digital storytelling
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Staff from the State Library attended a workshop on digital storytelling in Adelaide, run by Curious Works. Here's a summary of what they learned.TRANSCRIPT
Digital Storytelling
Katie Hannan, Maureen Driver, Karen Brandwood, Steve Burrows, Lindy Bohrnsen, Marie Maddocks
28 September, 2012
What is it?
Digital storytelling is a short form of digital film-making that allows everyday people to share aspects of their life story
Digital stories
Examples...
Villawood MumsBig Stories Small TownsMum & MeChanging LivesStockbrokers Awards
Facilitators
The training was run by Curious Works, an organisation that enables communities to tell their own stories by giving them the tools and the training to speak for themselves. They’re based in Sydney.
Techniques
Video basicsScene settingStories need to have:
- Purpose- Audience- Singular focus
Use a tripod!LightingShots and framing
Tripod by [martin], on Flickr
Techniques
Interviews
Remove the interviewer out of the videoWrite interview questionsDon’t interrupt the intervieweeCut awaysRule of thirdsGood quality sound
Image from codrops
Tips
Most digital stories are made using an interview styleInstructional videos NEED scriptsPre-production planning is vitalScene setting is important
shooting script by neil cummings, on Flickr
The product
Examples...
Examples
The future
Ways that digital storytelling tools and techniques could be used:
- Tours of the library by Education- Preservation awareness, e.g. http://youtu.be/CprCFSsQZbM- Highlights of regular events in the library for Marketing- Stories from our volunteers- Interviews with staff who are collection specialists
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Link to further information
State Library of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000Phone: (08) 8207 7250 - www.slsa.sa.gov.au