Listed below are some helpful resource links for your digital storytelling projects:
Storytelling Tools
- Cowbird: Set of storytelling tools from around the globe
- Writing tips from writers
- 7 Elements of Digital Storytelling
- 21 Storytelling Techniques
Digital/Interactive Storytelling Examples
- Innovative Interactivity
- NFB Interactive
- Interactive Narratives
- Multimedia Shooter
- 4 Digital Storytelling Examples
- #Seattle Noir on Twitter
- Henri le chat noir
- Henio Zytomirski on Facebook
- Snowfall
- Mr. Plimpton’s Revenge
- Pinepoint web documentary
- The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
- Honest Trailers
- NewYork Craigslist Missed Connections Poems
Mobile Storytelling Tools
Multimedia Creation Tools
- Animoto: make and share videos online (30sec. free)
- Jux: Interesting showcase templates for your content
- Klynt: Digital Storytelling application (14 day free trial)
Maps
Timeline
Image Storytelling Tools:
Interactive Photographs
Infographics
- How to create Modern Infographics
- Easel.ly: Easily create and share infographic stories
- Highcharts – Interactive JavaScript charts
- Infogr.am: Create infographics & online charts
- Piktochart” Infographic App & Presentation Tool
- Visual.ly: Infographics & Data Visualization
Image Storytelling Examples
- A Love Story in 22 Pictures
- The Feltron Report: Creating infographics out of life data
- Taylor Swift Lyrics and Henry the VIII : a clever meme mash up of new and old
- Illustrations That Altered History
- Pictory Magazine: Telling stories through photography
Audio Storytelling Tools
- DS3040audacitytutorial: In-class tutorial notes
- Overview of Audacity Interface Video 1
- Overview of Audacity Interface Video 2
- Quick Overview of Audacity Tools Video 1
- Tony Vincent Overview of Audacity Tools Video 2
- Overview of Audacity Tools
- How to create Podcasts on Audacity
- How to export an MP3 file from Audacity
- Step by step explanation of exporting wav. file to an MP3 in Audacity
- freesound.org: database of Creative Commons licensed sounds
- List of free sound effects sites
- Soundcloud: basically the YouTube of audio
- This American Life’s How to Make Radio
- 10 Tips for Using Sound in Multimedia
- Tools to Rip Audio from Video
Audio Storytelling Examples
- StoryCorps: Great ideas and examples of creating your own personal sound story
- Sound Portraits
- Sound Effects Story
- Abstract Sound Stories
Video Storytelling Tools
- Vimeo’s imovie tutorial
- 5 Tips for Video Rookies
- Vimeo’s Video Editing Basics
- Vimeo’s Video Shooting Basics
- Grammar of Video Editing
- How to Guide Your Audience: A Masterclass in Storytelling Through Editing
- Out of Order: Storytelling Techniques for Video Editing
- FlixMaster: Drag-and-drop Interactive Video Editor
- The Mad Video
- Popcorn Maker
- Kinomap: Video matched to interactive map
Video Storytelling Examples
- 20 of the Most Powerful Visual Storytelling Videos
- Seat 22 Trans-Siberian Odyssey
- Stock Footage Montage of Famous Films
- Music Video Repurpose
- Gan-Gan: A personal story of a grandmother
- Student Example of Video Essays
- The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Vlog
- Fairy Tale Friday: Daily Grace Vlog
- Top 100 Vlogs
Social Media Storytelling Tools
- Twitter Guide Book
- Background on Twitter Fiction
- Twitter Writing Prompts
- Language Use in Twitter
- How to Tweet Like a Pro
- Learning to Write on Twitter
- Twitter Poems
- How to Write a Twitter Novel
Social Media Storytelling Examples
- 3 Minute Stories
- 13 Examples of Twitter Fiction
- @ElliotHolt’s Twitter Fiction
- Story of Tweeting from the Zombie Apocalypse
- Story of a Proud Zombie Mom
Transmedia Storytelling Tools
- Interviews with Transmedia creators
- The Complete Guide to Transmedia Storytelling
- Fantastic Example of Transmedia Project: Make A Run For It
- Great Article on Transmedia and Learning Environments
- Example of 3 Little Pigs Transmedia Style
- Transmedia Story Example: Inanimatealice.com
- Overview Explanation of Transmedia
- Why Is Transmedia So Powerful?
- TED Talk on Transmedia
- The Future of Story TED Talk
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