Digital Story Telling

Guide questions

• Go through all our discussions topics and concepts and look for theories that relates to your life experiences.

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• The basic questions are: Where are you now as far as identity is concern? Where have you been? What significant experiences shaped you into the person that you are now. Your projections for the next coming years. Where do you want to be? What you want to be?

create a story about it

Definitions

• Digital storytelling refers to a variety of emergent new forms of digital narratives, e.g. web-based stories, interactive stories, hypertexts, narrative computer games (such as Neverwinter Nights), audio and video podcasts, etc.

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• “Daniel Meadows defines digital stories as "short, personal multimedia tales told from the heart."

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• 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 (Leslie Rule, Digital Storytelling Association)

What is Digital Storytelling?

• It's not a movie
• It's a story
• It's a personal narrative
• It's about 2 minutes long
• It's got 20 images at most
• It's about 300 words in all
• It's there to be watched
• It has no limits

Different Types of Telling

• Personal Narrative
• Fictional Perspective
• Choose-Your-Own-Adventure
• Archival Photo Montage
• Collected Imagery
• Machinima
• Animation/Graphics

The Key

• Personal Narrative
• 2 minutes
• 20 images
• 300 words
• publish