2012 Webinar Series. Digital Storytelling Made Easy

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1 2012 Webinar Series Digital Storytelling Made Easy The Society is grateful to the National Endowment of the Arts for its support of this webinar series, which strives to provide affordable resources to individuals and organizations wishing to establish or advance arts and health programming.

2 Presented by Dina Bey, MS Ed. School Teacher Children s Hospital of Michigan & André L. Key A. Key Productions Director/Producer July 25, 2012

3 Learning Objectives To define digital storytelling To learn about the various stages of production To show how to maximize the aesthetics by using the appropriate equipment settings and proper placement. To discuss the benefit of digital storytelling in a healthcare setting

4 Digital Storytelling is a modern derivative of oral storytelling, which is an ancient tradition that has been passed down from generation to generations Date of origin is unknown. One of the earlier pioneers of digital storytelling is Dana Atchley, The Center for Digital Storytelling, Berkeley, CA

5 Review of Literature: Digital stories are 3 5 minutes of visual images synthesized with video, and audio. (Bull, G. & Kajder, S., 2005 & Gubrium, 2009, Matthews-DeNatale, G.) Digital storytelling is also considered an educational and therapeutic tool. (Sawyer, B. and Willis, J, 2011)

6 Digital Media Stories/Programming at Children s Hospitals At Children s Hospital of Michigan (CHM) the child-life (CL) staff works with patients to produce or direct digital stories. Hospitals with digital media programming: 1. The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia 2. St. Louis Children s Hospital 3. Mount Sinai Kravis Children s Hospital

7 Approaches/Process Academic approach media or resources used to develop the story (communicate) the movement of the story or movement used by participants (connect) relationships types and formations (share) content or the elements that gives meaning to the story (produce) the type of communication used (evaluate)

8 Most common approach: 7 Elements of Digital Storytelling, which was introduced by the Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) of Berkeley, California

9 II. Elements Story, point of view (POV), or theme the digital story s roots or big idea A dramatic question Emotional content The gift of the author s voice Sound (music or sound effects) Impact/economy Pacing (the speed or tempo of the story)

10 Digital storytelling elements are half the battle of producing a quality digital story. How well you move through the production process dictates the quality of your production. Production Process: pre-production production post production

11 III. Stages of production An overview of important elements of each stage A. Pre-production 1. Scripting a written record of your story from beginning to the end. 2. Storyboarding a visual map of your project s main points. (See examples of storyboarding) 3. Site survey it provides you with a realistic look at the place where your production will be recorded. See Storyboard template See blank storyboard template

12 Storyboard template (

13 B. Production carefully consider how to choreograph the production elements in a way that best brings your story to life. 1. The Camera can make or break your project captures and tells your story. determines the recording format (tape or digital cards)

14 Camera s settings a. White balance Not all cameras offer this option b. Focus c. Common Aspect Ratio: (4:3) Old television & computer monitor standard (16:9) HD video standard

15 White balance with a point and shoot camera

16 4:3 Ratio (Standard TV picture view) 16:9 Ratio (high definition TV picture view)

17 2. The Shot of the cast/the set draws your audiences into your story and creates the tone/mood. Try to vary your shots and remember the rules of composition. a. Establishing Shot This shot is a point of reference, which shows the relationship between the images on the set. b. Wide (or full shot) a shot from head to toe, usually placed within some relation to its or his or her surroundings c. Medium a shot from the knees up or the hips up d. Close a shot from chest up. References:

18 Close up Medium shot

19 e. The Rules of Composition 1. The Rule of Thirds thirds horizontally and vertically imaginary markers, in which images are place (on the line of axis) 2. Framing consider allowing for titling, look space, walk space, and headroom

20 Rules of Thirds Framing

21 T Angles a. Low level shows the subject looking down at the camera (see example) b. High level shows the subject looking up a the camera (see example) Reference website: merashots.html

22 High angle Low angle

23 4. Lighting a. Three-point vs. four-point lighting b. Type of lights (tungsten and fluorescent) 5. Audio (mics) a. Camera mic b. Boom mic c. Lavalier mic

24 Four Point Lighting

25 C. Post Production Editing D. Finished product Encoding to DVD or to video file (.mp4,.mov,.mpeg, etc.) Screening this can be as simple as showing the patient, staff, friends, and family your final cut Licensing (only reference a website-- &

26 III. Benefit of using digital storytelling in a healthcare setting A. a method for teaching values and attitudes, for professional development, and enhancement of interpersonal communication (Borkan J, Miller W, Reis S; 1992; Hensel W, Rasco T, 1992; Rabinowitz S, Maoz B, Weingarten M, Kasan R, 1994) B. Also according to Professor Aline Gubrium, PhD, influence indigenous healthiness and resilience by offering a means of owning and being able to tell one s own story (Gubrium, 2009).

27 Aspect ratio (image). Wikipedia 21 July June 2012 < Bull, Glen and Sara Kajder. Digital Storytelling in Language Arts. Digital Storyteller June 2012 < Color Balance. Wikipedia 9 May June 2012 < Closed Circuit Television St. Louis Children's Hospital Webpage (2012). 24 July < Close-up. Wikipedia 6 June June 2012 < Digital Storytelling Process. DoIT Academic Technology , June 2012 < Digital Storytelling in the Classroom. EdTechTeacher Inc (2012). 24 July < Gubrium, A. Digital Storytelling: An Emergent Method for Health Promotion Research and Practice. Health Promotion Practice (2009)10: Haigh, C. and P. Hardy. Tell Me A Story A Conceptual Exploration of Storytelling in Healthcare Education. Nurse Education Today 31.4 (2011): Abstract. 24. July < Hensel, William and Teresa Rasco Storytelling as a method for teaching values and attitudes. Academic Medicine, 67.8 (1992): <

28 Huson, Cindy, Karen Bosch, Sherri Clemens, Jerome Burg, Jim Harmon, and Paul Devoto. Digital Storytelling with the ipad. (n.d). 24 July < KidZone TV. Child Life & Creative Arts Therapy. Mount Sinai Hospital Webpage (2012). 24 July Lane, Carla. Gardner's multiple intelligences. The distance learning technology resource guide (n.d.) 24 July < Levine, Alan. Finding Media For Your Story CogDogRoo Planning Wiki < Matthews-DeNatale, Gail. Digital Storytelling Tips and Resources. (2008). 24 July 2012 < Paul, Nora and Christina Fiebich. Elements of Digital Storytelling. A project of the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication s Institute for New Media Studies and The Media (2005). 24 July < Rabinowitz, Stanley, Benjamin Maoz, Michael Weingarten, and Riva Kasan. Listening to patients stories: Storytelling approach in family medicine. Can Fam Physician. December 40 (1994) : Three-Point Lighting. Wikipedia 15 September June 2012 < The 911 Digital Archive. Center for History and New Media and American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning (2011). 24 July The Patient Voices digital stories.. Patient Voices Programme 19 April July

29 The 911 Digital Archive. Center for History and New Media and American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning (2011). 24 July The Patient Voices digital stories.. Patient Voices Programme 19 April July