Museums archive things for the rest of us – and so it is with digital stories made in the North East’s Culture Shock! project. But what about the investment in equipment and skills – can we give a digital storytelling project a legacy too?
Mars Edit 3
May 6, 2010 by
The latest update of Mars Edit blogging software is in the wild. I was very tempted to deploy it when version 2.3 emerged but I decided to stick with the web interface. I think the latest version is going to lift the dollars out of my pocket as I’m won over by the smarter features. […]
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 […]
"iMovie" or "Photo to Movie"?
November 26, 2009 by
I’ve been evaluating Photo to Movie from LQ Graphics as a tool for digital storytelling. My favourite application is iMovie HD. It’s not perfect but better the devil you know – and I know iMovie pretty well now and still discover tricks that make me think “how clever”. When Apple rewrote iMovie for iLife 08 it […]
Testing new software for digistories
November 6, 2009 by
LQ Graphics Photo to Movie. I’m testing this software for use in my workshops. It’s available in Mac and Windows versions. There’s a timeline and it works under Snow Leopard. With no sign of a fix for iMovie 6 under Snow Leopard and the download no longer available on the Apple website, I have to […]
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 […]
Useful first look at iMovie '09
February 4, 2009 by
iLife 09 continued: My first iMovie 09 video | The Download Blog – Download.com You also have better control over the audio track, the title animation, and the sound effects–you can change them or move them around, for example. But we still would prefer a more precise manipulation. For example, we wanted to match up […]
iMovie '09 – nothing for digital storytellers
January 28, 2009 by
The new iMovie ’09 appears to have the same serious limitation on using stills as the previous version. Drag a still into the project and it’s duration is set by default to 4 seconds. In any other video editing software changing the duration is just a matter of dragging the end of the clip to […]
No – Wi Fi, t-mobile broadband or live blogging
June 6, 2008 by
Here on the west coast of Wales at the UKs only digital storytelling festival I have connection to the outside world only through my iPhone. Access to the university’s wifi network is denied to all but staff and students, t-mobile supplies no signal to my broadband 3g dongle and the nearest public wifi point is […]
Georgina Goes Out
April 9, 2008 by
Can I have a carer please …. for next Tuesday ….. I want to go out with my friends. Georgina is a 16 year old arranging an afternoon out to go bowling in the school holidays. She has cerebral palsy, uses a wheelchair and she’s made a film about living with her disability. It’s very […]
