Workshop: 22 Oct 2022

"Chasing Family Stories"

These are resources for the Storychasers workshop led by Wes Fryer on October 22, 2022, in Matthews, North Carolina. (3 hours: 9am to Noon at the Nexus CoWork Space.) Participants should bookmark / save this page for future reference.

1. Introductions

See - Think - Wonder: "Grady the Cow"

Prompt 1: Submit this Google Form to share a little about your interests in and experiences with digital storytelling.

• Use your laptop or mobile device to submit this form!

Prompt 2: Find and share a YouTube video which shows and shares part of your current identity: Who you are, who you aspire to be.

• Join and share your link on our workshop backchannel (password provided during the workshop)

2. Overview of Digital Storytelling Examples

Quickstart

If you are a teacher, check out Wes' "Family Oral History Project" lesson series. If you're involved in church ministry, check out the chapter on "Audio Recording" from Wes' book, "Pocket Share Jesus: Become a Digital Witness for Christ." If you're in Scouting or just interested in a wonderful community service project, check out Alex Fryer's Eagle Project from October 2015.

Type 1: Audio Story

An "audio story" is a recorded audio interview, which may or may not be accompanied by a photo / image. Audio stories can be edited or unedited, and may be normalized.

More "Audio Story" examples are available on the main Storychasers.org "Examples page" and in this YouTube playlist.

Type 2: Photo Story

A photo story includes still images / photographs with a narration track, often created with a script and sometimes including recorded interview audio. Photo stories may include background music, image transitions, and text annotations.

Recommended Editing App / Software:

1. Adobe Express Video (formerly "Adobe Spark Video") - It's FREE, browser-based, and supports copyright-friendly music too!

2. Check out this 9 minute tutorial about using Adobe Express Video

3. More support resources are available on my archived media literacy lesson, "5-10 Photo Digital Story."

Type 3: Quick-Edit Videos

A “quick edit video” is an edited digital video including full-motion video footage, audio, still images, and/or text captions, edited AND published online using only a wireless, digital device like a smartphone or touch tablet computer. (Source: ShowWithMedia.com)

(In this 3 hour workshop, we're just going to highlight this digital story type, but NOT actually learn to make it...)

More "Quick Edit Video" examples are available on the main Storychasers.org "Examples page" and in this YouTube playlist.

Type 4: Video Stories

Video stories can include the same elements as a "quick edit video," but require more TIME to edit and publish because of their larger number of media elements and complexity.

(In this 3 hour workshop, we're just going to highlight this digital story type, but NOT actually learn to make it...)

More "Quick Edit Video" examples are available on the main Storychasers.org "Examples page" and in this YouTube playlist.

More Resources

More video tutorials and related websites on the main Storychasers RESOURCES page as well as ShowWithMedia.com.