November 2006
Mojiti-video commentary software
by jlesage & 11 othersuseful for teachers making clips to analyze in class; "personalize any video with your story. With visual spotlights, you can narrate your personal videos, add captions or subtitles, or comment on any scene."
Third Coast International Audio Festival // Chicago Public Radio
by jlesageone of the best sources for audio documentaries; here also are many how-to sessions
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
by jlesage"descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation which might occur in a story or performance"; tips for screenwriters looking for ideas
Digital Storytelling: A Tutorial in 10 Easy Steps
by jlesagebasic tips by J.D. Lasica on preparing for doing an audio/slideshow in narrative form, perhaps a first person recollection, tightly crafted. Makes a good handout.
Tameri Guide for Writers: Plot and Story
by jlesageone page of a larger, useful site for writers; this page covers what a screenwriter thinks about to construct a spine, here called plot, or basic story idea; it is the central task for the writer
October 2006
Self Publishing Blog: 101 Resources for Self Published Writers
by jlesagetips for creative folks looking for story ideas, fiction or non fiction; links to many sites that stimulate writing
Project 365: How to Take a Photo a Day and See Your Life in a Whole New Way
by jlesage & 1 otheralways looking for new ways to interest students in certain kinds of projects involving visual narrative, autobiography, documentary
Kate Bornstein's Blog for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws: The Voice Lesson
by jlesage"Kate Bornstein in a slide show version of "The Voice Lesson," a trans-positive, feminist, funny look at how women are expected to talk." Makes good use of audio as unique medium for exposition of this content. Example of how audio slide show works.
Digital Story Examples
by jlesagea page leading to many examples, things you could make with imovie; from more than decade of practice from 1990-2003
September 2006
One Sentence - True stories, told in one sentence.
by jlesageLike one of my favorite sites, postsecrets, this has a kind of documentary wit that resides in brevity and style.
July 2006
KQED - About Our Workshops
by jlesage"The Art, Skill, Craft, and Magic of Digital Storytelling: A How-Come, How-To Guide"--pdf file
MemoryMiner - Digital Storytelling Software - Software
by jlesage"Photos as individual frames in an endless story board, allowing sound, video, documents and URLs added to each frame. "
learn storytelling-learn to tell stories-learn about storytelling-learn use of storytelling-role of storytelling
by jlesageoverview of storytelling, partly from a business perspective
Audio documentary by Chuck Kleinhans
by jlesagemuch radio documentary and many audio archives focus on first person narration
June 2006
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