Digital StorytellingCreating across curriculum 6 word stories
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Crackhead mayor goes crazy once again
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Bieber drag race caught on Instagram
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We can redirect negative media narratives
#medialiteracy
“Can’t wait to play...inform...perform.”
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Digital Storytelling
★ digital media production
★ sharing stories
★ accomplish in any subject matter
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Digital Storytelling
★ video
★ video with sound, animation
★ still photos
★ still photos with audio
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Devices
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How do I ?
Word Stories
6 Unique Shots
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Any teacher, in any class, can offer this lesson
Challenge my students to create a video we have never created before.
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Goal Create a 6 word story & produce into a 6 shot video.
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Brevity is a virtue
Inspired by Ernest Hemingway
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.—Ernest Hemingway
• The original short short story
• In the 1920s, Ernest Hemingway’s colleagues bet him that he couldn’t write a complete story in just six words.
• They paid up.
• Hemingway is said to have considered it his best work.
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Research★Six word stories can say lots★6 Word Story Project★6 Words★6 Word Memoirs: Tell Us Yours★6 Word Stories
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Collaborative script writing
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Storyboard
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Objective
Tell the story of YOUNo 2 shots can be alikeMust use 6 different
angles
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YouTube search: Basic Camera Shots
1. ES = Establishing shot ★ setting, location
2. WS = Wide shot★ scene begins, introduces character
3. MS = Medium shot★ Offers some detail of action, narrows focus
& character
4. CU = Close Up★ Offers greatest detail, reveal resolution
Record EACH shot for a minimum of 10 seconds
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1. ES = Establishing shot ★ setting, location
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2. WS = Wide shot★ scene begins, introduces character
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3. MS = Medium shot★ offers some detail of action, narrows focus & character
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4. CU = Close Up★ offers greatest detail, reveal resolution
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Each shot edited to :03 each for a total :12 video
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Be creative
Beginning, middle and end
Color & light
NO to the 1st thought
Dare to be DIFFERENT
Storytelling
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4 P’s to storytelling
★ People - Who is in the story?
★ Places - Where does the story take place?
★ Plot - What is the conflict and the journey?
★ Purpose - Why should anyone care? What is the meaning of your story?
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Voiceover Royalty - Free AudioNatural Sound
Audio
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Royalty - Free Audio
Video duration
< 3 seconds and > 5 seconds Total :18-:30 seconds
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Production reminders★4 things to consider BEFORE picking
up a video camera★Video Production Tips★5 Deadly Sins of Amateur Video
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Publish to SchoolTube.com
Embed to Weebly
Blog 5-10 sentences
Full page of student examples
Post-Production
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“Told one lie, trust was broken”
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Literacy OutcomesMediaDigitalWritingReadingMathReflection
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Assessment
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Planning • storyboard• script• research
Video design• 6 clearly different shots• timing• color
Story• beginning, middle & end• 4 P’s clear
Audio• proper volume• enhances story
Met deadline
“I might be a little crazy”
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“Life begins with a blank canvas.”
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“Chinese American, different cultures, same person”
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What is your word video story?
The#powerofvideo
changes lives
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