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\"photo Which personal storytelling forms work well with the volume turned down?
\nThis question’s inspired by opportunities presented by ‘A Wall is a Screen<\/a>‘, kiosks in public places and public shopping-street screens like the one in Cardiff city centre, pictured by Mooganic.<\/p>\n

If you know of ‘silent’ short-form’ visual personal storytelling forms that passers-by find engaging enough to stop and watch, please let me know in the comments or by emailing melynmelyn at gmail dot com. I’ll share them in a future post. Thanks.<\/p>\n

By the way, using the RSS button, you can subscribe to the posts in this blog and read them in your newsreader\/feedreader.<\/p>\n

Written and first published by Gareth Morlais on 25 June 2008. Since I wrote this Buzzfeed has refined this form by their use of subtitle and by making videos square so they don’t rotate when you move your phone. (GM:2 December 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Which personal storytelling forms work well with the volume turned down? This question’s inspired by opportunities presented by ‘A Wall is a Screen‘, kiosks in public places and public shopping-street screens like the one in Cardiff city centre, pictured by Mooganic. If you know of ‘silent’ short-form’ visual personal storytelling forms that passers-by find engaging enough to stop and watch, please let me know in the comments or by emailing melynmelyn at gmail dot com. I’ll share them in a future post. Thanks. By the way, using the RSS button, you can subscribe to the posts in this blog and read them in your newsreader\/feedreader. Written and first published by Gareth Morlais on 25 June 2008. Since I wrote this Buzzfeed has refined this form by their use of subtitle and by making videos square so they don’t rotate when you move your phone. 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