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Visual Storytelling Examples

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A digital story made in Victor, Idaho from early story interviews

A digital story made in Golden, Colorado from story interviews

Why Choose Visual Stories

Single Images (Still photos, paintings, etc) convey strong emotion, a single point or mood
They can speak more loudly than words, especially in this image-centered era
Images can show things differently, and show different things.
Easy to place in the landscape for an ongoing presence
Terrific way to engage people in a collaborative project (see mnural project examples)

Digital Tools

Some useful sites for ideas about photoessays (From Josh Schachter):

Publishing

Calendars
Artshows (Visions of the Now and of the Future) Example of an Online Exhibition
Photo-stories pinned to map in town (or online via Community Almanac)
Postcards or eCards Example from Minnesota
Slide-stories (Stories in Five Images) Example from Minnesota and from Maine
Before-and-After Photo Displays in the library, at school, in the newspaper
Comic stories online or in a 'zine
Collages as Posters or Online (glogster example)
Posters or Murals about town Example from Canada, another from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, one from Philadephia, one from Duke University's Face Up! Project, from high school students in Denver--a mural club, a series from Chemainus, British Columbia
Digital & Mural Combinations UCLA example
At a story klatch, bring photos to stir the conversation/story pot

Multimedia Stories

The Palace Diner, a digital made by a SALT fellow working with Biddeford, Maine's Heart & Soul Planning Project

Why Choose Multimedia

Video brings viewers to the action, to the place central to see and hear.

Mixing text and image well can amplify the message: two plus two equals far more than four.

Audio and image complement one another, bringing the viewer close to the teller and to the teller's perspective.

Great way to engage youth

Tools

Video Editing: Basic tools-- iMovie (Mac) and Moviemaker(PC) ; Advanced tools: premiere (PC), FinalCutPro (Mac)
Picnik for image/text--example above
Voicethread for voice/image/text; Glogster for multimedia collages, example--a whole compendium of free, easy-to-use digital tools,
described here by Alan Levine
Soundslide example (Many newspapers use this professional quality tool--inexpensive)