Photo Story

Learn how to make a story out of a simple slideshow of pictures. You will use a basic procedure to make your very own masterpiece!

http://www.simpletruths.com/movies/ (note HOW the story is told...where are the words?)

Lecture Notes what is digital story telling?   Digital Story Telling

 

PowerPoint tutorial          

 

Sample Presentations & Contest Winners

****Making a story about yourself? Try these online assessments.   More great project ideas   

Photo Story Slide Show Project 1 Your assignment is ....     (Keep in Mind that this is a 4 day project!) "RoundRobin" on Friday! 

 

bulletSelect one picture (example Pic)
bulletSave it as a .gif or .jpeg to your file server account in a new folder called "photostory"
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Search Engines for MultiMedia    www.picsearch.com   www.singingfish.com

bulletThink of a short story that the picture might illustrate
bulletsubject you're interested in
bullet fictional story
bullet share a life event/goal/expectation that the picture might represent to you

 

 
bulletDraft a StoryBoard that plans the story/narrative
bulletIdeas???  Web Tutorial (really do look at this!)
bulletLaunch Word, (Insert Picture, from File)
bulletFormat Pic by right clicking, layout, behind text
bulletWrite your story/narrative below pic
bulletmust be from the first person, ex) I am, I remember, This is me when...

 

bulletUse Google to choose 2 fee Photo Slide Show Makers of your choice.  There are 7 million to chose from if you use slideshow maker as your search stream.

 

bulletCheck List Rubric

NAME ____________________________________________________PhotoStory Project

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3 slides minimum, only one real picture, and a title card and a credits card

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_____(20 pts) first and last slides are JPG format w/ solid/stylized color & words created in Photoshop

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______(10 pts) first slide should have the title of the presentation and your name

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______ (10 pts) last slide should have copyright/credit information 

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______(10 pts) sound (either your voice, made w/i Photo Story, or added sound file)

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_______(20 pts) tells a story

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_______(10 pts) transitions on all slides

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_______(10 pts) panning effect on middle slide(s)

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_______ (10 pts) middle slide picture has some sort of "effect" created w/i Photo Story

Photoshop Performance Quiz

Have each step verified prior to continuing

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1.       Open Photoshop to a 8x10 inch blank canvas

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2.       Find a pic using google images and save as “testgraphic” to your file server account

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3.       Open testgraphic in photoshop as a file NOT as Paste

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4.       Watermark testgraphic

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5.       Return to original testgraphic

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6.       Use filters to alter testgraphic

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7.       Save testgraphic as a .jpeg file

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8.       Insert from file testgraphic to MS Word

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9.       Crop testgraphic  using MS Word and Copy and Paste into Photoshop

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10.   Crop testgraphic again using Photoshop

Photo Story Project 2 Your assignment is ....

bulletSelect several pictures with personal meaning 
bulletShoot, scan & save those that are not already digital as a .gif or .jpeg to your file server account in a new folder called "photostory"
bulletThink of the short story that the pictures illustrate
bulletsubject you're interested in
bullet share a life event/goal/expectation that the picture might represent to you
bulletMemory
bulletDraft a StoryBoard that plans the story/narrative
bulletLaunch Microsoft PhotoStory from you desktop
bulletCreate! 

 

Alternative Grading Rubric  Project 1

Digital Storytelling : Digital StoryTelling with One Photo

Teacher Name: Mrs. Wilson


Student Name:     ________________________________________

 
CATEGORY
4
3
2
1
Evaluator's Section
Quality of story
Totally engaging, a real delight to watch
Interesting
Somewhat strange, but I'm glad I watched it
 This would make me leave my seat at the theater. I want my money back. 
 
(some may not have)

Soundtrack - Emotion

Music stirs a rich emotional response that matches the story line well.
Music stirs a rich emotional response that somewhat matches the story line.
Music is ok, and not distracting, but it does not add much to the story.
Music is distracting, inappropriate, OR was not used.
 
Voice - Consistency
Reading Voice quality is clear and consistently audible throughout the presentation.
Reading voice quality is clear and consistently audible throughout the majority (85-95%) of the presentation.
Reading voice quality is clear and consistently audible through some (70-84%)of the presentation.
Reading voice quality needs more attention or is entirely missing from presentation
 
Duration of Presentation & detail
Length of presentation was 1minute or more minutes, just right detail
Length of presentation was less than 50 seconds, good detail.
Length of presentation was short, with little detail.
Presentation was wimpy  & detail poor
 

 
Date Created: Mar 07, 2007 07:17 am (CST)

 

 

Grading Rubric Project 2

Digital Storytelling : Personal Digital StoryTelling 

Student Name:     _______________________________  Presentation Name ______________________

 

CATEGORY

4

3

2

1

REVIEWER'S #

GRADE (1-4)

Credits/References

Beautifully presented in the proper format, with everything accounted for

Looks pretty good.

There are a few references.  Doesn’t look very special

Missing from presentation

 

Story

Strong awareness of  telling a story.

One can clearly explain why the author chose the, audio and graphics

Some evidence of storytelling.

One can mostly explain why the author chose the, audio and graphics

Some awareness of audience in the design. Students find it difficult to explain how the vocabulary, audio and graphics chosen fit the target audience.

Limited awareness of the interests of the target audience.

 

Grammar

Grammar and usage were correct (for the dialect chosen) and contributed to clarity, style and character development.

Grammar and usage were typically correct (for the dialect chosen) and errors did not detract from the story.

Grammar and usage were typically correct but errors detracted from story.

Repeated errors in grammar and usage distracted greatly from the story.

 

Soundtrack - Emotion

Music and narration stirs a rich emotional response that matches the story line well.

Music or narration stirs a rich emotional response that somewhat matches the story line.

Music or nation is ok, and not distracting, but it does not add much to the story.

Music or naration is distracting, inappropriate, OR was not used.

 

Duration of Presentation & detail

Length of presentation was 2 minutes, just right detail

Length of presentation was less than 2 minutes, good detail.

Length of presentation was short, with little detail.

Presentation was wimpy  & detail poor

 

 

 

Designer’s Comments:

 

 

 

Recording sound on a PC with Fortress locked:

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Press <cntrl> <alt> <del>

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Select "Task Manager"

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Select "New Task"

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Type sndrec32.exe in the text bar

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Find the sound recorder window now open behind the dialog box 

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Save recorded files from the File Save menu selection

 

Need a quick project?  StoryCorps National History Project, sponsored by the Library of Congress, has 2 - 3 minute stories and pics.  You may play the sound file and record it to Photo Story, after saving the picture as a .jpg

 

Additional Resources:

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http://tech-head.com/dstory.htm

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http://dsi.kqed.org/

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http://www.storycenter.org/whatis.html

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http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/

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http://www.windowsphotostory.com/#

 

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http://www.capespirit.com/Amazing%20Chapman%20Peak%20Road%20South%20Africa%20City%20of%20Cape%20Town.jpg

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http://www.newenglandsailing.com/Amazing%20sunset%20oriental%20pt.2.JPG

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http://69.113.191.144:100/adrienne's%20germany%20pics/GermanyUploads/amazing%20look%20at%20New%20palace.JPG 

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http://www.bikertony.com/PicsChile/PicsChileVillaAmengualCerroCastillo/20More%20unique%20pic%20with%20this%20amazing%20place.jpg

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http://www.sharewareplaza.com/images/screenshot/6074.gif

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Making a story about yourself? Try these online assessments.