Making Digital Movies in a Web 2.0 World

1. Making Digital Movies in a Web 2.0 World

2. What is Digital Storytelling? “Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories derive their power by weaving images, music, narrative and voice together, thereby giving deep dimension and vivid color to characters, situations, experiences, and insights.” - Digital Storytelling Association http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/

3. Why Digital Storytelling? In The Classroom • Students can demonstrate their grasp of concept • Synthesized Brain • Creative outlet • Students can use a myriad of media, photos, images, songs, video, sound to express themselves and their stories • ELL Instruction • Use media to help reach ESL students – matching vocabulary and imagery • It is engaging – a format that the YouTube generation is accustomed

4. Building the Brand in Corporate America Digital storytelling is more than a technique. In fact, it's become something of a movement among both artists and business people. One convert is Bill Dauphinais, 53, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). He's been using it to teach members of the accounting and consulting giant about the PwC brand. Dauphinais has collected stories about PwC's founders, partners, and clients, and he's captured those stories on digital video and housed them on a PC. Now he travels the world, regaling employees with video tales of the firm's core values. "Brands are built around stories," says Dauphinais. "And stories of identity -- who we are, where we've come from -- are the most effective stories of all. This is a powerful way to bring them to life.” Pink, Daniel “What’s Your Story?” FastCompany From Issue 21 | December 1998, 30 December 2008http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/21/rftf.html

5. Building the Brand in Corporate America COCA-COLA Solicits stories they not only post on the Web, but at Coke's digital storytelling exhibit in the Atlanta headquarters. Example: Indiana housewife Iris Bell's tale of her dad's lucky Coke bottle, which traveled with him through World War II to Burma, back home to America, and survived a house fire. Says Iris: ''The bottle was daddy's good-luck charm.'' “What’s Your Story?” BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 15, 2000 ISSUE http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_20/b3681104.htm

6. Who else is telling Digital Stories? Barak Obama: inauguration – the first digital president Barak Obama tops 1 million Facebook supporters “I will recruit new teachers and make new investments in rural schools, we’ll connect all of America to 21st century technology and telecommunications” posted: 1/9/2009 Source: http://www.computerweekly.com/galleries/234215-5/Barack-Obama-tops-1-million-Facebook-supporters.htm

7. What media can I use? Discovery Education streaming • Videos • Images • Sounds • Songs • Speeches • Sound Effects

8. What tools can I use? Digital Editing Software • Moviemaker – free for PC • Photostory 3 – free for PC • iMovie – free for Mac • iPhoto – free for Mac • Adobe Premier Elements – not free • Final Cut Pro – not free

9. What tools can I use? Digital Hardware • Digital Camera • Digital Video Camera • Webcam • PC or Mac • Mic

10. Seven Elements of Storytelling • Point of ViewIn thinking about the point of a story, we should also be considering the reason for the story. Why this story, now, for this group of people? • A Dramatic QuestionIn a romance, will the girl get the guy? In an adventure, will the hero reach the goal? In a crime or murder mystery, who did it? When any of these questions are answered, the story is over. • Emotional Content Did the story engage your emotions? Did it make you sad, happy, excited, etc? 4. Adding Your Voice Personalizes your story, helps with ELL instruction, scripting, etc • The Power of a Soundtrack Soundtracks set the mood of our day, change the way we perceive the visual information streaming into our eyes, and establish a rhythm for our step. • EconomyIf the writer and director do a good job, they will shoot just what is necessary to keep the story visually rich while moving forward, with only the minimum of dialogue and number of scenes necessary to allow us to envision the larger story. • Pacing The rhythm of a story determines much of what sustains an audience’s interest. A fast-paced movie with many quick edits and upbeat music can suggest urgency, action, nervousness, exasperation, and excitement. Conversely, a slow pace will suggest contemplation, romanticism, relaxation, or simple pleasures. Center for Digital Storytelling http://www.storycenter.org/programs.html

11. Let’s look at some examples • Point of ViewIn thinking about the point of a story, we should also be considering the reason for the story. Why this story, now, for this group of people? • A Dramatic QuestionIn a romance, will the girl get the guy? In an adventure, will the hero reach the goal? In a crime or murder mystery, who did it? When any of these questions are answered, the story is over. • Emotional Content Did the story engage your emotions? Did it make you sad, happy, excited, etc? 4. Adding Your Voice Personalizes your story, helps with ELL instruction, scripting, etc • The Power of a Soundtrack Soundtracks set the mood of our day, change the way we perceive the visual information streaming into our eyes, and establish a rhythm for our step. • EconomyIf the writer and director do a good job, they will shoot just what is necessary to keep the story visually rich while moving forward, with only the minimum of dialogue and number of scenes necessary to allow us to envision the larger story. • Pacing The rhythm of a story determines much of what sustains an audience’s interest. A fast-paced movie with many quick edits and upbeat music can suggest urgency, action, nervousness, exasperation, and excitement. Conversely, a slow pace will suggest contemplation, romanticism, relaxation, or simple pleasures.

