Category Archives: Wales

Call for Speakers: DS7 #digitalstorytelling festival in Wales

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Gareth Morlais

The organisers of the DS7 digital storytelling festival in Wales have a new website and there’s a call for speakers. Here are the details from the site: “If you would like to contribute to the festival, please email klewis (at) … Continue reading →

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New local TV station in Wales wants your films and digital stories

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Gareth Morlais

Today – 31 January 2012 – 3VTV is launched. It’s a local internet-based TV channel for the three valleys that make up Blaenau Gwent in south Wales, UK. On the website there are videos made by 3VTV themselves as well … Continue reading →

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Date of DS7 #digitalstorytelling festival announced by George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Gareth Morlais

I’ve just had this note from Karen Lewis, project lead of StoryWorks and co-director of the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling: “The seventh annual Digital Storytelling festival is happening in Cardiff this year, not Aberystwyth. It will be hosted … Continue reading →

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Learn how to shoot for the web and edit video archive mashups

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Gareth Morlais

Welsh media trainers Cyfle have two tantalising training courses which are open for registration now: 1. Archive Mashup Learn how to mix diverse archive video clips and sounds. A part-time course beginning 26 March 2012 2. Shooting for the web … Continue reading →

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Digital Story explaining why the Poppy is the symbol of Remembrance

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Ray Thompson made this digital story for Breaking Barriers. He’s the man we have to thank for the list of names of fallen soldiers on the Bargoed War Memorial. Ray is a Caerphilly 50+ Forum member; thanks to Mandy Sprague … Continue reading →

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Digital Storytelling as a marketing tool

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

This post is about how audio storytelling has been used to publicise a radio play. On Friday, I attended an industry screening by Cyfle’s Digital Delta multiplatform writers. Cyfle began as a training organisation for TV in Wales and – … Continue reading →

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Digital Storytelling Pod Ep01-How to make a DS on iPad with Barrie Stephenson

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

This is the first episode of a new monthly audio podcast for digital storytellers: Digital Storytelling Pod with Gareth Morlais. dspod-ep01.mp3 Barrie Stevenson of Digistories sums up his experiences of using iPad v2 to help people make digital stories. This … Continue reading →

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Daniel Meadows – early photographic works (video)

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Many readers of this blog will be familiar with the work of Daniel Meadows. He was founder and creative director of BBC Capture Wales and teaches digital storytelling module at Cardiff University. Before this, he was a well-known documentary photographer. … Continue reading →

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Stories from the Sole at the Eisteddfod

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

I’ve been working at the National Eisteddfod in Wrexham all this week and there have been some nice digital inclusion stories here that I’ve come across… Age Cymru have been doing some great work in encouraging older people who aren’t … Continue reading →

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Displaying digital stories

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

If you’re looking for ways of displaying your project’s digital stories, here are two examples to consider. I’m working for the BBC at Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru in Wrexham this week and in the BBC Cymru Wales ‘cube’ tent on the … Continue reading →

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