last night i went to a presentation given by
daniel meadows on digital storytelling. it was organised by
london independent photography. having been a photographer in the documentary vein for many years daniel is a great enthusiast for the current shift in technologies putting tools into peoples own hands to create their own stories. his largest project in this area is capture wales where a team travelled round wales running workshops where people brought along old photos and worked them into stories that were broadcast each night. scroll down the
digital storytelling section of his site to follow a few stories. they are very simple but delightful. it was an excellent evening. i was full of cold and very nearly didn't go but was glad i did. he describes digital storytelling as...
Short, personal and written with feeling there's a strictness to their construction: 250 words, a dozen or so pictures, and two minutes is about the right length.
Considered narratives which subject themselves to strictures of form tend to elegance. Digital Stories -- when properly done -- can be tight as sonnets: multimedia sonnets from the people.
this kind of storytelling could have many uses in community, church, mission communities and so on...
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