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Storytelling

Storytelling. “Digital storytelling begins with the notion that in the not too distant future, sharing one’s story through multiple medium of imagery, text, voice, sound, music, video and animation will be the principal hobby of the world’s people”.

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Storytelling

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  1. Storytelling

  2. “Digital storytelling begins with the notion that in the not too distant future, sharing one’s story through multiple medium of imagery, text, voice, sound, music, video and animation will be the principal hobby of the world’s people”. Joe Lambert, Co-founder, Center for Digital Storytelling

  3. 6 Elements of a Good Digital Story There is a great deal to consider in constructing a digital story. While there are endless approaches to crafting stories depending on purpose and audience, at least 6 elements below are considered to be fundamental.

  4. # 1: Living Inside Your Story - Tell the story from first-person perspective • Use your own voice to narrate the tale • Share the story in a personal way that will engageviewers in a very real and emotional experience

  5. # 1: Living Inside Your Story For example, you share through the story: • who you are • what you felt • and what a certain event or situation means for you thus, creating a close emotional connection with your audience.

  6. # 1: Living Inside Your Story Rather than a detached telling that this happened and that happened, viewers experience YOU living inside this story. Your story is shared through the heart of personal meaning, NOT the head.

  7. # 2: Lessons Learned A good story has a point to make, a moral conclusion, a lesson learned or an understanding gained. Ex: Aesop’s fables: “The Fox and the Grapes”, “The Tortoise and the Hare”, etc.

  8. # 3:Introducing Creative Tension - Create intrigue or tension around a situation posed at the beginning of the story and resolve at the end withan unexpected twist - Create a hook to intentionally draw the viewer into wondering how it will unfold and how will it all end Examples: The story follows the plot of Pride and Prejudice, but places the novel in an alternative universe version of Regency-eraEngland where zombies roam the English countryside.

  9. # 3: Introducing Creative Tension • Leave the situation unresolved until the end to retain viewer’s attention • Think about the overall pace of the story. Pacing is an invisible part of sustaining story tension as we know so well from the era of Hitchcock films. Ex: Hitchocock’s “Psycho”, “Birds”, etc.

  10. # 4: Economizing the Story A good story has a destination – a point to make – and seeks the shortest path to its destination. Each digital story is no more than 3-5 minute based on a script that is no more than one (1) page or five hundred words.

  11. # 5: Showing, Not Telling Use vivid details to reveal feelings and info rather than just saying something was tall, happy, scary, etc. It was a dark and stormy night does not have to be said directly in the script. Use a lot of images and sound: • To show a part of the context • Create a setting • Give story information • Provide emotional meaning not provided by words

  12. # 5: Showing, Not Telling Both words and media need to reveal the story through details rather than being directly stated. Watch “The Science of Sleep” trailer here

  13. # 6: Developing Craftsmanship A good story incorporates technology in artful ways demon- strating craftsmanship in communicating with images, sound, voice, color, white space, animations, design, transitions, and special effects. All media elements are selected to extend the meaning.

  14. How Do I Get Started? - Start with a small idea. - Do not concentrate on the details. - Check out different types of stories on this web site: http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/pages/cookbook.html - Have someone interview you, then transcribe the words and see what they tell you about the story you are trying to conceive. - Create a storyboard.

  15. How Do I Get Started? The Story About Someone Important • What is or had been your relationship to this person? • How would you describe thisperson (physical appearance, character, etc)? • Is there an event/incident that best captures their character?

  16. How Do I Get Started? The Story About Someone Important • What about them do you most enjoy/ drives you crazy? • What lesson did they give you they you feel is important? • If you had something to say to them, that they may have never heard you say, what would it be?

  17. How Do I Get Started? The Story About an Event in My Life (Adventure, Accomplishment, etc.) • What was the event (time, place, incident, or series of incidents)? • What was your relationship tothe event? • With what other people did you experience this event?

  18. How Do I Get Started? The Story About an Event in My Life (Adventure, Accomplishment, etc.) • Was there a defining momentin the event? • How did you feel during this event (fear, exhilaration, sharpened awareness, joy)? • Why did you learn at the end? • How did this event change your life?

  19. How Do I Get Started? The Story About a Place in My Life • How would you describethe place? • With whom did you sharethis place? • What general experiencesdo you relate to this place?

  20. How Do I Get Started? The Story About a Place in My Life • Was there a defining experience at the place? • What lessons about yourself do you draw from your relationship to this place? • If you have returned to this place, how has it changed?

  21. Storytelling ElifShafak: The politics of fiction, TED Talks http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction.html

  22. Storytelling Isabel Allende, TED Talks http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion.html

  23. Storytelling “Porch Light” Storytelling, KQED Arts http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/spark/profile.jsp?essid=4779

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