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- digitalst: @KentManning indeed. I'll RT now as it will be of interest to UK digital storytellers living in the SW. Thanks for the heads-up Kent.
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- Comment on Developing the one-hour digital storytelling form, with a video example by Sandra AnstissThank you Gareth, this would be a great idea when taking part in a one day event when time and resources are limited. I used a similar technique in one of my workshops by asking people to bring a small item which hels some meaning to them. They were then given just 2 minutes to talk about it. The stories were later developed into longer pieces. […]
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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Avoid show and tell – number 5 of 7 DS no-nos
If the story goes something like this: “When he came back from the mine he had a bath” weaker: cut from a photo of the mine to a photo of a tin bath stronger: leave up the photo of dad … Continue reading
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Avoid visual cliches – number 4 of 7 DS no-nos
E.g. the question mark. If you’ve got a line in your story like: “why did he do this?”, don’t put a great big image of a question mark on the timeline/screen.
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Avoid less-than-perfect voice recordings – number 3 of 7 DS no-nos
Get your voice-recording done with a high-quality unit in a quiet room with natural acousics (neither boxy nor echoey), unless there’s an overriding reason to the contrary (e.g. you’re working with an archive recording or in an inescapably noisy environment). … Continue reading
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Simon Collinge
Simon Collinge has been a pioneer and a champion of Digital Storytelling in Wales for the past seven years and he’s leaving Yale College Wrexham this week to go freelance. Sometimes, when you’re setting something new up, you need someone … Continue reading
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Avoid fancy video effects – number 2 of 7 DS no-nos
Cuts or cross-fades are the video transitions I recommend, unless there’s a good story-related reason to use something else.
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Avoid pure linear reportage – number 1 of 7 DS no-nos
E.g. it’s tempting to tell the story of a trip chronologically thus weaker: “We started in Rome, took the train to Florence where we saw Ponte Vecchio, then we headed to the coast towards Pisa….” stronger: look at how well … Continue reading
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From Copenhagen to Wrexham via Jamaica
Joe Lambert of the Center for Digital Storytelling has written with news of workshops he’s holding in Copenhagen this summer and of exciting plans to establish a European Center for Digital in conjunction with Copehagen Business School. Joe’s team will … Continue reading
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