All of the things he lists here are what we might consider "21st century learning skills" - this makes me think of the materials from the Partnership for 21st Century Learning. It includes not only the 3 R's but all the digital stuff too.
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Kitty Deal"This is Part III- The technology and techniques of digital storytelling. It addresses the technology needed to create digital stories, as well as various techniques for using technology effectively. This site has a strong media literacy component, showing how to help students understand the persuasive nature of media."
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- Shot from above. Shooting from above looking down on a subject tends to diminish the stature of the subject. It can have the effect of belittling the subject and/or making viewers sympathize with or think less of it.
- Shot from beneath. Shooting something from beneath looking up at, say, the chin of a human subject, tends to make the subject seem larger than life. It can have the effect of making something seem superior, overly important or menacing.
- Shot straight on. You'd think this is the only honest camera angle, and in some ways it is more honest than others. But we all know the effect of holding a still shot of a subject face-on and not moving. We tend not to look at people this way because it makes us and them feel uncomfortable. When the camera shoots a subject dead on without wavering for more than a few seconds it tends to make us, the viewer, squirm. We are left with our discomfort, which is easily projected on to the subject.
- Moving the camera. Short, jerky coverage of a subject often makes the subject seem strange, untrustworthy or confused because it implies that the subject is trying to dodge coverage.
- The bias of the moving subject. Standard fare in media literacy courses are stories about news coverage that favors scuffles over quiet discussion, regardless of how unrepresentative the video bite is. If there is a peaceful demonstration that has 15 seconds of scuffle, the video lens and the television medium favor the movement of the scuffle. That is, we, the viewer, are much more apt to stay interested if there is such movement.
Camera angle persuasion
Media is a filter while pretending to be a clear window... steve goodmanHere is a short list of camera angles and descriptions of the biases implicit in their use. They apply to the technology and techniques of photography as well as video recording - basically, anything with a lens:
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Fran PalizziDigital Storytelling advice - including software suggestions and websites, etc. Great info.
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Trudy SweeneyCamera angles
First some basics. The following two handouts provide a great visual orientation to the world of camera angles:
Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work. This provides an orientation to camera angles in comic book genre. It appears here with Joel Johnson's permission.
Camera shots, angles and Movement. This handout shoots the same doll from all the major camera angles. I don't know the origin of this one. Let me know if you do.
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Video, photo tips and techniques
Camera Techniques
The manipulative power of camera angles
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Martina Goehring"If you are reading this page, your are simply looking for resources about storytelling in education."
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Bonnie LongJason Ohler's Digital Storytelling page
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This site is geared toward the classroom teacher
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computer, a digital camera, a flatbed scanner and a microphone
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Movie Maker II on the PC
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Audacity
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When you are creating and telling a digital story, here are some of the activities you might be engaged in.
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Digital storytelling involves:
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- an input for an external mike; don't use the mike built into camera unless you are recording a large group at close range.
- an input for headphones; you must be able to check to make sure you are picking up audio.
Video camera? I have seen many, many wonderful digital stories that used just music, voice and still images: that is, no video. But if you are doing video work, then make sure your video camera has the following:
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PC... Movie Maker II is like iMovie, and comes free with Windows XP. Make sure you have Movie Maker II (rather than I). Free upgrades are available through the Microsoft site.
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Audacity also offers lots of editing effects that are useful and interesting. For example, one of my digital storytelling students created a story told from her daughter's point of view. She then used Audacity's pitch-shifting feature to raise her voice to make herself sound like her daughter. The results are powerful and a bit spooky.
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Adobe PhotoShop Elements (Windows,
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by deliberately shooting things at particular angles, a photographer or videographer can influence how viewers think and feel about the things, events and people being captured or recorded.
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Find a quiet spot. Avoid ambient noise. Your camera will "hear" all of it and include it in your video.
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Going green - using green screen and chroma key editing in digital storytelling
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This allows students to add artwork "behind their performance" in post-production using simple chroma key editing, the same kind of editing the weather announcer uses.
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This is in Part II and explains step by step the process
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MovieMaker, for the PC. My friends in the PC world sent me instructions for getting MovieMaker to do green screen editing. Download the instructions if you want to know more. Caution: I have never tried it myself. If you do try it, let me know how it goes.
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allows you to move your head without having to worry about not speaking directly into the mike. Your natural inclination is to be more expressive.
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The Manipulative Power of Music
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...nothing pierces the neocortex and manipulates the emotions like music
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...the Jaws theme can make Bambi appear evil... that's the power of music... use it wisely
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If you want to really drive the point home about the power of music to your students have them create their own "three movie" project. Have them a) record 30 seconds (the legal limit) of a well known movie, b) tape a 30-second conversation between a few people in class, or c) shoot something potentially boring, like traffic. Then have them add background music to make listeners feel three different ways about the dialogue: creepy, sad, sentimental, whatever.
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Story materials
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Graphic Resources
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copyright in education. They address a wide variety of common issues in straightforward language. They can be found at the Adventure of the American Mind Site.
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Citation. Students must cite all material they use in a digital story, showing the same respect for graphics, words, music and other media that we expect them to show when quoting a journal article. This is the minimal level of respect and must always be observed.
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mgrangerJason's information about copyright. It starts with a section of free music and graphics sites. Scroll down for the section on copyright.
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Brenda DyckScroll down to "The Manipulative Power of Music". for exmaples of how music moves viewers.
"...nothing pierces the neocortex and manipulates the emotions like music" ~ Jason Ohlermusic Digital-Storytelling Digital-Historical-Narrative Storytelling
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