Digital Story Telling
Digital Storytelling
“Digital storytelling begins with the notion that in the not
too distant future, sharing one’s stories through the multiple
mediums of digital imagery, text, voice, sound , music,
video and animation will be the principle hobby of the
world’s people.”
-Anonymous
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Contents
Seven Elements
Corey Video
Helpful Web Sites
Presentation
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Websites
Digitales
Center for Digital Storytelling
A Collection of Sites
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Seven Elements
A Point of View
A Dramatic Question
Emotional Content
The Gift of Your Voice
The Power of the Soundtrack
Economy
Pacing
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A Point of View
All stories are told to make a point.
You, as the author, need to figure out
what you intend the viewer to “get.”
What message are you trying to
convey? In other words, what is the
theme?
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A Dramatic Question
A good story has a “hook” that will hold
the attention of the audience until the
story is over.
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Emotional Content
A story that deals with our emotions,
- such as loss, love, loneliness,
courage, acceptance, rejection,
hardship, etc. - will help the audience
maintain their attention.
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Your Voice
The way you use your voice can impact the
story you tell.
Tone of Voice: Slow, Fast, Loud, Soft
The tone of the storyteller’s voice provides
the drama and sets the mood, while
engaging the reader. It draws the reader
into the plot development through the use
of story elements.
Caution: You don’t want your final project to
sound like you are reading your paper.
Practice!
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Soundtrack
Music sets the mood.
The goal is to match the music to the story.
Instrumental music, without words, works the
best to create an appropriate mood.
The focus should be the narration and the
music should support and enhance the
storytelling.
Use only copyright-free music!
(Soundzabound)
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Economy
Use the least amount of images
required to tell the story.
Your selection of pictures and drawings
should illustrate the theme without
becoming a distraction.
Too many images tend to confuse the
audience.
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Pacing
Changing the pace of the story can be
very effective. The narrative can have
pauses, the music can change tempo,
and the images can be set to enter at
different rates of speed.
Changing pace allows the audience to
concentrate, think, and maintain
interest.
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Bibliography
P. Shoemaker for WLCS, Walled Lake
Consolidated Schools
Tom Banaszewski •
Educator/Multimedia Author, Maria
Hastings School, Lexington, MA
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Presentation
Quicktime Movie (iMovie, MovieMaker)
PowerPoint
Flash
HyperStudio
Keynote (Apple)
Advanced Movie Editors (Casablanca,
Final Cut Pro)
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