new media stories | Digital Writing 101

UNDERSTANDING THE SYNOPSIS Overview To pitch a screenplay to a potential producer, the most important task the writer faces is preparing a synopsis. The purpose of a synopsis is to …

NOTE: This page refers primarily to using storyboards to create new media stories rather than the kind of personal narratives typically associated with the term “digital storytelling,” but you can …

QUOTES ON STORYTELLING “Telling weak stories with technology is like giving a bad guitar player a bigger amplifier.” “Writing is the primary tool used to plan and create a digital …

MULTIMEDIA STORY PLANNING “If you’re sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that’s entertaining you as you …

ABOUT LIVE VIDEO This approach refers to using a video camera to record a dramatization of a story drawn from personal experience, NOT to simply turning on the video camera …

ABOUT ANIMATION Animation is a technique for creating the illusion of live video using characters and scenery that are not in fact alive (i.e., inanimate). While live video is made …

THE BASICS Definition: recording what appears on your screen (after orchestrating a variety of actions to appear in web or desktop apps, like web browsers, social media apps, photo editing …

NOTE: The material below is from a syllabus page for my digital storytelling class. When I have time, I’ll rework this material into a stand alone help page, with more …

Most of these techniques work for stories in any format, but some are specific to stories that draw on both voice over and visuals USE TECHNIQUES FROM FICTION Below are …