capstone tuesday digital_storytelling (1)
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VIDEOS• http://www.creativenarrations.net/node/84 - NABLUS• http://mediastorm.com/clients/vanishing-americana-for-msnbc - vanishing americana
Scott simon on storytellinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiX_WNdJu6w&feature=related
IRA GLASS on the basics, anecdote, etc... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loxJ3FtCJJA
IRA GLASS on good taste, it takes time:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI23U7U2aUY&feature=relmfu
TUESDAY, June 28 2011
Summer 2011 at Georgetown University in Broadcast JournalismCAPSTONE VIDEO PROJECT
digital storytelling
PLEASE SIT WITH YOUR CAPSTONE BUDDY!!!
at this point you don't know what you need for your story, video, photos, etc
before you can decide all that, you need to know what your story is
and how do you start planning a story?
"Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact."
- Robert McKee
We are storytelling beings.
We aren't like computers
We're wired to like stories, and to learn through stories.
We've been telling stories for a long time.
And our tools have grown.
17th century
We tell stories for many different reasons.
We tell stories for many different reasons.
ENTERTAIN INFORM
...or both!
But what is a story?
"A whole is that withbeginning middle and end."
ARISTOTLE(~350 BCE)
IRA GLASS, "This American Life", NPR
SCOTT SIMON, NPR
a story has a...
PURPOSE
Why this story?
What ideas do I want to convey?
What effect can I have?
a story has an...
AUDIENCEWho should be interested?
How complex?How can I use image, video, music to help me?
a story has...
DETAILS
What details help with my purpose?
How will the details fit together?
a story has a...
BEGINNING
Grab the audience's attention
A beginning is not just a start, it is an introduction into the world of your story.
Don't give it all away.
So a story has an...
ENDING
The ending is where your story meets your purpose.
Answer your questions.
- purpose- audience- details- beginning- ending
AND:- use of music- use of images and video
EXAMPLES
"Advanced Pressure"http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/01/24/opinion/1247466680941/op-ed-advanced-pressure.html?scp=1&sq=ap%20test&st=cse
"Vanishing Americana"http://mediastorm.com/clients/vanishing-americana-for-msnbc
"NABLUS, a City of Life and Death"http://www.creativenarrations.net/node/84
EXAMPLES
What should a story have?a purposewhy this story?what effect can I have?what ideas do I want to convey?an audience in mindwho should be interested?how complex should it be?how can images, video, and music help?detailswhat details will help with my purpose?how will the details fit together?a beginninggrab your audience’s attentionintroduce your idea without giving it all awayan endingwe should know your purpose by the endanswer your question(s)
Ideas?
FIRST - talk about your ideas, then pick an idea
SECOND - think about the questions you can raise
THIRD - make a story table!
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WRITING MEDIA(text/audio) (images, video, music)
"It's easy to take for granted that I can walk to school and not be worried about stepping on a land mine..."
start w pics of me getting on school bus, then pics of kids who have lost their legs...