curative | cayad digital storytelling workshop
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Curative ran a Digital Storytelling workshop as part of the Innovate Change CAYAD re-design programmeTRANSCRIPT
Digital Storytelling Workshop
Prepared with care for Community Action Youth Alcohol Drugs (CAYAD)
Re-Design Programme
Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang@Curative_NZ
Who’s in the room?
Kaan HiiniCrafter, Visualise, Doer.
Jade TangDesigner, Dreamer, Doer.
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
Workshop overview• What is Storytelling?• What is Digital Storytelling?• Why is Digital Storytelling so powerful?• The 7 Elements of Digital Storytelling:• Key Principles (& examples) of Digital Storytelling:• How to get started? - Tools you can use:• [ Exercise ]• Feedback & Questions• In summary• Thank you
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
What is Storytelling? The basics:
Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, and images, often by improvisation or embellishment.
Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation, and instilling moral values. Crucial elements of stories and storytelling include plot, characters, and narrative point of view.
Storytelling predates writing, with the earliest forms of storytelling usually oral combined with gestures and expressions.
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
What is Digital Storytelling? The basics:
Digital storytelling at its most basic core is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories.
The term “digital storytelling” can also cover a range of digital narratives (web-based* stories, interactive stories, hypertexts, and narrative computer games); It is sometimes used to refer to film-making in general, and as of late, it has been used to describe advertising and promotion efforts by commercial and non-profit enterprises.
One can define digital storytelling as the process by which diverse peoples share their life story and creative imaginings with others. This newer form of storytelling emerged with the advent of accessible media production techniques, hardware and software, including but not limited to digital cameras, digital voice recorders, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker and Final Cut Express. These new technologies allow individuals to share their stories over the Internet on YouTube, Vimeo, compact discs, podcasts, and other electronic distribution systems. *http://jessandruss.us/
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
Why use Digital Storytelling? In public health, healthcare, social services, and international development
Digital storytelling is being used to raise awareness of the “human” factor in healthcare.
1) The Patient Voices programme is the product of Pip Hardy and Tony Sumner. Commissioned in 2003, by the Royal College of Nursing in the U.K. their project provides a means for people (patients, families or healthcare workers) to tell their stories which might affect clinicians, managers and decision-makers in the healthcare arena. These digital stories are available at The Patient Voices. 2) The development of the Silence Speaks project[26] in 1999 under the direction of Amy Hill (who joined the Center for Digital Storytelling in 2005) led to the expansion of digital storytelling in public health.
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
GOJoven Fellows share stories about adolescent sexual and reproductive health challenges and successes.
http://silencespeaks.org/youth-leaders-speak/
Why use Digital Storytelling? Silence Speaks project example
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
The 7 Elements of Digital Storytelling
1. Point of View: What is the main point of the story and what is the perspective of the author?
2. A Dramatic Question: A key question that keeps the viewer’s attention and will be answered by the end of the story.
3. Emotional Content: Serious issues that come alive in a personal and powerful way and connects the audience to the story.
4. The Gift of Your Voice: A way to personalize the story to help the audience understand the context.
5. The Power of the Soundtrack: Music or other sounds that support and embellish the story.
6. Economy: Using just enough content to tell the story without overloading the viewer
7. Pacing: The rhythm of the story and how slowly or quickly it progresses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1f-_FXgJZM
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
Curative Case Studies Digital Storytelling examples:
CreativeMornings To capture the wider essence of the audience, community and culture to help tell the story.
LiveBelowTheLine To have an informative and strong coherent narrative
LIFEHACK To be succinct, clever and creative with the limited resources you have
#LiveForTomorrow To be genuine and get authentic responses from your subjects/interviewees
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
CreativeMornings
CreativeMornings is a global monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types
GLOBAL THEME »
http://creativemornings.com/
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
CreativeMornings To capture the wider essence of the audience, community & culture to help tell the story.
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
“ Life isn’t about finding yourself Life’s about creating yourself ”
– George Bernard Shaw
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
From 24th - 28th September,
join us living on $2.25 a day
for 5 days to change the way
people in New Zealand think
about extreme poverty - and
make a huge difference.
http://livebelowtheline.com/nz
Live Below the Line
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
Live Below the Line To have an informative and strong coherent narrative
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
“ Life isn’t about finding yourself Life’s about creating yourself ”
– George Bernard Shaw
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
We’re assembling a crack team of hipsters, hackers and hustlers to help combat youth mental health issues.
We call them LIFEHACKERS.
http://lifehackhq.co/
LIFEHACK
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
LIFEHACK To be succinct, clever and creative with limited resources
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
“ Life isn’t about finding yourself Life’s about creating yourself ”
– George Bernard Shaw
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
Live For Tomorrow is a project for those that are struggling with, care about, or are affected by youth suicide, depression, alcohol use, self-harm and bullying. http://livefortomorrow.co.nz/
#LiveForTomorrow
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
#LiveForTomorrow To be genuine and get authentic responses from your subjects
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
How to get started with Digital Storytelling
Video Editing Tools to use: Mobile - Easy access, Easy to Use, Low Cost, Fast... eg. Instagram, Vine, App Store has plenty Desktop Software - More functionality, greater control eg. iMovie, Windows Moviemaker Pro Tools - Huge amount of control, professional output, requires training eg. Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
How to get started with Digital Storytelling
Creative Commons Music Resources – Jamendo – Find Sounds – Free Play Music – Free Music Archive – Creative Commons
Important: Check the license!Is it for commercial/non commercial/personal use? How do you attribute?
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
How to get started with Digital Storytelling
Interview Techniques: - Be conversational- Chat off topic before filming to relax interviewee- Maintain eye contact, focus subject on interviewer, not the camera- Laugh, jokeing goes a long way to relaxing someone- Provide questions in advance to allow interviewee to form answers/prep
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
How to get started with Digital Storytelling
Good Websites for DIY Filmmaking
– Vimeo Video School 101 a simple guide to making a film form choosing your camera to editing. Includes guides for iMovie and Movie Maker. Perfect for people with simple cameras.– NoFilmSchool.com awesome site for DIY filmmakers and creatives– CreativeCow.net online tutorials for just about any creative software!– An Easy DSLR Audio Setup for a Crew of One
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
‘ Now it’s your turn ’
[ EXERCISE ]
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‘ Feedback & Questions ’
[ DISCUSSION ]
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
In SummaryThe 7 Elements of Digital Storytelling:1. Point of View 2. A Dramatic Question 3. Emotional Content 4. The Gift of Your Voice 5. The Power of the Soundtrack 6. Economy 7. Pacing And then, remember:• To capture the wider essence of the audience, community and culture to help tell the story • To be genuine and get authentic responses from your subjects/interviewees• To be succinct, clever and creative with the limited resources you have• To have an informative and strong coherent narrative
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang
“ Design creates stories, and stories create memorable eperiences, and great experiences have this innate ability to change the way in which we view our world. ”
– Anon
Prepared with care for CAYAD Re-Design Programme Kaan Hiini & Jade Tang