Storytelling

Slide 1: S toryte lling works hop Author: pudiravi@gmail.com Date : 04 May 06 Ve rsion: 1.0

Slide 2: When we tell a story, our play must include the audience/listener.

Slide 3: We paint the picture of the setting, time & feelings of the story with descriptive words.

Slide 4: We fill in details of seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching.

Slide 5: Let the words of the story affect us, so that our voices and gestures begin to seem as if we were in the middle of the story. We become all the characters.

Slide 6: “Storyte lling re ve als me aning without committing the e rror of de fining it.” Bartle tt's Book of Quotations , 1907

Slide 7: " his tory we re taught in the form of s torie s , If it would ne ve r be forgotte n." -Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) Englis h s hort-s tory write r

Slide 8: S toryte lling as a te aching and le arning tool Applications : • Utilize digital s torie s as an introduction to a cours e . • Incorporate e le me nts of s toryte lling to improve clas s room participation, inte raction and re te ntion. • Us e of a s tory to bring unde rs tanding & conne ction to a difficult conce pt

Slide 9: • What is unique about the digitial e nvironme nt? • How do us e rs re s pond to it? • How can its pote ntial be maximize d?

Slide 10: Ele me nts o f a dig ital s to ry

Slide 11: Ele me nt 1: A Po int of Vie w All s torie s are told to make a point. Ex: In Ramayana, it is “the triumph of good ove r e vil."

Slide 12: Ele ment 2: Dramatic que s tion The conflicts that aris e be twe e n our de s ire s be ing me t and the de s ire of othe r characte rs or large r force s , cre ate s the dramatic te ns ion.

Slide 13: Ele me nt 3: Emo tio nal Conte nt The e motional paradigms ofte n ce nte r on is s ue s s uch as love & lone line s s , de ath & los s , acce ptance & re je ction.  

Slide 14: Ele ment 4: The Gift of your Voic e Us ing your own voice in your s torie s pe rs onalize s your s tory … e ve n though you may not be gifte d with a gre at voice .  

Slide 15: Ele me nt 5: The Po we r of the Soundtrac k The s ound track can he lp you make s e ns e of the vis ual information in the movie . It can he lp you unde rs tand the mood of the s tory.

Slide 16: Ele me nt 6: Ec o no my A s tory can be e ffe ctive ly illus trate d with a s mall numbe r of image s & vide o, and a re lative ly s hort te xt.

Slide 17: Ele me nt 7: Pac ing Pacing is cons ide re d to be the true s e cre t of s ucce s s ful s toryte lling. The rhythm of a s tory de te rmine s much of what s us tains an audie nce ’s inte re s t.

Slide 18: 1. A Point of Vie w 2. Dramatic ques tion 3. Emotional Conte nt 4. The Gift of your Voice 5. The Powe r of the S oundtrack 6. Economy 7. Pacing Example s Ple as e vie w the e xample s give n on the following link. http://t3.k12.hi.us /t302-03/tutorials /digs tory/ptofvie w.htm Simply vie w all the s torie s agains t the pre s cribe d '7 e le me nts ' of s toryte lling.

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Slide 20: S toryte lling works hop V01. ravip 04 May 06 Thank yo u.