12. Let’s look at some examples • Point of ViewIn thinking about the point of a story, we should also be considering the reason for the story. Why this story, now, for this group of people? • A Dramatic QuestionIn a romance, will the girl get the guy? In an adventure, will the hero reach the goal? In a crime or murder mystery, who did it? When any of these questions are answered, the story is over. • Emotional Content Did the story engage your emotions? Did it make you sad, happy, excited, etc? 4. Adding Your Voice Personalizes your story, helps with ELL instruction, scripting, etc • The Power of a Soundtrack Soundtracks set the mood of our day, change the way we perceive the visual information streaming into our eyes, and establish a rhythm for our step. • EconomyIf the writer and director do a good job, they will shoot just what is necessary to keep the story visually rich while moving forward, with only the minimum of dialogue and number of scenes necessary to allow us to envision the larger story. • Pacing The rhythm of a story determines much of what sustains an audience’s interest. A fast-paced movie with many quick edits and upbeat music can suggest urgency, action, nervousness, exasperation, and excitement. Conversely, a slow pace will suggest contemplation, romanticism, relaxation, or simple pleasures.

13. Let’s look at some examples • Point of ViewIn thinking about the point of a story, we should also be considering the reason for the story. Why this story, now, for this group of people? • A Dramatic QuestionIn a romance, will the girl get the guy? In an adventure, will the hero reach the goal? In a crime or murder mystery, who did it? When any of these questions are answered, the story is over. • Emotional Content Did the story engage your emotions? Did it make you sad, happy, excited, etc? 4. Adding Your Voice Personalizes your story, helps with ELL instruction, scripting, etc • The Power of a Soundtrack Soundtracks set the mood of our day, change the way we perceive the visual information streaming into our eyes, and establish a rhythm for our step. • EconomyIf the writer and director do a good job, they will shoot just what is necessary to keep the story visually rich while moving forward, with only the minimum of dialogue and number of scenes necessary to allow us to envision the larger story. • Pacing The rhythm of a story determines much of what sustains an audience’s interest. A fast-paced movie with many quick edits and upbeat music can suggest urgency, action, nervousness, exasperation, and excitement. Conversely, a slow pace will suggest contemplation, romanticism, relaxation, or simple pleasures.

14. Let’s look at some examples • Point of ViewIn thinking about the point of a story, we should also be considering the reason for the story. Why this story, now, for this group of people? • A Dramatic QuestionIn a romance, will the girl get the guy? In an adventure, will the hero reach the goal? In a crime or murder mystery, who did it? When any of these questions are answered, the story is over. • Emotional Content Did the story engage your emotions? Did it make you sad, happy, excited, etc? 4. Adding Your Voice Personalizes your story, helps with ELL instruction, scripting, etc • The Power of a Soundtrack Soundtracks set the mood of our day, change the way we perceive the visual information streaming into our eyes, and establish a rhythm for our step. • EconomyIf the writer and director do a good job, they will shoot just what is necessary to keep the story visually rich while moving forward, with only the minimum of dialogue and number of scenes necessary to allow us to envision the larger story. • Pacing The rhythm of a story determines much of what sustains an audience’s interest. A fast-paced movie with many quick edits and upbeat music can suggest urgency, action, nervousness, exasperation, and excitement. Conversely, a slow pace will suggest contemplation, romanticism, relaxation, or simple pleasures.

15. Finding safe source material • http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/digitalstorytelling • www.discoveryeducation.com (search 20K+ images, sounds effects, video content k-12) • www.archive.org • Images.google.com Finding free source material…that you’ll want to screen first • www.flickr.com (creative commons)

16. Finally, we’ll need to put our story into context • Storyboarding – www.kitzu.org • Atomic Learning – storyboard pro – download for free • Scripting – www.discoveryeducation.com > professional development>trainers toolkit

17. Podcasting podcast.phila.k12.pa.us

18. Gcast.com http://www.gcast.com/u/dlaufenberg/main

19. More Movie Making with Web 2.0 Tools • Animoto.com – add images and songs to create a music video! • Voicethread.com – add images and video and + voice commentary from you or your students – build a collaborative story! • Vuvox.com – Cut and paste images and video and links to other sites to create an interactive video • Muveemix.com – like animoto but will mix in video + images and very easy

20. Using your social networks to tell a story! Jack and Jill went up a hill and when they reached the top were pleasantly surprised to find that a party was going on DESPITE the cold weather! “No worries” they said. “We're prepared. And they promptly opened their packs of supplies.” Their noses were cold and they shivered a lot but, they enjoyed the spot, atop, a lot. During the creation of this story authors from FL, PA, NJ, and MD contributed` www.twitter.com

21. Other Social Networking Tools • Plurk.com • Wikispaces.com (free for educators) • Blogs (every DEN Star gets one for free) • Facebook

22. Thank You! Matt_monjan@discovery.com