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May 9, 2011
Storytelling economics
Web video has become one of the leading digital storytelling venues. One example is EconStories, which publishes music videos about... economic theory. Each one presents competing economic analyses.
Among other things, these are good examples of nonfiction storytelling.
Among other things, these are good examples of nonfiction storytelling.
May 8, 2011
Storytelling by blog: "...she's a flight risk"
Storytelling by blog: another example is the 2003 "...she's a flight risk". Like a personal diary told in public, the author describes her current life experience. "Isabella" has left her marriage, and fears for her life. Post by post unfolds her story through flashbacks, notes on the day, and concerns for the future.
Is it true? Like some digital stories I explore, its fictional nature is open to question. John H. Richardson looked into this as it unfolded in "The Search For Isabella V." Esquire, October 1, 2003.
A good sense of the story can be found in exploring this Internet Archive copy. (The Wayback Machine is a terrific resource for researching older digital stories, as they sometimes vanish from the current Web)
Is it true? Like some digital stories I explore, its fictional nature is open to question. John H. Richardson looked into this as it unfolded in "The Search For Isabella V." Esquire, October 1, 2003.
A good sense of the story can be found in exploring this Internet Archive copy. (The Wayback Machine is a terrific resource for researching older digital stories, as they sometimes vanish from the current Web)
May 6, 2011
Classic digital storytelling
Today's digital story comes from the great, foundational Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS). The team that came up with the classic digital storytelling curriculum offers “Momnotmom” (Thenmozhi Soundarajan, 2000) as their preferred example of the form.
It's a powerful story about childhood and growing up, being parented and a parent, memory and loss.
More CDS examples can be found here.
It's a powerful story about childhood and growing up, being parented and a parent, memory and loss.
More CDS examples can be found here.
May 5, 2011
Ted's Caving Journal: early Web storytelling
"Ted's Caving Journal" is a neat example of early web-based storytelling. Call it Web 1.0 fiction, with its non-social-media-friendly pages, simple page layout, and utterly basic navigation. Copies of it are hosted across the Web, even on this Angelfire site, which adds some historical flavor.
The story concerns two men exploring a new cave system, and the increasing fear and mystery they feel as they make their way underground. Readers navigate by clicking versions of "next"... until the last, dead link.
(discussed in chapter 2)
The story concerns two men exploring a new cave system, and the increasing fear and mystery they feel as they make their way underground. Readers navigate by clicking versions of "next"... until the last, dead link.
(discussed in chapter 2)
May 3, 2011
Storytelling by blog: Dracula
Blogs are one of many Web 2.0 storytelling platforms. Today's example is my Draculablog, which posts Bram Stoker's novel to the web on the same dates as the book indicates.
For example, the post for today, May 3, is Jonathan Harker's journal entry for that date:
The Draculablog posts the entire novel over the next six months, along with annotations, maps, images, and discussion.
Many thanks to Andrew Connell for yeoman work on mapping and site scripting.
For example, the post for today, May 3, is Jonathan Harker's journal entry for that date:3 May. Bistritz.-- Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late. Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place...
The Draculablog posts the entire novel over the next six months, along with annotations, maps, images, and discussion.
Many thanks to Andrew Connell for yeoman work on mapping and site scripting.
May 1, 2011
A digital story project : Dreaming Methods
Today I'm starting a series of posts about digital storytelling. Each day this month I'll blog about one story, offering them as examples of the field's diversity, opportunities, and challenges.
Here's a digital storytelling project dating back to the 1990s, Dreaming Methods. This is now a series of short narratives, often using Flash to combine sounds, images, and text. The results are brooding meditations on people in time, a series of story arcs soaked with emotion.
Here's a digital storytelling project dating back to the 1990s, Dreaming Methods. This is now a series of short narratives, often using Flash to combine sounds, images, and text. The results are brooding meditations on people in time, a series of story arcs soaked with emotion.
April 26, 2011
Welcome to The New Digital Storytelling
Greetings, Goodreaders!
This blog is focused on digital storytelling, the world of creating narratives with new media.
Over the next month I'll blog examples of such stories, along with tools for making them.
This blog is focused on digital storytelling, the world of creating narratives with new media.
Over the next month I'll blog examples of such stories, along with tools for making them.
The New Digital Storytelling
This blog springs from my 2011 book, The New Digital Storytelling.
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