Here are two videos that have earned buzz in recent weeks. If you haven’t seen them yet, I think you’ll enjoy them (heck, you’ll enjoy them even if you have seen them). The first is a series of stories held together with the thread of set of nouns (inspiration, intuition, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Digital/Multimedia Storytelling
Why Does This Story Make People Cry?
I saw folks commenting about this video on Facebook yesterday, saying it had made them cry. I could see that the video was about a young boy who created an arcade out of cardboard boxes. I don’t think that’s gonna make my tears well up, I said to myself. But … Continue reading
Your Visual Might Suggest a Story, But It Probably Isn’t Storytelling
Data visualization … infographic … visual storytelling. We see these terms frequently these days and are often told that these images, in fact, comprise storytelling. I’ve wrestled with the concept of visual storytelling. I have periodically presented in this space roundups of artifacts touted to be “visual storytelling,” and now … Continue reading
Global Search is on for the World’s Best Storytellers
Your Film Festival is billed as a Global Search for the World’s Best Storytellers. The contest seeks short, story-driven videos. Some details from the site: 15 minutes to tell a story. Millions of people to watch it. $500,000 to make a new one for the world to see. This is … Continue reading
Story Gets an Analysis and a Critique: Two Presentations
Two TED Talks came to my attention in the last couple of days — one that embodies an affecting story (as many TED Talks do) and another that casts a critical and suspicious eye on stories themselves. I often see storied presentations, and I often see written pieces on integrating … Continue reading
Now, THESE Are Storied Slideshow Resumes
From time to time, I’ve scrutinized the story quality of slideshows, especially resumes in slideshow form; the most recent was last month’s exploration of a “Présumé™” (presentation resume) that was nicely crafted but not really storied. Since then, I’ve come across a couple of more storied examples. While the above … Continue reading
4 Must-See Presentations for Story Fans
Here are four presentations — three videos and one slideshow — that I’ve come across recently. Story fans may already be aware of at last two of them as they’ve been a bit viral in the story world, but I thought it would be interesting to juxtapose all of them. … Continue reading
‘Life in a Day’ Film Now Available
Updating a post from this past summer about the film Life in a Day, a historic global experiment to create a user-generated feature film shot in a single day. The videos that comprise the film were shot on July 24, 2010. My friend Elayne Zalis alerted me to the fact … Continue reading
Watch These Two Powerful Messages about Storytelling
Here are two resources that convey a point of view about storytelling in audiovisual fashion. My friend Karen Dietz turned me on to the 15-minute video, The Arc of Storytelling, noting: Run, don’t walk to watch this incredibly inspiring video about what we are all searching for in our storytelling. … Continue reading
Highlights from the World of Visual Storytelling, Part 1
Back in the spring, Layton Payne wrote a blog entry declaring that Visual Storytelling [Is] Now Mainstream. The blogger was specifically referring to visual storytelling in the form of graphic novels, which are undergoing significant growth. But if visual storytelling in graphic novels is growing, it is also growing in … Continue reading