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Digital Storytelling for Students

Digital Storytelling Workshop What is Digital Storytelling?

Personal and Academic Narratives Three formats for Digital Storytelling

Video Format- MovieMaker/iMovie Still Images- Animoto/Flixtime Animations-GoAnimate

Digital Storytelling Process

Using the Flip Camera

Editing/Publishing

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What is Digital Storytelling? Digital Storytelling is the process of writing about a story, and

adding the multimedia elements of voice, imagery, and music to create a visual story.

Personal or Academic Narratives:

A personal story is one that involves a personal change or realization. This could be a family story about the value of a childhood experience, a reunion in which you reconnect with a long lost friend, a hero in your family,

Digital storytelling can also be used in the content areas as an academic story or "unit of instruction" story. This can be a story about any concept, unit or idea from any area of the curriculum, from math to social studies.

Watch “Digital Storytelling in Plain English”

Why Digital Storytelling…

YouTube uploads 200,000 videos a day

85% of all upolads are from teensIs their focus on the power of the technology or the power of the story?

What are your favorite movies?

Why?

Elements of Digital StorytellingThe Overall Purpose of the Story

The Narrator’s Point of View

A Dramatic Question or Questions (capture the viewer’s attention)

The Choice of Content

Clarity of Voice

Pacing of the Narrative

Elements of Digital Storytelling

Use of a Meaningful Audio Soundtrack

Quality of the Images, Video & other Multimedia Elements

Economy of the Story Detail

Good Grammar and Language Usage Adapted from: The Center for Digital Storytelling (http://www.storycenter.org)

Digital Storytelling Examples

ICAN:The Chase

Apple Learning InterchangeSilent Movie Literature (Edgar Allen

Poe)

It’s all about Story…

1. Pre-

Production

2.Productio

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3.Post

Production

Storyboard for Digital Storytelling Storyboards are a planning tool to help you outline and

organize your video.

The T-Script Audio/Video Storyboard

VIDEO AUDIO/NARRATION

The left side of the script is for video, graphics, images.

The right side is for the actual

narration, text, sound effects, etc.

I played Varsity Basketball, Varsity Soccer,

and Varsity Softball…

Basic Storyboard

Video Production TipsComposition: Rule of thirds

Sometimes you have to break the rules!

Too much headroom

Video Production

Watch for distractions when composing your images….

Video Tips

When shooting outdoors, keep the sun behind you. Beware of windows.

Plan your shoot. Shoot to edit.

Use a tripod or other image stabilization device.

For handheld stability, imagine that your camcorder is a very full cup of hot coffee.

Use a silent backcount: 5-4-3-2-1

Video Tips

Use the zoom to compose your shot. Avoid zooming while the tape is rolling.

Move the camera only when necessary. Pan from left to right slowly!

Keep your average shot length between 5 and 10 seconds. Keep the shot steady (no zoom or pan) for at least 10 seconds.

Watch for distractions behind the talent.

Seven Deadly Sins of Video Work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-6tWTPTmcE

Types of Shots

1. Wide Shot

2. Medium Shot 3. Close-Up

Types of Shots

EWSWS MWS MS

MCU CU ECU

Basic Interview Shots

Two Shot

Over the Shoulder Shots

Camera Angles & Movement

Camera Angles•High Angle•Eye Level•Low Level

•Camera Movement•Zoom•Pan

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Copyright Free Images

Creative commons: http://creativecommons.org/

Flickr- http://flickr.com

Wikipedia Public Domain Image Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources

Pics for Learning: http://pics.tech4learning.com/

Davis Audio & Video clips: http://www.djusd.k12.ca.us/technology/images.htm

Royalty Free Sound Sources Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/audio Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org The Free Sound Project: http://www.freesound.org/ Stonewashed Sound Effects: http://www.stonewashed.net/sfx.html Macloops: www.macloops.com

Audacity Audio Editor: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

Next Steps….

Introduction to the FlipVideo camera

You will use one of the scenarios or create one of your own choosing

Educators will break for script and storyboarding….

Create your digital story using the FlipVideo Camera and have lunch…