Monthly Archives: November 2008

Five ways to make your digital storytelling project more sustainable

1. move away from the ‘once in a lifetime experience’ approach. Make it feel like a process that can become more of a ‘routine’ than a ‘treat’ event. 2. get people making stories using accessible tools. E.g. free web-based editing … Continue reading

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Vulcan Pub, Cardiff

Stories are as much about the place where they’re shared as anything else. The walls of the old Vulcan Hotel in Cardiff have heard some gems over the years. My favourite Cardiff writer is John Williams who, I believe, is … Continue reading

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Call for entries for best use of archive footage award

Dec 1 is the deadline for submission for the Focal International Awards 2009 for best use of archive footage in all kinds of productions, including short films like digital stories. According to the rules: 1. they’ll only consider entries containing … Continue reading

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Remembrance stories

Here are two stories made especially to mark the fact that 90 years have passed since the end of World War I: Rappel – this is a music collaboration between Newport’s MC Gareth Leaman (Versatile) and DJ Jamie Winchester, Pentalk … Continue reading

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Inclusion award nomination

Communities@One has been nominated for a European inclusion award. I’m delighted about this because it’s largely thanks to C@1 funding and direct broker support that digital storytelling is thriving in Wales. Congratulations to Alun Burge and the team.

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Evidence of benefits to support funding bid

I was asked earlier today for links to reports outlining benefits of digital storytelling to communities by someone drafting a funding bid. I thought it might be useful to share these links with you. Many of these link to PowerPoint … Continue reading

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