I’d like to have a session about telling stories digitally, using whatever tools, on whichever platforms. Depending on our interest, this could be show-and-tell about interesting stories you’ve seen or created, brief walkthroughs of tools you’ve used, ideas about best practices, etc. Not thinking of a full-on intro to Digital Storytelling, like Bud Deihl’s workshop Friday, though maybe those of us who attend it can use some of what we learn there as a springboard for discussion & ideas.
Alternatively, if we want to run a Make-type session, we could try to create a story told collaboratively across many platforms, to give us all a hand at trying new tools. In this kind of scenario, perhaps we could all resolve to try a new (to us) platform for storytelling, but offer to act as resources for each other — e.g. I don’t have an Instagram account, so maybe I could try to tell part of our story on there and learn something about it, while answering questions about, e.g., WordPress. Not necessarily thinking of a complete/coherent narrative here; it could be finding new ways to present different aspects of a fictional project (Newspapers to Prisoners; Enslaved Geographies; etc.).
I like fiction and telling stories, but the practical takeaways I see for participants would be:
I’m a tech-savvy but non-coding librarian and filmmaker and I’d like to learn more about creating mobile apps or other transmedia tools for engaging audiences after/before/during the life of a documentary project. Any others interested in this topic?
I’m currently working on a new documentary and could propose an app idea for this film that we could try to hack together in a MAKE session if there’s interest… Alternately, are any of you willing to lead a TEACH session on some mobile app creation or transmedia tools?
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