Digital Story 1, Version 1

Hello, all! I am working ahead a little because of a vacation... =o). So you may want to check out my storyboard in the post below before watching my story. Thanks!

Week 4: Digital Storyboard Upgrade

Upgraded Storyboard (marked)
Upgraded Storyboard (clean)

I've attached two versions of my upgraded storyboard (links are above).  The first shows editing marks (strike out for items to remove, and blue text for items to add);  the second shows the "final" script after removing and adding the desired pieces.

Besides editing my narration, I made several changes from my original storyboard.  I think these changes made the storyboard more complete and thorough- I was aiming for a storyboard that anyone could pick up and use to complete the project.  Here are my additions:

• director notes for the narration
• a board at the beginning for effects that apply to the entire story
• a title and credit planning board
• decided on and added final images

I am still not entirely happy with the wording on the second winter scene.  If anyone has thoughts, please feel free to share!  =o)

Week 2: Picture Story (Foust)

This is my favorite candid photo of me on my wedding day (possibly ever!). I did write a rough script this time, but think the narration still feels casual and natural. I chose the guitar music because we had an acoustic guitar player at our wedding- I mentioned this in the story to tie it together. The music is from www.freeplaymusic.com and I used Audacity to add narration to the soundtrack. Everything was put together in Windows Movie Maker.


6/21: I forgot to attach my script! Sorry about that! I did not follow the the script verbatim, I just used it as a guideline when I was recording the narration. The script I used is as follows:

Kent and I have been married for 10 years, and even after all this time I wouldn’t change a thing. It was simple and small- only about 30 friends and family members were in attendance. We got married at my parents house on a huge boulder, and we hired an acoustic guitar player we found at a coffee shop to provide the music. The day was filled with laughter, especially during the garter toss. All of the men just watched it fall to the ground and Kent had to toss it again, telling them someone had to catch it! The day was perfect and I remember feeling an enormous sense of happiness as I thought about our future together building a home and starting a family.

Foust- Week 1

I was inspired to create this type of digital story by some of the stories I listened to on http://storycorps.org/ (one of the resources provided by Dr. Howell). I see this project as the beginning of a larger project. My husband and I are in the middle of the adoption process and as part of that we had to complete a Life Book. After hearing some of the stories on Story Corps, I had the idea to create a digital story about our journey to adopt. Ultimately I would like to record several interviews including family members who themselves are adopted. After photos and text are added we would like to add the finished project to our traditional Life Book.

I give you this background/vision to help with the critique. I left some blank spaces in the audio where I plan to place transitions involving text later. My husband loves the project idea, but hates his voice on audio and asked if he could hire James Earl Jones to play him- lol!

I used Audacity to put all of the separate audio files together and to cut some of my narration (I talk a lot). The music is called Quiet Storm and was downloaded from http://www.freeplaymusic.com/. After everything was together I exported it as a single mp3 file. Blogger did not like my file and despite the numerous formats I tried (all listed as accepted), the file would never fully process. So I uploaded my mp3 file to http://www.yourlisten.com/ and then embedded the file here.

Digital Storytelling- Summer 2010

Hi, Everyone!
I'm excited to get started and I look forward to seeing your creations. =o)