digital storytelling workshop
DESCRIPTION
How to tell a compelling story using visuals, narrative structure and compelling content in the digital age.TRANSCRIPT
DIGITAL STORYTELLING@nancyyxu
1. What’s the Story?
2. Pick the Medium
3. The Headline
4. Story Arcs
5. Selecting Visuals
DESIGNER
one
“What is the Story?”
story of your work
fundraising campaign
story of a beneficiary
sharing your process
to inform to entertain
INTERVIEWING
Empathy
5 Why’s
Tell me more…
What do you mean by….
ACTIVITYfind out why your partner do the work they do,
using only why… and tell me more…
ACTIVITYshare your story with your partner
two
“Pick the Medium”
ACTIVITYpick a different partner and
share what medium you want to use to tell your story
three
“The Headline”
curiosity gap
ACTIVITYbrainstorm your story headline in a group
pop culture analysis tools
distillation
show don’t tellstart late, end early
four
“Story Arcs”
ARISTOTLE
HERO’S JOURNEY
WADE DAVIS
Attention grabbing introductionAppeal to the heartAppeal to the mind
Approachable call to action
ACTIVITYsketch out your story layout
tools demo
accountability buddy
five
“Selecting Visuals”
action shots
X
text/image overlay
go for noiseless
blur it
darken the image
add a color layer
go BIG
put it in a box
free image editor roundup
1. What’s the Story?interviewing tips, story types
2. Pick the mediumlong article, photo essay, scrolling site
3. The Headlinerelevance, timing and being part of a bigger story
4. Story Arcshero’s journey, Wade Davis, camp fire
5. Selecting Visualsaction shots & text overlays
RESOURCES If you have a lot of text, try writing on Medium: https://medium.com/@
scottharrison/the-last-walk-for-water-979160375b4a
If you have a lot of photos, try Storehouse: https://www.storehouse.co/stories/t7tkj-nyirazana
If you want to pitch stories to press, find the nonprofit journalists that you like. You can also talk to our LiveStories CEO who writes on HuffingtonPost: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adnan-mahmud/
If you have "lighter" content that has mass appeal, try contributing that on buzzfeed: http://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/italy-is-beautiful#47kjip4
Inspiration for your short video, Splash.org's water story, watch at the 3min mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVDGSMvlwQM
Inspiration for headlines written withe "curiosity gap", but be careful not to overdo it: http://www.upworthy.com/
RESOURCES CONT.
Search for what topics people are searching for on the internet so you can better target your content: http://www.google.com/trends/explore
Search what conversations are happening on twitter so you can join ones with the most chatter. This tool shows you which related hashtags are more popular to your topic: http://hashtagify.me/hashtag/entrepreneurship
If you want to practice how to distill complex info and still preserve the essence of the story, check out this class on writing micro-fiction: http://www.skillshare.com/classes/writing/Mini-Class-Flash-Fiction-How-to-Tell-Pint-Sized-Stories/2104850910/project-guide
We didn't have time to cover this, but if you need to edit your photos to have them stand out more, free image editors roundup here: http://mashable.com/2013/07/22/free-image-editors/
If anyone have data stories they want to tell (infographics, stories that include charts, reports), we would love to have them try our tool and get feedback! Request invite on our website: http://livestories.com/
DIGITAL STORYTELLING@nancyyxu
thank you!