During week one of EDLD 5363 Multimedia and Video Technology, I was challenged with the task of creating a script about something personal , then producing a storyboard, editing photos to accompany the story, and finally assembling the story using Photo Story 3 for Windows to post to YouTube. Over the years, I have created several Photo Stories for family reunions, anniversaries, public school week, birthday celebrations, and Christmas gift, but never have I created a personal story about me. Telling my story was difficult to produce because I found it hard to get started on this project. According to Lambert, “The starting point for overcoming a creative block is to start with a small idea.” Thanks to my son who initially interviewed me using Lambert’s questions to help with my mental block about this assignment, he made me examine events in my life that I had not thought about in years. The next challenge was reducing the project to 2 minutes. After posting my project, I discovered that the movie could only be 10 seconds more or less. This required me to edit my project again after I had submitted it to YouTube. I had to delete some important events in my journey to receiving a degree in technology. The movie reflects on my quest to complete a goal I started thirty-two years ago.
Reference:
Lambert, J. (2007, February). Digital storytelling cookbook, 1-30. Story Center. Retrieved November 10, 2011, from http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.pdf
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