Digital Storytelling
| There is an exciting development that started in the USA and is slowly gaining practitioners in the UK. It's called Digital Storytelling and it's giving ordinary people the chance to share their stories, their views and feelings with others through multimedia enhanced oral histories that are shared over the World Wide Web. Digital stories are short (2-3 minute) videos that comprise a story, with an accompanying musical sound track, illustrated by photos and/or clips of video or film, etc. Roger Kitchen has been inspired by the work going on in America (see www.storycenter.org) and at the BBC in Wales (see www.bbc.co.uk/capturewales) Digital storytelling is a wonderful medium to let people of all ages tell their story in an engaging way. Projects we have worked on have been varied: organisations have used them to publicise the effect of their work on individuals; a school has used the technique to help children develop their literacy skills; a hospital department commissioned stories created by their nursing staff to display in waiting areas. We can help individuals create their own stories or we can train the trainers as we did with the Rural Media Company for their HLF funded Travellers Remember project. Here are some examples of the work we have done so far. |
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Organisation Stories
Stories commissioned by Inter-Action MK to illustrate the effect that their work has on individuals Before and After - by a young member of Shed MK Carnival Mayhem - by a local carnival organiser Unexpected Journey - by a disabled artist commissioned by Inter-Action The Egg & The Omelette - by a young man given a new direction in life |
Personal stories
The Picture - memories of a West Indian childhood Don't Judge a Book by its cover - a mother's story A Man's Man - a son's memories of his Dad Valley of the Shadow - an old soldier's memories of World War 1 |
Stories with an animal connection!
A Star is hatched - an introduction to the power of Digital storytelling and a strange obsession with chickens..... Monkey Man and the Taxidermist -a strange tale produced from a grandparent's memories by 11 year old children Rex -the story of a family pet A Parrot named Roberto Baggio -a sad story of another family pet |
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For further information on any of this work and for help in making it happen where you live, contact Roger Kitchen
Kitchen's Ink 3 Stacey Ave Wolverton Milton Keynes MK12 5DN Tel: 01908-318655 email:roger@kitchens-ink.fsnet.co.uk |
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