digital storytelling terri tadley pat rosini (assistance)

Digital Storytelling

Terri Tadley

Pat Rosini (assistance)

The Digital Storytelling Association

• Defines Digital Storytelling as – “The modern expression of the ancient art of

storytelling.”• Throughout history, storytelling has been used to share

knowledge, wisdom, and values. – Stories have taken many different forms. – Stories have been adapted to each successive medium that

has emerged» from the circle of the campfire » to the silver screen» and now the computer screen

Digital Storytelling• What it is???

• The practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories.• Focus on a specific topic and contain a particular point of view• Contains some mixture of

• computer-based images• text• recorded audio narration• video clips and/or music

• Can vary in length• used in education typically last between two and ten minutes

• Topics range• from personal tales • to the recounting of historical events, • from exploring life in one's own community • to the search for life in other corners of the universe, • and literally, everything in between.

• A great way to begin learning about Digital Storytelling is by watching the following video introduction to Digital Storytelling.

Daniel Meadows

• Biography– British photographer, educator and digital storyteller– Defines digital stories as "short, personal multimedia tales

told from the heart." – Meadows goes on to describe digital stories as "multimedia

sonnets from the people" in which "photographs discover the talkies, and the stories told assemble in the ether as pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, a gaggle of invisible histories which, when viewed together, tell the bigger story of our time, the story that defines who we are."

Getting Ready to Utilize Movie Maker

• Equipment needed:• A recording device – microphone and earphones• Hardware and software to manipulate images and video• Digital camera / Camcorder - to take pictures and video• Computers with Windows XP/Vista operating system• Access to the World Wide Web• DVD burner or Flash drive

• (for creating movies to take home) • Software for streaming video

• (ex. Quicktime) if you consider publishing your movies on a school website (otherwise, not really necessary)

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Concepts needed to create a Movie

• A script• assemble rich media to support the ideas and

emotions • include music or other audio effects (your voice)• personal or public-domain images• animations or video

• usually about two to ten minutes long

Equipment needed

• Computers with Windows XP/Vista operating system• Digital camera / Camcorder• Access to the World Wide Web• Microphones • DVD burner (for creating movies to take home) • Software for streaming video (ex. Quicktime) if you

consider publishing your movies on a school website (otherwise, not really necessary)

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Technology Tools - Video

• Windows Movie Maker (for PC)– a FREE video editing software program– included as part of the Windows operating system (XP. Vista, 2007)– It allows you to add music, and/or your own narration to your photo

stories• It is basically a video version of PowerPoint

• Apple iMovie - FREE (Mac only) • Photo Story 3 for Windows – FREE - easy-to-use program that • can be downloaded from Microsoft

• Adobe Premiere Elements - (about $99.99 - Trial version available) slightly more advance program Apple I Movie

Windows Movie Maker

Technology Tools - Audio

• Microsoft Sound Recorder –• free with Windows

• (can be found from your Start button/All Program/Accessories)

• Audacity Program –• free recorder and editor that can be downloaded

• Goldwave – Windows -(about $49.00)

• Adobe Audition 3 – (about $350.00)

Technology Tools - Graphics• Obtain pictures

– from your computer

– digital camera

– scanner

– CD

– free photography websites

– animation websites

– clipart websites

• Images for movie can be from:

– documents

– old photos

– greeting cards

– post cards

– drawings maps

– paintings

– book covers

File Formats supported by Windows Movie Maker

• Supported formats for importing content:– Video files: .asf, .avi, .wmv – Movie files: MPEG1, .mpeg, .mpg, .m1v, .mp2 – Audio files: .wav, .snd, .au, .aif, .aifc, .aiff – Windows Media files: .asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv – Still images: .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .gif – MP3 format audio: .mp3

• Supported formats for saving movies:– Windows Media video files: .wmv – Windows Media audio files: .wma – DV/AVI format for video: .avi

Technology Tools - Players

• Windows Media Player

• QuickTime Player

• ITunes

Steps to Create a Movie• Select a topic for your digital story

– Presentation of a new concept • (Science, Social Studies, Math, Religion, etc.)

– Presentation for the beginning of the school year– Movie of all the pictures taken during the year

• Special occasions, awards, marriage• Make a folder for all your collected data (Extremely important)

– Folder on the desktop – Folder on a flash drive

• You must keep all of your collected data (files) on one specific folder

Take baby steps!

Steps for Movie Maker (continued)

• Collect– Image resources

• pictures, drawings, photographs, videos, etc.– Save the images that you wish to use in your folder

– Audio resources • music, sound effects, speeches, etc.

– Save the audio that you wish to use in your folder

– Information from • word processing documents, PowerPoint slides, websites, etc

– Save the application work that you wish to use in your folder

– Save everything in your movie maker folder!

Don’t get frustrated!

Steps for Movie Maker(Actual Movie)

• Create Title slide• Import images• Import narration and/or music• Add effects for your clips• Add transitions to your clips• Save as a “project” – give it a name and

place in your folder– Do not save as a movie

• Once it is saved as a movie you cannot edit or add anything to it.

• Save the project often• (Because Movie Maker is a free

program it does tend to freeze and you may lose everything – especially when you add effects, transitions, narration, and music)

Storyboard View

Use Storyboard to organize the order of clips, insert effects, and insert transitions between video segments.

TASK PANE

ALL PICTURES/VIDEOS/IM

AGES AND MUSIC ARE COLLECTED

AND STORED HERE

PREVIEW WINDOW(PREVIEW

ENTIRE MOVIE OR CLIPS)

Capture Video Area

Get video, still pictures, or audio from the camera, disk, or other source

Edit Movie Area

Transitions, video effects, titles, and credits

Finish Movie

Export to Computer, CD, web, or back to the camera

Timeline view

Switch to the Timeline view when you need to insert audio, music, text on top of a picture, add narration, or edit the lengths of your movie clips.

Adding Narration

Websites

• Digital storytelling• Microsoft Movie Maker Tutorial• Free music• Discovery Education clipart• Animation Library• Pictures 4 learning