert McKee

We are storytelling beings.

We aren't like computers

We're wired to like stories, and to learn through stories.

We've been telling stories for a long time.

And our tools have grown.

17th century

We tell stories for many different reasons.

We tell stories for many different reasons.

ENTERTAIN                                                          INFORM

                                         ...or both!

But what is a story?

"A whole is that withbeginning       middle             and end."

ARISTOTLE(~350 BCE)

IRA GLASS, "This American Life", NPR

SCOTT SIMON, NPR

a story has a...

PURPOSE

Why this story?

What ideas do I want to convey?

What effect can I have?

a story has an...

AUDIENCEWho should be interested?

How complex?How can I use image, video, music to help me?

a story has...

DETAILS

What details help with my purpose?

How will the details fit together?

a story has a...

BEGINNING

Grab the audience's attention

A beginning is not just a start, it is an introduction into the world of your story.

Don't give it all away.

So a story has an...

ENDING

The ending is where your story meets your purpose.

Answer your questions.

- purpose- audience- details- beginning- ending

AND:- use of music- use of images and video

EXAMPLES

"Advanced Pressure"http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/01/24/opinion/1247466680941/op-ed-advanced-pressure.html?scp=1&sq=ap%20test&st=cse

"Vanishing Americana"http://mediastorm.com/clients/vanishing-americana-for-msnbc

"NABLUS, a City of Life and Death"http://www.creativenarrations.net/node/84

EXAMPLES

What should a story have?a purposewhy this story?what effect can I have?what ideas do I want to convey?an audience in mindwho should be interested?how complex should it be?how can images, video, and music help?detailswhat details will help with my purpose?how will the details fit together?a beginninggrab your audience’s attentionintroduce your idea without giving it all awayan endingwe should know your purpose by the endanswer your question(s)

Ideas?

FIRST - talk about your ideas, then pick an idea

SECOND - think about the questions you can raise

THIRD - make a story table!

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WRITING                                                 MEDIA(text/audio)                                      (images, video, music)

"It's easy to take for granted that I can walk to school and not be worried about stepping on a land mine..."

start w pics of me getting on school bus, then pics of kids who have lost their legs...