Digital Story Workshop

WEEK 3

WHERE ARE WE?

Completing the files, adding the music

Produce NARRATION and IMAGES

Create a Storyboard

Create a Script

Select a Topic

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Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

• In general, good job! • Issues:

– Script length (Movie 2-2.5 minute)– Number of Storyboard Slides– Draw images instead of describing– Focus (Address topics)– Creativity

GENERAL FEEDBACK ON STORYBOARDS

• Creating & Collecting Images– Copyright– Ways to create images – will be addressed

later

• Recording Narration – Audacity

AFTER STORYBOARDS

COPYRIGHT GUIDELINES(No more than 3 external images for this assignment)

purpose : Non-commercial and educational purposeMedia Faire Use

Text Material

Up to 10%of the total or 1,000 words, whichever is less.

Motion Media

Up to 10%of the total or 3 minutes, whichever is less.

Music Up to 10% of the work but no more than 30 seconds of the music or lyrics from an individual musical work.

Illustrations or Photographs

No more than 5 images from one artist or photographer. No more than 10% or 15 images, whichever is less, from a collection.

HOW TO COLLECT A CITATION FOR AN IMAGEDemo (Try it on your own as well)

1.Go to a copyright free website e.g. http://search.creativecommons.org/

2.Enter search word to find images for your story e.g. <computer>

3.Select the image that you like. (Click on the image until the browser only shows the image. Then, copy and paste the URL for future citation)

4.Right click on the image5.Save image as “image content/sequence” so you

recognize easily later on

* Other copyright-free websites are on the W200 Website

So… YOU are going to create your OWN images. HOW?

In this project, only 3 external images are allow.

It is your story, So be CREATIVE… but PROFESSIONAL at the same time…

Here are some ways to create your own images…

REMEMBER THERE ARE OTHER WAYS AS WELL…

HOW TO RECORD YOUR NARRATION USING AUDACITY

ULA Demo:Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.

You can use Audacity to:

• Record live audio• Edit MP3 and WAV sound files• Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together

1.Go to programs on your computer and type audacity.

2.Start the program.

HOW TO RECORD YOUR NARRATION USING AUDACITY (Job-aid)

Click on the red Record button to begin recording.

Click on the blue Pause button to pause the recording. Press it again to continue.

Click on the yellow Stop button to cease recording. The cursor will return to its previous position, before the recording was started

HOW TO SAVE YOUR NARRATION IN .MP3

1. Click the File menu2. Click Export As MP33. Click OK on the opening panel4. Save the file to your flash memory into the narration

folder. See the Audacity job aid on the week 3

Important Notes:• Quality of the narration is EXTREMELY important • You can use TTL to record your narration – not

recommended though… • Other audio-recording programs can be used as well

(MP3)E.g. Digital sound recorder

FOR NEXT WEEK (WEEK #4)

1.Create at least 5 of your own images. Review how you can create your own images.

2.If you use external online images (max 3). Find them before week 4 and keep them in your flash drive with the URL info.

3.Record your narration using audacity or other audio-recording tools (Remember quality & mp3)

4.Make sure to keep all the files on your flash drive. Bring your flashdrive to week 4 class. (That is, +5 new images, 3 searched images, 1 narration.mp3)

IMPORTANT NOTES FOR YOUR DIGITAL STORY

• Create a main folder in your flash drive, and name it as “Digital Story”

• Create subfolders for your: “Images”, “Music files”, “Narration” and “Others”

• All your files need to be saved on your flash drive