A workshop for PAS volunteers which gives an introduction to using audio and video for placemaking, town planning, heritage and urbanism professionals. The presentation gives some screenshots from the PAS 'Place Work Folk' project as well as work by the author as part of work with IHBC and the Digital Commonwealth Project.

1. Digital
Storytelling
and
Placemaking
Alison
McCandlish
PAS
volunteer
@crenellatedarts
alison@crenellatedarts.com
www.crenellatedarts.com

2. What
will
we
look
at…?
• Understand
the
background
of
the
Place,
Work,
Folk
project
and
how
digital
storytelling
fits
in
with
oral
history
projects
• Consider
stories
which
you
might
like
to
capture
for
your
own
work
• Prepare
an
interview
using
open
and
closed
quesHons
• Create
your
own
audio
recording
• Create
a
quick
video
interview
• Understand
how
to
carry
out
simple
edi5ng
(if
needed)
• Understand
how
to
use
online
sharing
sites
such
as
Soundcloud
and
Audioboom
• Consider
ways
in
which
to
share
your
recording
using
online
sharing
sites,
social
media,
email
and
word
of
mouth
• Consider
other
ways
to
share
your
own
news
digitally
and
how
this
can
help
your
professional
profile
and
‘digital
footprint’

3. Place,
Work,
Folk
Public
domain
image
Europeana
hNp://bvpb.mcu.es/es/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.cmd?
posicion=1&path=22868&presentacion=pagina

5. Place
Describe
your
favourite
place
in
the
world
(and
why
you
like
it)-­‐
in
two
minutes

6. What
got
you
into
planning
and
placemaking?
#proudofplanners
#proudofplanning
#placemaking

7. Screenshots
for
#placemaking
and
#proudofplanning
searches
on
TwiNer

8. Interview
structures
• IntroducHon
(hello..
This
is…
from…
for…)
• Some
quesHons
(re.
favourite
place?/
geng
into
planning
and
placemaking?)
• Close
(thank
you..)

9. Stages
of
a
recording?
research
plan/
storyboard
record
post
edit
reshare/
connect…
share

10. Things
to
think
about
• One
take…
• Microphone
placement
• Wind/
weather
• Background
noise
• Light
(for
video)
• Profile
photo
for
later

11. Quick
intro
to
ediHng
• Trim
start/
end
• Make
louder
• Make
quieter
• Edit
out
a
mistake
• Join
together
pieces
of
audio

12. More
advanced
Reduce
background
noise
Add
effects
Fade
in/
out
Other
programmes
(pay/
subscribe)
Loop
effects
Edit
and
overlap
tracks…

13. PosHng
on
Soundcloud/
Audioboom

14. Quick
video
capture
Talk
to
camera
yourself
(selfie
stance!)
Interview
others
Memories,
places
Work…

15. Quick
video
edit/
upload

16. More
ways
to
capture/
edit
video
Apps
(Vine/
Instagram)
iMovie
Windows
Movie
Maker
Adobe
Premiere
Pro
Final
Cut
Pro
Add
Htles,
colours,
effects

17. Post
on
YouTube/
Vimeo
Upload
Tagging
+
describing
is
important

18. What’s
your
story?
http://www.europeana.eu/portal/
record/2022608/NF_NFB_30630.html
(public domain)
Place
Work
Folk
Heritage
projects
Oral
history
projects
Reminiscence
projects
Digital
media
literacy
Conference
interviews
Personal
reflecHons
Business
profiles
Community
engagement
tool
Just
‘because’
‘Newsreel’
Film
invited
speakers
Research

19. PosiHve
Professional
Digital
Footprints
• It’s social media!
• Digital consumer?
• Digital creator? Blog, Storify, YouTube/
Vimeo, Audioboom/ Soundcloud,
Instagram, Flickr, Historypin, contributor to
archiving/ transcribing/ openmapping
communities, your own website..
• Mindful (public/ private)
• Make, research, create, share, post,
comment, collaborate, experiment, reflect,
connect…
• not just for LOLCATZ J