Sorry I haven't had these in, it has been very hectic and I am doing as much as possible.


        I would like to focus on the chapter about storyboarding.  I believe storyboarding is a huge help in coming up with ones story.  The multiple sequence of drawings helps us to visualize better what our end result may be.  This allows for new ideas or cutting old ones.  It also is nice to put something together for another person to look at and critique before putting all of your work into a final video.
        This chapter goes more in-depth on how you should set up a storyboard.  Giving it two dimensions "The first dimension is time: what happens first, next, and last.  The second is interaction: how the audio- voiceover narrative of your story and the music- interacts with the images or video." (Lambert 97)  Having a set-up like this allows one to see exactly where they would meet things up and when they want something to happen, like a change in the music going with someone throwing up their arms in excitement.
         I personally wish I had thought of storyboarding before, or it would be nice if the programs that I used had a way of storyboarding first.  This would help so much to time my script with the picture and video that I want to use.  I would usually end up cutting and removing things, just to get what I want in the finally story, sometimes this ended in disaster.  So for my last project I am doing a storyboard.


Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community; Joe Lambert, 4th edition

        Joe Lambert writes of how one can come up with a story.  Whether it be about someone important, an event in ones life, a place in ones life or about what you do for a living.  Lambert includes in his writings, a short story of Tanya.  Interlude 1, 'The Legacy of Tanya, by Monte Hallis.  Story's like this always make me tear up, I even went on to watch it on YouTube.  The story is all about her words, not the video.  Honestly, the video did not make much sense to me, but the words meant a lot.  It is a beautiful memorial piece.  It is less than two minutes, but you meet Tanya, you know her, she seemed like a very caring person.  Lambert goes on to discuss how he met Monte Hallis and how her story impacted him over 20 years ago.  Hallis went on using the video for help with those who have AIDS and there families.  "Of the many dedications that we could offer for our work, one would certainly be to Tanya Shaw.  By her example of sharing her story to organize others, even in the face of death, we are all taught a valuable lesson about dignity." (Lambert 24)
        People have so many stories, we all go through so much in life.  To use these stories to help others is a wonderful and amazing thing.  I have wanted to make a digital story about my father, but every time I try I cry.  Someday I will be able to finish it, thanks to this class.


Digital Storytelling, 4th Edition, Joe Lambert
       

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      This is a great point about having "use of an old idea,"  I'm glad you went back and used that footage.  I understand the fact that you had the footage but had no use for it years ago.  Now look what you made, its great.  Having had all of my computers stop working on me, a lot of my footage and pictures are gone forever.  I have so many ideas for a historical story, but I have had to find a way to get around the fact that I have lost that footage.  I can use what I have to make an expressive story.  Honestly, I go out of my way all of the time to just get some random shots.  Specially for use in Photoshop.  Anything can be used as a texture, or a small piece of a greater project.  I always have that in mind.  I wish I was as talented as others in class, but this is a whole new form for me.  Im trying my best to figure out how to use and put together what I have, but it is a lot different then photoshop!

This class has made me really want to continue telling my story through video.  Though I have had a lot of troubles learning Adobe Premier, it is all well worth it.  Being an artist, I love being able to express myself in different ways.  Taking this class has just shown me a new one, one that I really enjoy once my finished work is out there.  Thank you for this class!