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Going Dragon Hunting
Engage 2014 – NCCPE Conference Bristol 3 Dec
"Dragon with the Girl Tattoo" by Milos Milosevic: https://flic.kr/p/mbdKdT CC-BY
Going Dragon Hunting
Chris Thomson Caroline Ingram
Why tell stories?
Not life…
…an interpretation of it.
A tool for making sense of it.
Why by Katie Sayer https://flic.kr/p/9yaos5 CC-BY-SA 2.0
DE_Frankfurt_200708_030 by mandias https://flic.kr/p/5ovkjQ CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0
Norwich Street Art: Why do you do this? By markheybo https://flic.kr/p/7J6xFk CC-BY 2.0
Universal
"Hubble sees pinwheel of star birth" by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center BY http://flic.kr/p/8LoQNS
Crosses boundaries
Window on something larger "Let's go outside!" by Marjan Lazarevski CC-BY-ND http://flic.kr/p/j2aL9r
Entertaining and engaging "PopTech Day Three, Oct 2008 – 015" by Ed Yourdon BY-SA http://flic.kr/p/5wKtbb
Human face "Smiley Egg Head" by Frank Monnerjahn CC-BY-SA http://flic.kr/p/5aK8jA
What do we mean by digital storytelling? "Are you ready?" by ssh CC-BY http://flic.kr/p/27LUj
Engage 2014 - Going Dragon Hunting
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The format
Short – 2-3 mins Recorded voiceover Still images – enhanced with subtle effects Text Optional music & sound effects Minimal or no use of video
Engage 2014 - Going Dragon Hunting
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Scientific research
https://vimeo.com/45072236
Engage 2014 - Going Dragon Hunting
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Public engagement
http://youtu.be/emvVToYIOhQ
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Writing for digital stories
Working within constraints
By juhansonin: http://flic.kr/p/8NjJmC
Engage 2014 - Going Dragon Hunting
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Beginning – middle - end
…"but not necessarily in that order". Jean Luc Goddard
Linear Reordered Episodic Dip in & out Parallel
…"but not necessarily in that order". Jean Luc Goddard
The "stakes"
Journeys
"Icelandic Road" By Chalky Lives CC-BY http://flic.kr/p/5oLpDA
Defeating the dragon
"Dragon with the Girl Tattoo" by Milos Milosevic: https://flic.kr/p/mbdKdT CC-BY
Above all, change "Making the Change" by Jay-P CC-BY-ND http://flic.kr/p/pFUjp
"The Anxious Type" by JD Hancock CC-BY http://flic.kr/p/6qLxSy
Tell small stories to make a big point
How can you tell the story "through" something?
An object A person A conversation A moment A surprise A disappointment A triumph
"IMG_4188" by Michael (Hello Turkey Toe): CC-BY http://flic.kr/p/5WgR7w
Leave things to the imagination
"Tragedy" by Johnathan Nightingale CC-BY-SA http://flic.kr/p/cd3WpL
What actually happened?
Who did it happen to?
"rencontre improbable / improbable meeting" By Olivier Bacquet CC-BYhttp://flic.kr/p/5L3xpz
"Cafe Life in Tigre - Near Buenos Aires – Argentina" by Adam Jones CC-BY-SA http://flic.kr/p/6KqjEP
Write as you speak
"Checkered flag - gotta have one" by Paul Baker CC-BY-SA http://flic.kr/p/8eo2eC
Nail the first and last sentences
"Columbus Circle, Fourth of July 2009 – 02" by Ed Yourdon CC-BY-SA http://flic.kr/p/6BRxSn
Tell someone the story
How can you tell the story "through" something?
An object A person A conversation A moment A surprise A disappointment A triumph
Engage 2014 - Going Dragon Hunting
© Netskills 2014
Remember
Beginning – middle – end? The "stakes" Journey or dragon? Small story -> big point First sentence – last sentence Write as you speak
Engage 2014 - Going Dragon Hunting
© Netskills 2014
Other forms of digital storytelling • Hollow
http://hollowdocumentary.com/
• Snowfall http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall
• Nagasaki Archive http://e.nagasaki.mapping.jp/
• Highrise – One Millionth Tower http://highrise.nfb.ca/onemillionthtower