What is Digital Storytelling?
Where does it come from?
The term Digital Storytelling emerged in 1990s (1993 to be exact) as simple short media production and publishing to reach a wide scale of audience worldwide.
Following year (in 1994) Centre for Digital Storytelling, Berkeley, CA, was founded and workshops of the institution have been used since then.
Briefly Explained
Broadly speaking, it is a method that emerged when the development and inevitable use of technology in every aspect of our lives modified the way we interact with others.
Technically speaking, it is the art of combining traditional methods of storytelling with digital elements within a narrative structure
What can be a Digital Story?
Answer to that question is so simple. There is no limit to on what we can create a digital story.
It can be about everyday life of a person
It can be about how to use a product
It can be about a recipe
It can be about how a person overcame a bad event
It can be about how one lost and found their keys.
Why should we use Digital Stories?
The advantage in digital storytelling is that we have a great chance of supporting our narration with a wide range of digital elements like images, texts, subtitles, drawings, hypertexts and audio elements. Using these will surely facilitate a clear and permanent output and help the target audience get the grip of our product more comprehensively.
One other opportunity DST presents is that it enhances and broadens the experience and involvement both for the narrator and the audience. Additionally, it allows the narrator to use their creativity and imagination along with increased capability in use of digital tools and relative software.
Introduction to why and how
Any person, regardless of their skill-set, can create and tell a story by using a basic combination of image + sound + story and publish it out the likes of the world. In order to create a solid and well – prepared digital story with a high impact chance, we have some steps to follow which you can find below:
Steps Explained in Basic
DEVELOP IDEA
CREATE OUTLINE / SCRIPT
DEVELOP IDEA
The first one is of course developing an idea. Every story or project begins with an idea. Here, we are seeking answer to what do I want to tell? Or what is my story to tell?
PLAN
CREATE OUTLINE / SCRIPT
DEVELOP IDEA
In planning session, combined with the exploring and learning, we need dig deep into the concept and create a solid plan on how we want to tell our story..
CREATE OUTLINE / SCRIPT
CREATE OUTLINE / SCRIPT
CREATE OUTLINE / SCRIPT
In writing or scripting, we start to build a foundation of our ideas, facts, figures and data for our initial idea and keep notes of them. Here, the aim is not creating the longest and the most comprehensive text but to create a clear and understandable path.
STORYBOARD
FILM and RECORD
CREATE OUTLINE / SCRIPT
In storyboarding, we take our script and visualize it in the simplest way we can, to have an understanding of our context and determine how we will transfer our message to the audience. .
FILM and RECORD
FILM and RECORD
FILM and RECORD
In filming and recording, it is easily understandable that we are coming close to the final parts. In this session, we design and create our visual and auditory materials for our story.
FINISH
FILM and RECORD
FILM and RECORD
The penultimate step is finishing, where you (pre)view your product and edit it if necessary.
This is like finishing touches of a chef or a craftsman or an artist.
POST and SHARE
REVIEW and EVALUATE
REVIEW and EVALUATE
Simply said, in this step we present our story through whichever tool we would like
REVIEW and EVALUATE
REVIEW and EVALUATE
REVIEW and EVALUATE
Finally, anytime you want, you can observe your message’s impact, how far or how well you have reached through audience reviews, critiques or feedback.
Logo Survey Winners
Logo Survey
Official Logo of Our Project
Official Logo of Our Project
We had an online survey to determine our official logo. Out of 37 logo designs prepared by the students from partner countries and voted by nearly 100 participants:
The winning design got 45 votes
The second design got 34 votes
The third design got 33 votes
Official Logo of Our Project
Official Logo of Our Project
Official Logo of Our Project
Out of 39 logo designs created by our students
The design voted for the second place and can be used as a poster
The design voted for the second place and can be used as a poster
The design voted for the second place and can be used as a poster
