Digital storytelling is my main passion. My main blog is at www.aberth.com/blog. I was one of the BBC Capture Wales / Cipolwg ar Gymru team. The views here are mine, not my employer's.
DV Talent for Skillset Cymru has a paid-for training course in Final Cut Pro for digital content producers
The ATRiuM, Adams Street, Cardiff, CF24 2FN, Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th December – 9.30-6pm. Cost is £189 plus Vat
http://www.dvtalent.co.uk/fcp-cymru.htm
(story via the Cultural Enterprise newsletter)
bloc wants an artist/creative technologist to apply their knowledge and understanding as a practitioner to generate new opportunities for other practitioners in the form of clinics, workshops and commissions across north Wales.
The job runs for nine months from January 2010. Application deadline is 7 Dec.
Salary: £10,700 on a freelance basis
Location: Glyndŵr University office at Technium CAST (Centre for Advanced Software Technology), Bangor
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A free newspaper has been launched in London based entirely on blog posts.
There's no editor; content is sourced from most highly-rated blog articles about the area.
“Instead of a few people controlling the majority of what is being published and therefore read, theblogpaper aims to put the majority in charge. We believe in the power of the community, rather than in the power of the individual.” - Blogpaper spokesperson.
The content writers aren't paid; the publishers say advertising will be used for funding.
(via EJC)
Gareth Morlais
@digitalst
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Sydney digital stories exhibition:
http://ice.org.au/newswire/chickflicks/
posted by Gareth Morlais
@digitalst
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Google is going to use speech-recognition to automatically caption
English-language videos on its site:
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"A young woman who battled bullying and depression was hailed an
'inspiration' after picking up a top award. Sarah Bagley from Rhyl was
living in a hostel when she noticed the Prince's Trust was recruiting
volunteers. Over the next nine weeks she turned her life around,
helping make a film for the organisation. On Thursday night Sarah, now
25, was handed the Young Achiever of the Year at the Trust's annual
awards." - Ian Hughes, Daily Post, Wales
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the main points to consider when making your digital story - Lisa Jones maps them out.
Top Tip is to use your own.
Covers intellectual property, third party rights, impact on others, ethical considerations, etc. This is a great rough guide by an experienced Capture Wales practitioner:
Disclaimers:
This was the situation in Wales and England at the time Lisa wrote this (early 2008)
To be sure, always seek out your own legal advice first.
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How to put the finishing touches to your script before you record your voice for your digital story, by Gilly Adams:
"...a story needs structure. The end needs to have some connection with the beginning to be satisfying. Think of stepping stones. When you reach the other bank of the river you should still be able to see the bank from which you started the journey."
posted here by Gareth Morlais
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a new portal that:
"lets you bring together all the videos about a topic, a community, or product into one elegant website, no matter where the videos are hosted."
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Sheilagh called round Sunday night and we discussed all kinds of
thinks. One idea she raised stuck in my mind as a really good idea.
She told me of the time when she was in a school as a visitor and lots
of the children came up to her in the playground and said: "look at me
skipping, Miss!"; "look at how fast I can run Miss;"
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