Engage 2014 going dragon hunting

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Going Dragon Hunting

Engage 2014 – NCCPE Conference Bristol 3 Dec

"Dragon with the Girl Tattoo" by Milos Milosevic: https://flic.kr/p/mbdKdT CC-BY

Going Dragon Hunting

Chris Thomson Caroline Ingram

Why tell stories?

Not life…

…an interpretation of it.

A tool for making sense of it.

Why by Katie Sayer https://flic.kr/p/9yaos5 CC-BY-SA 2.0

DE_Frankfurt_200708_030 by mandias https://flic.kr/p/5ovkjQ CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0

Norwich Street Art: Why do you do this? By markheybo https://flic.kr/p/7J6xFk CC-BY 2.0

Universal

"Hubble sees pinwheel of star birth" by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center BY http://flic.kr/p/8LoQNS

Crosses boundaries

Window on something larger "Let's go outside!" by Marjan Lazarevski CC-BY-ND http://flic.kr/p/j2aL9r

Entertaining and engaging "PopTech Day Three, Oct 2008 – 015" by Ed Yourdon BY-SA http://flic.kr/p/5wKtbb

Human face "Smiley Egg Head" by Frank Monnerjahn CC-BY-SA http://flic.kr/p/5aK8jA

What do we mean by digital storytelling? "Are you ready?" by ssh CC-BY http://flic.kr/p/27LUj

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The format

Short – 2-3 mins Recorded voiceover Still images – enhanced with subtle effects Text Optional music & sound effects Minimal or no use of video

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Scientific research

https://vimeo.com/45072236

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Public engagement

http://youtu.be/emvVToYIOhQ

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Writing for digital stories

Working within constraints

By juhansonin: http://flic.kr/p/8NjJmC

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Beginning – middle - end

…"but not necessarily in that order". Jean Luc Goddard

Linear Reordered Episodic Dip in & out Parallel

…"but not necessarily in that order". Jean Luc Goddard

The "stakes"

Journeys

"Icelandic Road" By Chalky Lives CC-BY http://flic.kr/p/5oLpDA

Defeating the dragon

"Dragon with the Girl Tattoo" by Milos Milosevic: https://flic.kr/p/mbdKdT CC-BY

Above all, change "Making the Change" by Jay-P CC-BY-ND http://flic.kr/p/pFUjp

"The Anxious Type" by JD Hancock CC-BY http://flic.kr/p/6qLxSy

Tell small stories to make a big point

How can you tell the story "through" something?

An object A person A conversation A moment A surprise A disappointment A triumph

"IMG_4188" by Michael (Hello Turkey Toe): CC-BY http://flic.kr/p/5WgR7w

Leave things to the imagination

"Tragedy" by Johnathan Nightingale CC-BY-SA http://flic.kr/p/cd3WpL

What actually happened?

Who did it happen to?

"rencontre improbable / improbable meeting" By Olivier Bacquet CC-BYhttp://flic.kr/p/5L3xpz

"Cafe Life in Tigre - Near Buenos Aires – Argentina" by Adam Jones CC-BY-SA http://flic.kr/p/6KqjEP

Write as you speak

"Checkered flag - gotta have one" by Paul Baker CC-BY-SA http://flic.kr/p/8eo2eC

Nail the first and last sentences

"Columbus Circle, Fourth of July 2009 – 02" by Ed Yourdon CC-BY-SA http://flic.kr/p/6BRxSn

Tell someone the story

How can you tell the story "through" something?

An object A person A conversation A moment A surprise A disappointment A triumph

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Remember

Beginning – middle – end? The "stakes" Journey or dragon? Small story -> big point First sentence – last sentence Write as you speak

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Other forms of digital storytelling • Hollow

http://hollowdocumentary.com/

• Snowfall http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall

• Nagasaki Archive http://e.nagasaki.mapping.jp/

• Highrise – One Millionth Tower http://highrise.nfb.ca/onemillionthtower