Tags: video

A collection of resources produced by the Bay Area Video Coalition for use in their Digital Storytelling Institute, a program for training community organizations in digital storytelling. Included are tip sheets on planning your digital story, how to prepare for a video shoot, what audio equipment to use and how to record audio in the field, different camera angles and movements, interview tips, a sample release form, and a glossary of terms for video production and script writing.

 A great iMovie 6 tutorial! Covers everything you need to know to get started using iMovie. The tutorial is broken into 10 sections:

-Connecting a Camera and Importing Video into iMovie

-Using the Timeline

-Adding Themes, Credits, and Titles to your Movie

-Audio

-Working with Photos

-Video FX and Audio FX

-Editing Clips

-Adding Transitions

-Publishing Your Work

-Making Magic Movies 

KQED is a public radio and television broadcasting organization in Northern California, which also provides digital storytelling training through its Digital Storytelling Initiative. KQED also sponsors an annual digital storytelling contest for California high school students.

To see the manual on KQED's site, click here. Or you can download the PDFs below.

Part 3 of the Spreading the Stories trainer manual, which focuses on publishing digital stories. Outlines how to screen stories at the workshop and the advantages and disadvantages of exporting the stories to video, CD, DVD, or the web.

The second section Spreading the Stories training manual, focusing on producing the digital stories. Outlines the steps for gathering and digitizing all story elements, provides vocabulary lists for techinical terms, describes file management, and outlines how to create a rough and final edit in the video editing software.