This document provides an overview of digital storytelling, including definitions, components, production stages, and tools. Digital stories combine various media like text, photos, audio, and video into a narrative. They follow a visual grammar where shots are like sentences and scenes are like paragraphs. The document also outlines camera angles and transitions that can be used. It describes the pre-writing, scriptwriting, production, editing, and publication stages of digital storytelling. Finally, it recommends some mapping, timeline, slideshow, and media editing tools that can be used to create digital stories.

1. Digital Storytelling 101 An EdVibes.com Production

2. Discovering Digital Stories A 2:38 min video describing what digital stories are

3. Anatomy of a Digital Story Text Photos edited Audio music soundtracks sound effects narration Video effects transitions

4. Visual Grammar(Writing --> Producing) Topic Sentence Establishing shot Sentence = Shot Transitions = Effects, fades, etc. Run-on Sentences = Pans/zooms Paragraph = Scene Chapter = Act

5. Camera Language CLOSE-UP SHOT: A close range of distance between the camera and the subject. DISSOVLE: A transition between two shots, where one shot fades away and simultaneously another shot fades in. FADE - A transition from a shot to black where the image gradually becomes darker is a Fade Out; or from black where the image gradually becomes brighter is a Fade In. HIGH CAMERA ANGLE: A camera angle which looks down on its subject making it look small, weak or unimportant. JUMP CUT: A rapid, jerky transition from one frame to the next, either disrupting the flow of time or movement within a scene or making an abrupt transition from one scene to another. LEVEL CAMERA ANGLE: A camera angle which is even with the subject; it may be used as a neutral shot. LONG SHOT: A long range of distance between the camera and the subject, often providing a broader range of the setting. LOW CAMERA ANGLE: A camera angle which looks up at its subject; it makes the subject seem important and powerful. PAN: A steady, sweeping movement from one point in a scene to another. POV (point of view shot): A shot which is understood to be seen from the point of view of a character within the scene. REACTION SHOT- 1.: A shot of someone looking off screen. 2.: A reaction shot can also be a shot of someone in a conversation where they are not given a line of dialogue but are just listening to the other person speak. TILT: Using a camera on a tripod, the camera moves up or down to follow the action. ZOOM: Use of the camera lens to move closely towards the subject.

6. Production Stages(Writing --> Producing) Pre-Write = Pre-Production Drafting = Scriptwriting & Storyboarding Write = Produce Editing = Editing Publish = Publicize, Publish, & Present Assessment & Reflection

7. Storytelling 2.0 Tools Mapping Tools = Google Maps & Earth (Mapcasting) Timeline Tools = XTimeline Slideshow Tools = Slideshare and Vociethread (Slidecasting) Scarp Book Tools = Scarpblog & Bookr (with Flickr) Comic Tools = Toonlet & ToonDo Animation Tools = Scenecaster & KerPoof Mixer Tools = Animoto Image Editor Tools = Picnik Media Editor Tools = Jumpcut & Eyespot

8. Resources My favorite slideshare presentations on digital storytelling The Center for Digital Storytelling Digital Storytelling Wes Fryer 50+ Web 2.0 Ways To Tell a Story Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum Hilary McLellan's Story Link Collection