Digital Storytelling Workshop for Museum Staff

Digital Storytelling Workshop for Museum Staff - Apr 19-21st and Apr 22-24th in Denver - The Center for Digital Storytelling will be offering two different 3-day intensive Digital Storytelling Workshops for museum staff directly after MW2010 in Denver, CO.  These workshops will be lead by Mary Ann McNair, a seasoned digital storytelling facilitator who worked at the Colorado History Museum for over 25 years and helped implement digital storytelling into two exhibits at the museum.

The Center for Digital Storytelling will be offering a 3-day intensive Digital Storytelling Workshop for museum staff directly after MW2010 in Denver, CO.  This workshop will be lead by Mary Ann McNair, a seasoned digital storytelling facilitator who worked at the Colorado History Museum for over 25 years and helped implement digital storytelling into two exhibits at the museum.  You can view the one of those projects here:  http://milehighstories.com/?page_id=24

Dates: Apr 19-21st (Mon-Wed)

And a second workshop Apr 22-24th (Thurs-Sat)

 

DENVER, CO

3-Day Standard Workshop Location:
Lighthouse Writers (www.lighthousewriters.org)
2123 Downing Street, Denver, CO 80205
Mac Laptops will be provided as needed.

All workshops are 9-5pm, unless otherwise noted.

Note: Workshop dates are subject to change. Please confirm registration prior to making airplane reservations.
All workshops are 3 days, 9-5pm, and unless otherwise noted, take place on Thursday-Saturday.

Price of the 3-day workshop is $495/person and registration is limited to 10 slots per workshop

To register: http://www.storycenter.org/registration.html

Continuing education credit will be available for an additional fee through UC-Denver.

For detailed info on the workshop, please read below or visit our website at:  http://www.storycenter.org

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The Digital Storytelling 3-Day Workshop Curriculum

The goal of the workshop is to design and produce a 3 minute digital story centered around your personal narrative. The workshops are usually held as all day, contiguous day intensives, involving 5-10 participants. Participants are given materials prior to the workshop to assist them in preparation, including suggestions of limits in script duration, number of images, and use of video clips.  Special attention will be given to the usage of this methodology within a museum/exhibit context - including best practices and pitfalls.

The workshop involves four major components:

1. Presentation of Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling

As both a guide to scripting and design, and as a showcase for design examples, each workshop begins with a lecture-demonstration as guidelines to creating a digital story. Outstanding examples that illustrate the elements are presented as well, especially from specific museum exhibits.

2. Group Script Process

As in a creative writing class, we facilitate a review of story ideas or actual scripts as a group process. Both the general approach and specific editorial issues are addressed, and issues of storyboarding and design are touched upon.

3. Hands On Software Tutorials

Participants are taken step by step through the basics of the software used in the process. While we often cover one professional-level video editing software in the course (Final Cut), the process can be done with a large number of alternative tools as well such as Premiere, Final Cut or iMovie.  We also teach image manipulation, sound recording and some video compression.

4. Production Support and Management

Most of the workshop is spent with participants working on producing their own projects, with their own ambition and pace. CDS staff has trained extensively on the process of assisting users during the various steps of multimedia production. Great attention is given to time management, troubleshooting, and prioritizing the process to assure the participants achieve the goal of a completed project.  Additionally, these workshops will touch on integration of this type of media/exercise within the museum context.

 

Any questions should be directed to:

Daniel Weinshenker

Center for Digital Storytelling - Denver

www.storycenter.org 

daniel@storycenter.org

wk: 303.765.2641

cell: 720.635.1833