What do you get when you cross oral history with digital storytelling? The blog TC3 Idea Exchange explores the notion of using technology to present oral histories. I can’t find the name of the individual blogger, but the T3 Consortium “is a diversified LLC enterprise supporting key business-to-business and business-to-consumer … Continue reading
Category Archives: Digital/Multimedia Storytelling
Two Nice Storytelling Slideshows
Came across two good slideshows recently that illustrate two applications for storytelling. Organizational storytelling: I don’t know how Tell Us Your Story: Cultivating an Organizational Storytelling Culture by Teresa Bailey ended up on my desktop, but there it was after I researched storytelling at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for … Continue reading
Visual (Video) Storytelling: Complete Narrative with Just Music and Images?
Can you tell a story with just a visual — without words? Of course. I’ve written about visual storytelling in art frequently in this space. I’m not sure, though, if I’ve written about visual storytelling on video that attempts to tell a story without narration or dialogue. Two bloggers have … Continue reading
Artistic Intent and the Story Behind (and Beyond) Still Photos
I’ve always been fascinated with the concept of artistic intent. What story is an artist trying to tell, or what statement is the artist trying to make in a given work of art? Having worked for a while in an art gallery, I came to realize that most artists don’t … Continue reading
Storied Presentations: Reminders and Resources
I’ve written in this space several times about stories — as opposed to data-filled PowerPoint slides — as the linchpin of effective presentations. In her Musings blog, Christine Thompson recently compiled several excellent resources for better — and often storied — presentations. Nancy Duarte, Garr Reynolds, and Dan Roam are … Continue reading
Even a Bare-Bones Story Can Be Compelling
The other night, Randall and I watched the HBO movie Taking Chance, starring Kevin Bacon. We were struck by how emotional, compelling, and affecting this film was given the simplest, starkest of stories. Essentially a high-ranking Marine (Bacon), who is a number-crunching cubicle-dweller, makes an unexpected decision to escort home … Continue reading
Rubrics for Viewing Photographic Storytelling
Matthew Cline and Sudipta Shaw have both recently written blog entries that examine how photographs can tell stories. “A storyteller strives to have a deeper understanding of the subject and convey that through the camera,” Cline writes. He wonders if the many elements that go into making a story can … Continue reading
Video Has Vastly Expanded the Story Universe: Is It a Whole Different Game?
In my world of curating information in the realm of applied storytelling, the term “digital storytelling” has truly exploded in the last year. It has been big for a few years now and is only getting bigger. I’d estimate that at least a third of storytelling tweets I follow relate … Continue reading
Categorizing and Appreciating the Narrative Web
Reader Raf Stevens’s challenge to me to present examples of good storytelling had the interesting effect of getting me thinking about categories of storytelling that one can access on the Internet. Here’s the list so far: Digital/video storytelling Live storytelling performance, captured on video Live storytelling performance, captured on audio … Continue reading
DocLab 2009 with Live Stories Theme Is Under Way
Who knew there was an emerging web documentary genre? A small part of IDFA, the 22nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, is dedicated to this genre. Doc Lab, Amsterdam’s “hotbed of experiment, is the special area of the festival exploring the relationship between ‘new media’ and documentary filmmaking. The program … Continue reading