Aberth Digital Storytelling

That’s the title for a 30-minute documentary TV programme my colleague Melanie Lindsell has made with young Welsh climber Tori James about her attempt to climb Everest. The programme goes out on BBC Wales on 6 May (see below)
Melanie’s an experienced Video Nation producer and she’s also had success with longer-form documentaries using the self-authored […]

Popularity: 53% [?]

[Read more →]

If you’re starting out in digital storytelling, you face  some fundamental decisions that will determine or be determined by equipment and software you have access to. I’m not going to give many answers today, but I’ll come back to these in future. It’s just useful to be aware of the scope…
What kind of computer am […]

Popularity: 77% [?]

[Read more →]

I’ve just updated my shopping list here:
brand new Aberth Digital Storytelling Resources
It’s actually the first page of a brand new sister website to this blog. Aberth Digital Storytelling Resources is a response to what a number of people have asked for: a site that brings together in one place all kinds of equipment and software […]

Popularity: 100% [?]

[Read more →]

We looked at workshop space in the last post, today it’s the kit.
You want to bid for funding to set up a digital storytelling project, but you’re not sure what you’re going to need? Here’s a list to build from of examples of equipment needed to run digital storytelling and participatory media workshops. The kit […]

Popularity: 82% [?]

[Read more →]

If you’re planning to set up your own digital storytelling or participatory media project,
you’ll need somewhere to hold your workshops. You can base yourself at one venue or roam around using existing community facilities as venues. Here’s a solution which has the capacity to combine the two scenarios. If you’re making a bid for funding, […]

Popularity: 83% [?]

[Read more →]

You’ve been invited to help a group of digital storytellers to post produce their stories at the end of their workshop or course. Here are some things to think about when you prepare.
1. know your ‘deliverables’. Have a list of things you need to take away from the digilab and make sure you go home […]

Popularity: 87% [?]

[Read more →]

Ever saved something from a Mac to a pendrive, then put that same pendrive into a PC? Notice all those annoying ‘hidden’ Mac system files cluttering up the drive? If you right-click on the drive in Windows Explorer and search for the following:
FINDER.DAT,___Move&Rename,DESKTO~1,OPENFO~1,TheVolumeSettingsFolder,Desktop*,.Trashes,.DS_Store
Check, then delete them. Bingo!
By the way, I think you get a similar […]

Popularity: 74% [?]

[Read more →]

Done it! I’ve managed to use the Nokia N93 to capture, record and publish video which is good enough for broadcast on TV as well as the web. OK, what I’ve made is only ten seconds long, to work around ShoZu’s 4MB upload limit, but it worked.
Here’s the clip on YouTube and here it is […]

Popularity: 80% [?]

[Read more →]

I had an interesting day in VideoForum 2007 at London’s Earl Court on Tuesday. Here are three products/newsbytes that may be of interest to digital storytellers:
1. Edirol R09 portable audio recorder looks ace. When I chose the M-Audio Microtrack, Edirol’s products could only capture audio at 44.1k and I needed 48k, because this is the […]

Popularity: 76% [?]

[Read more →]

Here’s a chart comparing the features of ten browser-based online image editors: Snipshot, PXN8, VicImager, Picture2Life, Cellsea, Phixr, NetImager, Image
Author, nexImage and LookWow:
http://www.smileycat.com/miaow/archives/online-image-editors.html
The most useful feature on my wishlist is ‘crop to target size’ and it’s unfortunately not one of the features compared here.
Popularity: 78% [?]Share This

Popularity: 78% [?]

[Read more →]

I’ve been following the Ndiyo story for some months now. It’s a way that many people can share just one computer and one internet connection by using Linux’s multiple-users capability and a ‘magic box’ plugged into the ethernet connection. Then, each user needs only a keyboard, mouse and screen. The single internet connection can be […]

Popularity: 80% [?]

[Read more →]

This is a checklist for someone who’s been asked to train people at a centre to make a digital story and to leave some skills behind so people at that centre can continue to make stories after the initial trainer’s moved on…
I wouldn’t expect every machine at most centres in this country to be capable […]

Popularity: 70% [?]

[Read more →]

If you’re planning to train people to include video clips in the form of ‘pieces to camera’ in their digital story or ’short’, there’s a lot people need to learn:
- how to feel comfortable and come across as well as they can on camera
- how to say something that’s engaging for the viewer
- how to […]

Popularity: 76% [?]

[Read more →]

Someone asked me this week about setting up and training people to run audio storytelling workshops on someone else’s equipment. It’s best to be prepared for the unexpected. The biggest challenge is often the fact that machines are ‘locked down’ by the administrator.
To work around potential permissions issues when working on computers in community cyber […]

Popularity: 82% [?]

[Read more →]

Presentation at Streaming Media Europe 2006 about Managing Digital Assets, taking Digital Storytelling as a case study, by Gareth Morlais - BBC Wales Digital Storytelling.
Digital Stories are two minute personal films created by the storyteller, using their own photos words and voice.
Slide 1 - The Any List
Rights management becomes easier if you brief authors before […]

Popularity: 79% [?]

[Read more →]