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WORKSHOP FOR EDUCATORS ~ AUGUST 6-8, 2012 AMY GOODLOE INTRO TO DIGITAL STORYTELLING: DAY 2

Digital Storytelling Workshop: Day 2 (August 7, 2012)

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W O R K S H O P F O R E D U C A T O R S ~ A U G U S T 6 - 8 , 2 0 1 2A M Y G O O D L O E

INTRO TO DIGITAL STORYTELLING: DAY 2

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ABOUT THESE NOTES

What follows are the notes I projected on Day 2 of the Digital Storytelling Workshop.

The bulk of the day’s activities involved hands-on guidance on how to use various digital media composition tools. That portion isn’t reflected in these notes, but I’ve provided links to online tutorials that cover similar material.

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DAY 2 OVERVIEW

Morning (9:30-12:00)• Workshop story drafts• Finding, downloading, and managing digital media assets• Intro to using video editing software• how to implement visual and audio storytelling strategies

Afternoon (12:45-3:00)• Using video editing software, cont’d• Intro to audio recording

For Wednesday: • produce a revised script and audio test recording• finish gathering media assets

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WORKSHOP STORY DRAFTS

• What do you want your story to be about?• Main message or theme?

• What emotions do you want the audience to feel?• How might you ensure that those emotions seem genuine

and authentic?

• What visual elements will help you tell your story?• What visuals do you plan to use?• What effects might you apply to them?

• What audio elements will help you tell your story?

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WORKING WITH DIGITAL MEDIA ASSETSFINDING AND MANAGING

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MANAGING ASSETS

Come up with a strategy for managing all your digital media assets, but remain flexible and experiment to see what works best• Recommended for Mac users:• Import photos into iPhoto and music into iTunes

(will make them easily available to iMovie)

• Create an album for your project in iPhoto• Import video clips into iMovie

• Recommended for Windows users:• Keep all photos and images in Pictures folder, all audio in

Music folder, and all video in Videos folder

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TYPES OF ASSETS

Digital Media

• photos & other images• video clips• audio clips• narration• music & sound

effects• animations• text

Sources

• archival footage• media labeled for

reuse• media used with

permission• self-produced

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FINDING ASSETS

• Best assets to use are ones you’ve created and own the license to• You may also search for reusable media• Search terms: creative commons, royalty free, free,

copyright free• Flickr and Google Images Advanced Search allow you to

restrict results by license• Archive.org has many reusable audio and video clips• Several sites offer free audio: DigCCMixter.org,

Freesound.org

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FILE FORMATS

• Common digital media file formats:• Images: jpg, png, gif, tif• Video: wmv, mov, m4v, mp4• Audio: wma, wav, mp3, m4a

• The exact file formats you need depend on which video editing app you’re using, but most will accept only image, video, or audio files (i.e., no pdfs or doc files)• Tip: An easy way to capture an image from a PDF is to take a

screen shot of it. See: Taking Screenshots

• If needed:• Use media converters to change file formats and extract

audio from video. See: Media Converters

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TIPS FOR DOWNLOADING

• Find the highest quality available • depending on the file type you need and your bandwidth

limits

• Use a browser tool like Download Helper (for Firefox) to access embedded videos• also offers conversion and audio stripping

• Rename files for clarity, as needed• x&4lxp8w.jpg is not a helpful file name• Do NOT remove the extension (such as .jpg) from the file

name when you change it!

• Right-click or control-click on image or file to download

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Downloading mp3 from dig.ccmixter.org

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Downloading movie file from archive.org

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MODIFYING IMAGES

• Cropping• Resizing• Changing file type• Adjusting color• Applying effects• Blending or compositing

• TIP: Don’t edit images in JPG format. Convert to TIF or the image editing software’s native format in order to edit the image, and then export a JPG when you’re finished. (Re-saving JPGs leads to loss of quality.)

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IMAGE EDITING TOOLS

• Free with Macs: • iPhoto • Preview

• Free with Windows:• Windows Live Photo Gallery• Paint

• Free downloads: • Google Picasa

• Web based: • Pixlr.com

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INTRO TO VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE

UNDERSTANDING THE VIDEO EDITING PARADIGM

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FEATURES COMMON TO ALL VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE

• Compose on a timeline• Import images, video, and audio• Images: Adjust “camera” focus (full, crop, zoom

or pan) as well as duration• Apply photo, video, and audio effects• Apply transitions• Insert title cards and subtitles• Export a “shareable” version

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PROCESS OVERVIEW: USING IMOVIE &WINDOWS MOVIEMAKER

• Creating a new project• Saving work in progress • Navigating the interface• Adding photos, video clips, and audio clips• Adjusting photo duration • Applying effects and transitions• Adding title cards and captions• Previewing• Exporting a shareable version

• Handouts on Using Windows MovieMaker• Handouts on Using iMovie

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INTRO TO AUDIO RECORDING

ORAL DELIVERY FOR DIGITAL STORYTELLING

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AUDIO RECORDING HOW-TO’S

• Mac users• Record using GarageBand and then import from within

iMovie• Using GarageBand• Import audio from GB into iMovie

• Windows users• For a single audio track, record directly into MovieMaker• Tip: Change the duration of at least one photo to last 3

minutes, so you have plenty of “space” for the audio recording

• For multi-track (i.e., music + narration), record using Audacity

• Export audio file as an mp3 and import into MovieMaker

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TIPS FOR AUDIO RECORDING

• Pause for 10-20 seconds before starting to speak• Place yourself about a foot away from the mic• Speak to the side of the mic instead of directly on

it• Speak at a natural pace, as though speaking to a

friend• See more: Tips to ensure a good audio recording

• Goal for Wednesday: become familiar with recording your own voice in GarageBand (Mac users) or Audacity (PC users)