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Forum #7
Digital Storytelling
The world of digital storytelling can be defined by creating a taxonomy based on three separate spectrums. It’s based on an approach to collaboration between the facilitator and the storyteller. Explore the many roles of literary voice and the styles that grows out of it. And it is also based on the form from where the stories are taken place. But the approaches to the production process in digital storytelling are very important as well. Like animation, photovoice which is the photography to digital storytelling, youth media and community video pedagogy, and audio storytelling is definitely a must.
When it comes to digital storytelling, there are seven steps.
1. Owning Your Insights – basically, what ever jumps out to you in the story right now. Because all of the stories are told, if they come from deep inside us, can they be said to be about this moment in time.
2. Owning Your Emotions – when we reflect on the emotions within our stories, we can realize that they can be complex, and with this realization we often times discover the deeper layers of a story’s meaning.
3. Finding the Moment – at some moments in your life, change can come to you or you went towards the change. As you become clear about the meaning of your story, you can bring your story to life, by taking us into that moment of change.
4. Seeing Your Story – capturing images can be a big part. Well chosen images act as mediators between the narratives and the audience. Images can grab the hands of the audience and show them the river’s immensity, and that the images have the power to reveal something to the audience that words just can’t say.
5. Hearing Your Story – Sound is a huge part. Sound is one of the best ways to convey that tone through the way the voice-over is performed, the words that are spoken, and the ambient sound and music that works with the narrative. As with ambient sound, storytellers can consider how the minimal use of music can enhance a story by giving it rhythm and character.
6. Assembling Your Story – is basically, the time that you can get ready to assemble your story by spreading out your notes and images and composing your script and storyboard. Knowing which pieces of information are necessary to include allows us to then determine the best way to order those pieces and keep our audience engaged. But don’t give away to much too much information all at the same time because you need to allow your audience to enjoy the challenge. Next, is scripting and storyboarding, or laying out how the visual and audio narratives will complement each other over the duration of the piece to best tell the story. The assemblage of your story takes time, and isn’t easy but to keep it very simple, which is what I should’ve done for this post but I didn’t.
7. Sharing Your Story – Be clear about your purpose in creating the story and how it may have shifted during the process of creating the piece will help you determine how you can present and share your story. But it is also wise to prepare in advance, by thinking through all of the possibilities as your story goes forth to live its life.
The world of digital storytelling can be defined by creating a taxonomy based on three separate spectrums. It’s based on an approach to collaboration between the facilitator and the storyteller. Explore the many roles of literary voice and the styles that grows out of it. And it is also based on the form from where the stories are taken place. But the approaches to the production process in digital storytelling are very important as well. Like animation, photovoice which is the photography to digital storytelling, youth media and community video pedagogy, and audio storytelling is definitely a must.
When it comes to digital storytelling, there are seven steps.
1. Owning Your Insights – basically, what ever jumps out to you in the story right now. Because all of the stories are told, if they come from deep inside us, can they be said to be about this moment in time.
2. Owning Your Emotions – when we reflect on the emotions within our stories, we can realize that they can be complex, and with this realization we often times discover the deeper layers of a story’s meaning.
3. Finding the Moment – at some moments in your life, change can come to you or you went towards the change. As you become clear about the meaning of your story, you can bring your story to life, by taking us into that moment of change.
4. Seeing Your Story – capturing images can be a big part. Well chosen images act as mediators between the narratives and the audience. Images can grab the hands of the audience and show them the river’s immensity, and that the images have the power to reveal something to the audience that words just can’t say.
5. Hearing Your Story – Sound is a huge part. Sound is one of the best ways to convey that tone through the way the voice-over is performed, the words that are spoken, and the ambient sound and music that works with the narrative. As with ambient sound, storytellers can consider how the minimal use of music can enhance a story by giving it rhythm and character.
6. Assembling Your Story – is basically, the time that you can get ready to assemble your story by spreading out your notes and images and composing your script and storyboard. Knowing which pieces of information are necessary to include allows us to then determine the best way to order those pieces and keep our audience engaged. But don’t give away to much too much information all at the same time because you need to allow your audience to enjoy the challenge. Next, is scripting and storyboarding, or laying out how the visual and audio narratives will complement each other over the duration of the piece to best tell the story. The assemblage of your story takes time, and isn’t easy but to keep it very simple, which is what I should’ve done for this post but I didn’t.
7. Sharing Your Story – Be clear about your purpose in creating the story and how it may have shifted during the process of creating the piece will help you determine how you can present and share your story. But it is also wise to prepare in advance, by thinking through all of the possibilities as your story goes forth to live its life.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
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Sandbox Activity #9
The midterm conference gave me a refreshing new intake on some of the things that I should change-up or keep the same. Especially when it came to the direction that I was taking with my photo essay (DMP1) and even with my video form (DMP2) now. My plan for DMP2 has actually evolved more since the midterm conference. But since my plan has evolved for my DMP2, now I have to cut- out some of the things that I definitely wanted to say but now I can't because of that fact. Altogether, my plans for my DMP2 are coming along quite smoothly, along with the fact that everything I say has a personal perspective to me and what I'm wanting to say as a whole.
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