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Digital Storytelling: Frame-by-Frame
Mike Bryant
Michael_Bryant@Discovery.com
312.894.3807http://www.multiurl.com/ga/e
lkgrovede
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Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) [Video]. Retrieved March 2, 2009,
From http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hb2GmBkkaTU
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Resolution
Action
Climax
Falling Action
Introduction
Basic story elements:
All stories need to have…
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Or more simply put…
•A beginning•A middle•An end
5Brennan, Joe. “Digital Storytelling vs. Making Movies.” [weblog entry] Digital Storytelling. Discovery Educator Network. December 19, 2006 (http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/digital_storytelling/category/the-center-for-digital-storytelling/). April 22, 2009.
Digital Storytelling vs. Making Movies
• Point of View• Dramatic Question • Emotional Content• Gift of Your Voice• Power of the Soundtrack• Economy• Pacing
Center for Digital Storytelling’s seven elements for model digital stories:
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What tools can we use to create a digital story?
A camera for capturing images/video
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The Rule of Thirds
It’s nottic-tac-toe
Avoidthe middle
Use the intersections
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We also need quality content to help us tell our story…
• Images from:– Camera– Discovery Education streaming (20,000+
images)– Safe source photo sites like Flickr, Google,
Snapfish, etc.
• Video from:– Camera– Discovery Education streaming (5,000+
Videos)
Creating a Photo Story
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Before we begin, we need static pictures for our story
1. Log into Discovery Education streaming and find the images that you want to use
2. Download image into a folder on your computer
*Tip: collect all material for your story (pictures, videos, audio, etc) in one folder on your computer.
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Let’s Make Some Magic
1. Open Photo Story and click “Begin a new story”
2. Click “Next”
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Importing Images
3. Click on the “Import Pictures” button
4. Navigate to the images that you want to import
5. Click on the “next” button
*Tip: use your shift key to select multiple images.
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Adding your own Narration
7. Click on the Red Button to begin narration
*TIP: Use the empty space to type in a script of your narration first – this will help eliminate the um-s and ah-s.
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Add titles to pictures
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Add Music or Sound Effects
9. Either from your computer…
10. Or create your own music in Photo Story!!
*Tip: Adjust the volume level of your audio so that it doesn’t overwhelm your narrations.
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Finish your story
11.Save your story to your computer.
12.Save project for future editing.
Creating Movies with Movie Maker
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Before we begin, we need a movie file to edit!
1. Log into Discovery Education streaming and find an Editable Clip
2. Download the clip and save it into a folder on your computer with the rest of your content.
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Now Let’s Make Some Magic
1. Open Windows Movie Maker
2. From the task bar on the left, choose “Import Video”
*Tip: You can also drag and drop files directly into your content “collection.”
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3. Navigate to your movie file – it must be .asf, .avi, .wmv, or mpeg file.
4. Click “Import”
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Drag and EditNote that the video segment is now broken into tiny pieces
5. Drag the clip that you want to edit into boxes below
6. Click on the icon that says “Show Timeline”
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Adding your own Narration
7. On the Audio track line, choose a section of audio that you want to mute and right-click on that section
8. Choose “Mute”
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Record your Narration
9. Click on the microphone icon to record your narration
10.Record your narration and save the file in your content folder on your computer
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Finish your movie
11.Choose “save to my computer”
12.Save your project for future editing.
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Movie Making in a Web 2.0 World
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Movie Making with Web 2.0 Tools
• Animoto.com – add images and songs to create a music video!
• Voicethread.com – add images, video and voice commentary from you or your students – build a collaborative story!
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Who will help me connect these tools to my students?
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Contact Info
Mike Bryant
Michael_Bryant@Discovery.com
312.894.3807
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