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Elements of multimedia storytelling

Bjarke Calvin
September 21, 2012
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Elements of multimedia storytelling

A talk from the Noorderlich Photo Festival / Photostories in the Netherlands. The brief was to introduce some key elements of multimedia storytelling to a crowd of photographers and journalists who doesn't normally work with online media, and I only had half an hour.

Bjarke Calvin

September 21, 2012
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  1. THE 5 ELEMENTS STRUCTURE: LINEAR OR NON-LINEAR? ASSETS: PHOTO, VIDEO,

    AUDIO, TEXT, GRAPHICS DESIGN: VISUAL IDENTITY, LAYOUT TECHNOLOGY: HOW DO I BUILD IT? BUSINESS: HOW DO I FUND IT AND GET AN AUDIENCE?
  2. OBSERVATIONS: THE POWER OF THE DECISIVE MOMENT MAKES YOUR IMAGINATION

    FILL IN THE BLANKS CAN ILLUSTRATE SYMBOLIC ELEMENTS CAN CREATE BALANCE AND CALMNESS DON’T NEED TRANSLATION
  3. OBSERVATIONS: GOOD FOR DOCUMENTING FACTS GREAT FOR SHOWING REACTIONS AND

    EMOTIONS CAN TAKE AWAY THE IMAGINATION CAN ALSO WORK AS AN OVERALL DESIGN ELEMENT TAKES A LOT OF RESOURCES TO PRODUCE
  4. OBSERVATIONS: GREAT FOR SETTING THE MOOD CREATES RYTHM AND ACTS

    AS A MOTOR GOOD FOR FILLING IN VISUAL GAPS TIES SEGMENTS OF A STORY TOGETHER (SPEAKS) CAN WORK IN THE BACKGROUND
  5. OBSERVATIONS: GREAT FOR FACTUAL INFORMATION GREAT FOR IN DEPT EXPLANATIONS

    CAN BE USED AS A VISUAL BREAKER TAKES LITTLE RESOURCE TO PRODUCE
  6. STORY DESIGN: EXPOSES THE DNA OF THE STORY CREATES COHERENCE

    THROUGHOUT THE STORY HELPS THE USER GET TO THE RIGHT CONTENT
  7. -GET GOOD AT VIDEO EDITING -GET GOOD AT SOUND RECORDING

    AND EDITING -USE VIMEO OR YOUTUBE AS STARTING POINT LINEAR
  8. -LEARN SOME WEBSITE DESIGN PRINCIPLES -START MAKING PROTOTYPES IN KEYNOTE

    -GET A PROGRAMMER INVOLVED -WAIT FOR STORYPLANET TO LAUNCH NON-LINEAR
  9. IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE A LIVING OF CONTENT

    ALONE. BUT SOMETIMES 1.000 DEDICATED FANS IS ENOUGH. THE DILEMMA
  10. -THINK OF WAYS TO BUILD AN AUDIENCE -THINK OF DERIVATIVE

    SOURCES OF INCOME -EXPLORE GRANTS -DO IT AS A HOBBY -KEEP YOUR EXPENSES LOW -NEW WAYS OF FUNDRAISING ONLINE NON-LINEAR