Resources_Digital_Storytelling

ABC Open Website StoryCorpsAnimated Shorts Dumbo Feather - Interviewa with children

Another idea for a project: Flickr: - Students could upload a photo and wirte a description about the photo

9.30 Open ABC projects providing a context for story telling and a community to share with This project, 30 seconds to 1 1/2 minutes talking about the significance of the photo to them. Under a minute.

Encourage the children to look deeper into the image, draw out the emotion behind the image Why this person likes this photo Why is that image is special to you

Interview questions

Could get parent or older siblings to work through the photo

Share some examples from websites above

10am students bring out their photo

A go around each person shows the photo and talk about it What I like about this photo... When I look at this photo it reminds me of .. Is there any funny stories with this photo

Its a good idea to do the go around to get audience feedback, a feel for how the audience might react to the story

FInd a natural ending to your story

Is this a phoot you look at regularly?/treasure

10.40 Planning to go out to record voice in pairs 10.45 Audacity - how to use The person interviewing monitors audacity no more than a minute 20sec You can always repeat it - record for 2-5 minutes then edit back to the minute

11.44 Editing save file zoom tool listen to the whole track through and mark things that stand out for you listen to one as an example - particrpants can see what the recording looks like find where you want to start open new track (final edit) copy and paste down into the secind track (highlight section- copy and paste onto second track) press mute first track and listen to second track can delete using delete key, undo

Highlight second track Export selection as a wave file

grabbing attention - especially on the web... first 40 seconds or audience may turn off Make them curious about the photo This is the day grannie shared her secret... something powerful

Listen through and map it out - maybe on paper a powerful start, a natural ending

General discussion

12pm Students edit Lunch 1.30pm Windows Movie Maker or photostory project/widescreen Import photo - Add videos and photos Change duration to same length as audio track or 1 min 30 Add music to add a bit of interest.. Aniamations - zoom in - super simple movements Publish Movie for Youtube or Save movie as high definition then compress it. Quality is important to catch the attention of the audience Must have student permission Set up a school account and you upload for them for them In Vimeo - help/compression for tips to compression MPEG StreamClip for compressing videos demonstration of uploading to vimeo abc open group join this group machine tag (abcopen:project=photon)
 * Combine audio with image**
 * Uploading the finished story to Vimeo**