Archive for April, 2009

Obidos Digital Storytelling Conference

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Obidos Digital Storytelling Conference.

Details are now available for an International Digital Storytelling Conference – also in June 2009.

This one is in Portugal and is being promoted as the follow up to the last international conference in Cardiff in 2003.

I am unable to be in Lisbon for this conference as I am fully booked up in June to run workshops here in England.

So if you are up for the DS4 Festival in Aberystwyth followed by a conference in Lisbon the details are here.

10 Things Every Final Cut Pro User Should Know | Mac|Life

Friday, April 24th, 2009

10 Things Every Final Cut Pro User Should Know | Mac|Life.

A really useful basic user guide presented in a series of video tutorials.

DS4 – Aberystwyth

Monday, April 20th, 2009

It’s time to enrol for the Digital Storytelling Festival in Aberystwyth. The date for this year is 17th June 2009 at the Arts Centre on the campus of the University of Wales. It’s always good value and if you’re travelling you can stay overnight on the campus for a very reasonable rate.
There’s more information here
Sadly I can’t be there this year as I’m running a workshop in Dorset on that date.

Final Cutters – win software

Monday, April 20th, 2009
Final Cutters

Final Cutters

A useful site for editors and storytellers using Apple’s Final Cut and to tempt you to visit there’s a software prize on offer too.

Engenious Stories – Presentation

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

This is the presentation explaining the Engenious Digital Storytelling Workshops

It’s in three parts

(Please note that the Salford workshop will now be held on May 7th, 14th and 21st and not t as indicated in this presentation)

Part 1 What is Digital Storytelling?

Part 2 How does Digital Storytelling work?

Part 3 How do you prepare?

The EWB workshop will also be held in Salford be held in Birmingham

To enrol for either workshop contact Dr Zoe Stec L.Z.Stec@salford.ac.uk

Free Final Cut plugin: Lower Third

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

If you’re a Final Cut user (Express or Pro) this plugin is free and very handy.

It produces a result like this:

Lower thirds captioning

Lower thirds captioning

Graduate Engineers – free workshop in Salford

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

The next digistories workshop in the North of England is in Salford on three Thursdays: April 30th, May 7th & 14th. It’s for graduate engineers – part of the Engenious Stories programme.

Places are free but have to be booked. Contact Dr Zoe Stec L.Z.Stec@salford.ac.uk