Digital  Storytelling  and  Placemaking    Alison  McCandlish  PAS  volunteer  @crenellatedarts  

alison@crenellatedarts.com  www.crenellatedarts.com  

What  will  we  look  at…?  •  Understand  the  background  of  the  Place,  Work,  Folk  project    and  

how  digital  storytelling  fits  in  with  oral  history  projects  •  Consider  stories  which  you  might  like  to  capture  for  your  own  work  •  Prepare  an  interview  using  open  and  closed  quesHons  •  Create  your  own  audio  recording  •  Create  a  quick  video  interview  •  Understand  how  to  carry  out  simple  edi5ng  (if  needed)  •  Understand  how  to  use  online  sharing  sites  such  as  Soundcloud  

and  Audioboom  •  Consider  ways  in  which  to  share  your  recording  using  online  

sharing  sites,  social  media,  email  and  word  of  mouth  •  Consider  other  ways  to  share  your  own  news  digitally  and  how  this  

can  help  your  professional  profile  and  ‘digital  footprint’  

Place,  Work,  Folk  

Public  domain  image  Europeana  hNp://bvpb.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.cmd?posicion=1&path=22868&presentacion=pagina  

Place  

Describe  your  favourite  place  in  the  world  (and  why  you  like  it)-­‐  in  two  

minutes  

What  got  you  into  planning  and  placemaking?  

#proudofplanners  #proudofplanning  

 #placemaking  

Screenshots  for  #placemaking  and  #proudofplanning  searches  on  TwiNer    

Interview  structures  

•  IntroducHon  (hello..  This  is…  from…  for…)  •  Some  quesHons  (re.  favourite  place?/  ge\ng  into  

planning  and  placemaking?)  

•  Close  (thank  you..)  

Stages  of  a  recording?  

research  

plan/  storyboard  

record  

edit  post  

share  

reshare/  connect…  

Things  to  think  about  

•  One  take…  •  Microphone  

placement  •  Wind/  weather  •  Background  noise  •  Light  (for  video)  •  Profile  photo  for  

later    

Quick  intro  to  ediHng  •  Trim  start/  end  •  Make  louder  •  Make  quieter  •  Edit  out  a  mistake  •  Join  together  pieces  of  

audio  

More  advanced    

Reduce  background  noise  Add  effects  Fade  in/  out  

Other  programmes  (pay/  subscribe)  Loop  effects  Edit  and  overlap  tracks…  

PosHng  on  Soundcloud/  Audioboom  

Quick  video  capture  

Talk  to  camera  yourself  (selfie  stance!)    Interview  others  

Memories,  places  Work…  

Quick  video  edit/  upload  

More  ways  to  capture/  edit  video  

Apps  (Vine/  Instagram)    iMovie  Windows  Movie  Maker    Adobe  Premiere  Pro  Final  Cut  Pro    Add  Htles,  colours,  effects    

Post  on  YouTube/  Vimeo  

Upload    Tagging  +  describing  is  important  

What’s  your  story?  

http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2022608/NF_NFB_30630.html (public domain)

Place  Work  Folk  Heritage  projects  Oral  history  projects    Reminiscence  projects    Digital  media  literacy      

Conference  interviews    Personal  reflecHons    Business  profiles    Community  engagement  tool    

Just  ‘because’  

‘Newsreel’    Film  invited  speakers    Research      

PosiHve  Professional  Digital  Footprints  • It’s social media! • Digital consumer? • Digital creator? Blog, Storify, YouTube/Vimeo, Audioboom/ Soundcloud, Instagram, Flickr, Historypin, contributor to archiving/ transcribing/ openmapping communities, your own website.. • Mindful (public/ private) • Make, research, create, share, post, comment, collaborate, experiment, reflect, connect… • not just for LOLCATZ J