What is Digital Storytelling?

Tell me and I forget.Teach me and

remember.Involve me and I learn.

-Benjamin Franklin

Parents

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Reliving a War

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You Don’t Know Beans

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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.

The Creative Process

Visual Grammar

• Shot = sentence

• Scene = paragraph

• Establishing shot = topic sentence

• Effects, fades, etc. = transitions

• Pans/zooms = run-on sentences

Select and research a topic

• identify topic and resources for research

• gather research and maintain a working/annotated bibliography

• analyze and select information for inclusion

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Prepare for interviews

• conduct background research

• prepare interview questions

• conduct, record, and analyze the interview

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Gather media resources

• still-frame imagery

• video

• audio

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Tell the story

• create storyboard (narrative/script, visual, audio, etc.)

• develop “point of view”

• identify and cite supporting documentation

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Production

• create film rough draft

• add special media effects, transitions, audiovisual extras, etc.

• edit final film

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Share the final products

• premier films and enjoy the hard work of all filmmakers

“Capturing Stories, Capturing Lives: An Introduction to Digital Storytelling”

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“Capturing Stories, Capturing Lives: An Introduction to Digital Storytelling”

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Pinnacle StudioHardware and Software

Pinnacle Studio

• Hardware Overview

• Software Overview

• Self-Paced Tutorial– Studio 10 Launcher Tutorial (embedded in Pinnacle) *

Capture Tab

Edit Tab

Storyboard View

Timeline View

Text View

Make Movie Tab

Task Pane - Video

Task Pane - Transitions

Task Pane – Text

Task Pane - Images

Task Pane – DVD Menus

Task Pane - Sounds

Task Pane - Music

Clip Editing Menu

Clip Editing Menu

Clip Editing Menu

Clip Editing Menu

Clip Editing Menu

Clip Editing Menu

Clip Editing Menu

Audio Editing Menu

Audio Editing Menu

Audio Editing Menu

Audio Editing Menu

Audio Editing Menu

Audio Editing Menu

Studio 10 Launcher

• Open Pinnacle Studio 10 Launcher

Self-Paced Tutorial

• Click Studio 10 Launcher

Online Tutorials

• Pinnacle Studio 10 Online Tutorials

StorytellingThe Art of Digital Storytelling

http://www.ruleofthirds.com/

Video Composition

• Atomic Learning Tutorials– Rule of Thirds– Video shots– Storyboarding– Framing – Video examples

http://www.atomiclearning.com/digital_story

Online ResourcesTake your digital videos to a

worldwide audience

Celtx• Celtx is the first, cross-platform media application that

provides support for the entire pre-production process.– Location, Character and Scene development tools

– industry standard SCREENPLAY and an International THEATRE editor

– sharing access to your Celtx Media Project - scripts, breakdown files, budgets, schedules, and location forms

– Drag and drop images in to the Celtx Storyboard

– "just in time" Scheduling feature

• Video tutorial http://www.celtx.com/walkthru/

http://www.celtx.com/

Online Video Editors

• Eyespot – http://www.eyespot.com/

• Jumpcut– http://www.jumpcut.com/

• Cuts– http://www.cuts.com/

Online Image Editors

• Phixr– http://www.phixr.com

• Picnik– http://www.picnik.com

• Fauxto– http://www.fauxto.com