There are still places for both Railway and Broadcast Engineers on the Digital Storytelling workshops in York and Bradford.
National Railway Museum workshop starts on Wednesday Feb 4th in York
National Media Museum workshop starts on Monday Feb 9th in Bradford
Places are free but have to be booked. Contact Dr Zoe Stec L.Z.Stec@salford.ac.uk
The new iMovie ‘09 appears to have the same serious limitation on using stills as the previous version. Drag a still into the project and it’s duration is set by default to 4 seconds. In any other video editing software changing the duration is just a matter of dragging the end of the clip to the right place on the timeline. In the new iMovie you have to click on a tiny icon and enter the duration from the keyboard in seconds (no frames as in iMovie 6 HD). A matter of trial and error in equal quantities.
I found out about this from the Apple iMovie ‘09 tutorial so I have posted a question on the iMovie ‘09 discussion on the Apple Site to see if anyone had discovered a workaround. In the meantime I’ll be using version 6 HD, which I am assured does work after iLife ‘09 has been installed.
iLife ‘09 was released today. It was also the day that the free download page for iMovie HD 6 was removed.
Apple allowed users to download the earlier version because iMovie 08 was such a radical change that many users were left without some essential functions – timeline editing to name just one.
I can only assume that because iMovie ‘09 has more functions Apple thinks that the old application is no longer needed. What they will have failed to take into account is the way that Digital Storytellers use iMovie using a narrated voice track and still images compiled on a timeline. Even if ‘09 is capable it will take time for workshop leaders like myself to devise new workflows and update their user manuals.
It seems that iMovie HD is still on the Apple Support servers and can be downloaded by following this link. iMovie HD So get your copy now and keep it somewhere safe. You may still need it for a while yet – you may even prefer it.
Story first seen on MacRumours.com
Social Media: KQED offers free storytelling workshops.
If you’re in California this is an offer you can’t refuse. Click above for the details.
The second digital storytelling workshop for engineers to tell their own stories has been scheduled for the National Media Museum in Bradford. It is essentially for Broadcast Engineers to talk about the events and inspiration that led them into their career. The workshop takes place on three consecutive Mondays. February 9th, 16th and 23rd 2009. Participants need to be able to attend all three days.
The aim is to raise public awareness of what engineers do and what motivates them and to insprie young people to consider the profession.
The workshops are funded by an award from the Royal Academy of Engineering to the Universities of Salford and Southampton. Places on the workshop are free but must be booked in advance. You can download a flyer here and find more information on the digistories website
You can watch stories told by acoustics engineers in a pilot workshop to give you an idea of the style of these digital stories.
For more details and a booking form contact Dr Zoe Stec. L.Z.Stec@salford.ac.uk
Become a fan of the London Transport Museum
Head over to Facebook and watch this series of digital stories – memories of using London Transport
Last year I trained 5 people from the Museum at the depot in Acton. We had a great time and they told some fascinating personal stories in the process of learning the techniques of digital storytelling.
Now – here they are – a batch of digital stories from one of their own workshops. Well done all of you.
Digital Storytelling
Ingenious Workshops
The first workshops funded by the Ingenious Fund of the Royal Society of Engineering have been scheduled.
The first is for Railway Engineers at the National Railway Museum in York. The digital storytelling workshop will be held at the museum on three Wednesdays. February 4th & 11th with a final day on March 4th.
The workshop is free and open to professional railway engineers with a story to tell. It’s hoped the stories will raise public awareness of the work of engineers and inspire a new generation of professionals to consider the career. Download a flyer here.
The second is for Broadcast Engineers at the National Media Museum in Bradford on three Mondays. February 9th, 16th and 23rd.
The third is to be held in Southampton on March 31st, April 21st &28th. More details soon.
The completed stories will be displayed at Science and Engineering Fairs and considered by the BBC for publication on their websites.
I am running these workshops in partnership with the University of Salford and the University of Southampton.
For more details and a booking form contact Dr Zoe Stec. L.Z.Stec@salford.ac.uk
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