Digital Story Telling Digital storytelling, the technique of combing narrative with digital media, into short movies emerged as a practice in the 1990s. The technique exploited the increasing accessibility of technologies for capturing audio and images and was exploited particularly for community and social projects. It can be seen as an adaptation of the storytelling […]
iMovie 8 Madness
December 9, 2009 by
I have started to re evaluate iMovie 8 (part of iLife 09) as a tool for digital storytelling. I was beginning to warm to it until I began some tests to nail down it’s behaviour with still images. Now it’s driving me to distraction – it’s so inconsistent. So my write up will take a […]
Culture Shock records ordinary lives in North East
November 3, 2009 by
Culture Shock records ordinary lives in North East By Culture24 staff | 28 October 2009 (Above) Culture Shock participants editing their digital story. Photograph courtesy Culture Shock A project in the North East is allowing local people to contribute records of their own lives to the permanent collections of the region’s museums and galleries. Culture Shock aims […]
Preparations begin for DS5 – The only event for practitioners in the UK
October 31, 2009 by
Digital Storytelling Cymru Network – Promoting Digital Storytelling in Wales and beyond…. DS5 – Preparations begin! Posted by Esko on October 15, 2009 at 1:23pm Send Message View Esko’s blog Hi gang! We’re already starting the process of preparing for DS5 next year, and as I suggested at DS4, we would like to use the […]
Culture Shock Stories online
October 20, 2009 by
Last year I trained several teams of digital storytellers who have since been running workshops for a project called Culture Shock. The first stories (over 200 of them) are now online. The site is smart and functional and well worth a visit. The stories are, of course, a fascinating insight into life in the North […]
Another week in Dorset
September 14, 2009 by
I’m working with East Dorset Arts again this week training trainers in Verwood. Excellent facilities at The Verwood Hub make working working there a pleasure. Great people too. So if you live in the East Dorset area look out for opportunities to join a digital storytelling workshop there soon.
DS4 Festival of Digital Storytelling 2009 cribsheet
June 23, 2009 by
DS4 Festival of Digital Storytelling 2009 cribsheet. Here’s the summary of the DS4 Festival posted by my friend Gareth Morlais on his blog Aberth Digital Storytelling.
Obidos Digital Storytelling Conference
April 30, 2009 by
Obidos Digital Storytelling Conference. Details are now available for an International Digital Storytelling Conference – also in June 2009. This one is in Portugal and is being promoted as the follow up to the last international conference in Cardiff in 2003. I am unable to be in Lisbon for this conference as I am fully […]
DS4 – Aberystwyth
April 20, 2009 by
It’s time to enrol for the Digital Storytelling Festival in Aberystwyth. The date for this year is 17th June 2009 at the Arts Centre on the campus of the University of Wales. It’s always good value and if you’re travelling you can stay overnight on the campus for a very reasonable rate. There’s more information […]
