Curative | CAYAD Digital Storytelling workshop

Digital Storytelling Workshop

Prepared with care for Community Action Youth Alcohol Drugs (CAYAD)

Re-Design Programme

Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang@Curative_NZ

http://curative.co.nz

Who’s in the room?

Kaan HiiniCrafter, Visualise, Doer.

Jade TangDesigner, Dreamer, Doer.

Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang



Workshop overview• What is Storytelling?• What is Digital Storytelling?• Why is Digital Storytelling so powerful?• The 7 Elements of Digital Storytelling:• Key Principles (& examples) of Digital Storytelling:• How to get started? - Tools you can use:• [ Exercise ]• Feedback & Questions• In summary• Thank you


What is Storytelling? The basics:

Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, and images, often by improvisation or embellishment.

Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation, and instilling moral values. Crucial elements of stories and storytelling include plot, characters, and narrative point of view.

Storytelling predates writing, with the earliest forms of storytelling usually oral combined with gestures and expressions.


What is Digital Storytelling? The basics:

Digital storytelling at its most basic core is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories.

The term “digital storytelling” can also cover a range of digital narratives (web-based* stories, interactive stories, hypertexts, and narrative computer games); It is sometimes used to refer to film-making in general, and as of late, it has been used to describe advertising and promotion efforts by commercial and non-profit enterprises.

One can define digital storytelling as the process by which diverse peoples share their life story and creative imaginings with others. This newer form of storytelling emerged with the advent of accessible media production techniques, hardware and software, including but not limited to digital cameras, digital voice recorders, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker and Final Cut Express. These new technologies allow individuals to share their stories over the Internet on YouTube, Vimeo, compact discs, podcasts, and other electronic distribution systems. *http://jessandruss.us/


Why use Digital Storytelling? In public health, healthcare, social services, and international development

Digital storytelling is being used to raise awareness of the “human” factor in healthcare.

1) The Patient Voices programme is the product of Pip Hardy and Tony Sumner. Commissioned in 2003, by the Royal College of Nursing in the U.K. their project provides a means for people (patients, families or healthcare workers) to tell their stories which might affect clinicians, managers and decision-makers in the healthcare arena. These digital stories are available at The Patient Voices. 2) The development of the Silence Speaks project[26] in 1999 under the direction of Amy Hill (who joined the Center for Digital Storytelling in 2005) led to the expansion of digital storytelling in public health.


GOJoven Fellows share stories about adolescent sexual and reproductive health challenges and successes.

http://silencespeaks.org/youth-leaders-speak/

Why use Digital Storytelling? Silence Speaks project example


http://player.vimeo.com/video/49944183

The 7 Elements of Digital Storytelling

1. Point of View: What is the main point of the story and what is the perspective of the author?

2. A Dramatic Question: A key question that keeps the viewer’s attention and will be answered by the end of the story.

3. Emotional Content: Serious issues that come alive in a personal and powerful way and connects the audience to the story.

4. The Gift of Your Voice: A way to personalize the story to help the audience understand the context.

5. The Power of the Soundtrack: Music or other sounds that support and embellish the story.

6. Economy: Using just enough content to tell the story without overloading the viewer

7. Pacing: The rhythm of the story and how slowly or quickly it progresses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1f-_FXgJZM



Curative Case Studies Digital Storytelling examples:

CreativeMornings To capture the wider essence of the audience, community and culture to help tell the story.

LiveBelowTheLine To have an informative and strong coherent narrative

LIFEHACK To be succinct, clever and creative with the limited resources you have

#LiveForTomorrow To be genuine and get authentic responses from your subjects/interviewees



CreativeMornings

CreativeMornings is a global monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types

GLOBAL THEME »

http://creativemornings.com/


https://vimeo.com/35592055

CreativeMornings To capture the wider essence of the audience, community & culture to help tell the story.


“ Life isn’t about finding yourself Life’s about creating yourself ”

– George Bernard Shaw


From 24th - 28th September,

join us living on $2.25 a day

for 5 days to change the way

people in New Zealand think

about extreme poverty - and

make a huge difference.

http://livebelowtheline.com/nz

Live Below the Line


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1-lyPjTTUw

Live Below the Line To have an informative and strong coherent narrative





We’re assembling a crack team of hipsters, hackers and hustlers to help combat youth mental health issues.

We call them LIFEHACKERS.

http://lifehackhq.co/

LIFEHACK


https://vimeo.com/60611960

LIFEHACK To be succinct, clever and creative with limited resources





Live For Tomorrow is a project for those that are struggling with, care about, or are affected by youth suicide, depression, alcohol use, self-harm and bullying. http://livefortomorrow.co.nz/

#LiveForTomorrow


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISiQD3e9mjM

#LiveForTomorrow To be genuine and get authentic responses from your subjects


How to get started with Digital Storytelling

Video Editing Tools to use: Mobile - Easy access, Easy to Use, Low Cost, Fast... eg. Instagram, Vine, App Store has plenty Desktop Software - More functionality, greater control eg. iMovie, Windows Moviemaker Pro Tools - Huge amount of control, professional output, requires training eg. Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere



Creative Commons Music Resources – Jamendo – Find Sounds – Free Play Music – Free Music Archive – Creative Commons

Important: Check the license!Is it for commercial/non commercial/personal use? How do you attribute?



Interview Techniques: - Be conversational- Chat off topic before filming to relax interviewee- Maintain eye contact, focus subject on interviewer, not the camera- Laugh, jokeing goes a long way to relaxing someone- Provide questions in advance to allow interviewee to form answers/prep



Good Websites for DIY Filmmaking

– Vimeo Video School 101 a simple guide to making a film form choosing your camera to editing. Includes guides for iMovie and Movie Maker. Perfect for people with simple cameras.– NoFilmSchool.com awesome site for DIY filmmakers and creatives– CreativeCow.net online tutorials for just about any creative software!– An Easy DSLR Audio Setup for a Crew of One


‘ Now it’s your turn ’

[ EXERCISE ]


‘ Feedback & Questions ’

[ DISCUSSION ]


In SummaryThe 7 Elements of Digital Storytelling:1. Point of View 2. A Dramatic Question 3. Emotional Content 4. The Gift of Your Voice 5. The Power of the Soundtrack 6. Economy 7. Pacing And then, remember:• To capture the wider essence of the audience, community and culture to help tell the story • To be genuine and get authentic responses from your subjects/interviewees• To be succinct, clever and creative with the limited resources you have• To have an informative and strong coherent narrative


“ Design creates stories, and stories create memorable eperiences, and great experiences have this innate ability to change the way in which we view our world. ”

– Anon


Thank you

Prepared with care by [email protected]

@Curative_NZ

http://curative.co.nz

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