Okay, so what's so great about digital storytelling? Well, anyone with access to a computer can self-publish their own digital story. It might take the form of a personal account, creative narrative, short film, animatic or slideshow. Most digital stories are produced as a short film, usually around 3 to 5 minutes long and is visually rich, with image that sequence the storyline, backed by a meaninful soundtrack or voice-over. The images most often used include digital photos, scanned artwork, digital art and design.
If you have a Microsoft Computer you can use freely available programmes like Microsoft's Power Point, Movie Maker or Photo Story 3. Apple Mac users can use iPhoto and iMovie and they include some great templates that take all the hard work out of designing a layout for you!
The best stories are those that have a personal, unusual or interesting storyline, great images, enriched narrative and powerful soundtrack.
When students use the Finn Cragg images to remix into their own creative digital stories, I am amazed at how diverse their stories are, considering they are obtaining their pictures from the same bank of images. It goes to show just how creative our kids are and how powerful the editing process is. We have seen some excellent examples of student texts produced that show very clever choices of audio and a thoughtful selection of images to enhance their stories, many which have been taken with their own digital cameras.
Check out our website www.finncragg.com in the section titled Resources < Student Samples.
If you are already using Finn Cragg's multimedia resources we would love to see what you have produced whether it is a movie, digital story, comic or other publication.
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