Category Archives: story

Digital Storytellers from Italy and Jordan in Wales

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

I shared my journey to the DS6 festival of digital storytelling, with Simona Bonini Baldini and Rami Malkawi. I’ll never forget the excitement in the car as we rounded the corner of Aberystwyth’s side streets and caught our first full-on … Continue reading →

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DS6 digital storytelling conference review 2011

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

For the UK’s digital storytellers, a trip to Aberystwyth Arts Centre has been something of an annual pilgrimage for some years now. DS6 took place on Friday 16 June 2011. In keeping with previous years, here’s my review of the … Continue reading →

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How your own hand can help you find your story

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Here’s an idea you can try at the story-origination phase of your next digital storytelling workshop. Ask everyone to place their hand on a blank piece of paper and draw round it, kindergarten style. Ask people to write a line … Continue reading →

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Intergenerational School Report

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Students at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe, Swansea, were active in the recent BBC School Report project. Nia Davies and Beccy Leach from BBC Cymru Wales went to help the students. Here’s one of the films which is a great … Continue reading →

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Video Nation – final screening

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Last night was a poignant one. Even before I was involved with digital storytelling, I’ve been a fan of BBC Video Nation. I first became aware of it when I saw an job ad in the early 1990s announcing that … Continue reading →

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The secret of COW’s success – six lessons.

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

No punches were pulled in portraying the crash, so people who saw the film talked about it afterward. Lesson 3: be memorable Continue reading →

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How to get your short film seen by 500 million

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

When Newport University film studies lecturer and social action broadcast specialist Peter Watkins-Hughes went to Tredegar Comprehensive School students with an idea for a short film about teenage drink driving they said: “It’s not drunk driving that’s the biggest problem; … Continue reading →

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Seven articles about helping participants capture their story in digital storytelling

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

The person who’s taught me more than anyone about helping people find their story is Gilly Adams. She was the main story facilitator of BBC Capture Wales and she shaped the Story Circle day so it was a close a … Continue reading →

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Victim and Victor

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

You can now embed CultureShock‘s digital stories on your websites or blogs, thanks to a new feature on their website. So here’s the story Victim and Victor by Michael Crannage which CultureShock’s Alex Henry showed at DS5:

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Life as a transgender person – digital story

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Jenny-Anne Bishop explains what life was like as a transgender person growing up and living in Wales. She talks about the difficult experiences she has had with her family as a result of her transition. It’s one of four digital … Continue reading →

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