Activity 1
Element #1: Take a look at the two examples and see if you can identify the purpose behind each story. What is the point of view in each? Whose voice do you hear?
First I watched the example, Making Salt. It was made to show this activity by a child that helps with the process and I could tell from the voice. The second example I watched was fish tank. It was a science project to create a fish farm off of sustainable resources. The voice is that of a teacher that helped with the project and the point of view is that of an adult in charge of the project.
Element #2: See if you can find a dramatic question in the examples for this section. Is the question resolved in each movie or are you left without a resolution?
First I watched the example, Making Salt. It was made to show this activity by a child that helps with the process and I could tell from the voice. The second example I watched was fish tank. It was a science project to create a fish farm off of sustainable resources. The voice is that of a teacher that helped with the project and the point of view is that of an adult in charge of the project.
Element #2: See if you can find a dramatic question in the examples for this section. Is the question resolved in each movie or are you left without a resolution?
I watched the example, Are We Making Guam Ugly?, for a dramatic question. The question is resolved by the movie because it showed children piling up trash. Since Guam is overpopulated I can see that trash would be a problem on the island.
Element #3: See if you can identify the emotional paradigms behind these stories.The emotional paradigms behind these stories are based upon a call to action to fix a problem that is addressed. This is especially true for the story on teen depression. It flashes a bunch of scenes where teens are emotional. They are either really sad or angry. The call to action is to help a teen in need or get help through hotlines.
Element #4: What impact that the voice plays on the overall effect of the story.
Voice plays an important role in personalizing a story to its author. It can add weight to the story being told.
Element #5: What impact does the music have on the emotional content or purpose of the story?The impact that music has on the emotional content of the story is that it can drive home the emotional situation of the story. It can also show off some local music that was wrote in dealing with a problem.
Element #6: Look at the examples in this section and consider the decisions the authors made about length of clips, types of transitions and sequence of events. Are you able (as a viewer) to fill in the missing pieces? Give an example?
A good example of filling in the missing pieces is in the Fish tank video. Most of the video was just a collection of photos, so I had to picture the actions that were taken in this story with my imagination.
Element #7: How does the narrator use their voice to pace the story? Give a specific example.
The narrator in Fish Tank also did a good job of pacing the story. He explained new parts of the project as the photos were added into the video.
Activity 2
Choose your favorite digital story and embed it in your blog and answer the following questions:
Point of View. What is the point of view in each? Whose voice do you hear?
The voice in this digital story is that of the author. She reads her story to photos.
Dramatic Question. What is the dramatic question?
She explains how she wanted to be a cat owner but not for 1 cat over 15 years. So she explains how she became a cat foster owner for a local humane society.
Emotional Content. What is the emotional content of the story? How or why do you relate to it?
The emotional content is that the author wanted a pet but not from adoption to the end of the pet's life. The solution to be a cat foster owner makes the experience of pet ownership different for her, with smaller ups and downs rather than a long experience with a single pet.
Point of View. What is the point of view in each? Whose voice do you hear?
The voice in this digital story is that of the author. She reads her story to photos.
Dramatic Question. What is the dramatic question?
She explains how she wanted to be a cat owner but not for 1 cat over 15 years. So she explains how she became a cat foster owner for a local humane society.
Emotional Content. What is the emotional content of the story? How or why do you relate to it?
The emotional content is that the author wanted a pet but not from adoption to the end of the pet's life. The solution to be a cat foster owner makes the experience of pet ownership different for her, with smaller ups and downs rather than a long experience with a single pet.
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