Skidmore+Storytelling

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=Making / Telling Stories That Matter= Skidmore College, March 18, 2014

Maybe it goes back to cave paintings, maybe as humans we are wired for it, and maybe some of the magic of stories is that we cannot quantify them inside a neat definition. Our bodies react to a powerful story, a surprising story, a story that resonates with our own experiences. We can make better use of stories when we also practice listening, observing, retelling, experimenting, and practicing and practicing. Recipes do not work to make good stories, but I can share much of my own experience in creating and teaching what we call web-based storytelling. Through examples, experiences, and activities, I hope you can walk away from this session with new ideas to use in your own narrative and creative acts. Storytelling is about performance; Storymaking is what goes into creating a story to be told. We need both. And did you notice the lack of any mention of technology? It will be there!



Web Sites Mentioned (and then some)

 * JJ Abrams Mystery Box http://youtu.be/vpjVgF5JDq8
 * Once Upon a Time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_upon_a_time
 * "Knock" by Frederick Brown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_(short_story)
 * If we don't Remember me (Fight Club scene) http://iwdrm.tumblr.com/post/12284715341
 * Keychain, Retelling, and Getting to the Heart of Stories http://cogdogblog.com/2013/06/03/heart-of-stories/
 * Movies Grab Your Attention Monster's University Trailer http://youtu.be/ODePHkWSg-U
 * A science experiment told in cinematic story form http://youtu.be/9_LLj4_3ZRA
 * The Hook-- Lost Flash Drive - Remixed then Returned http://youtu.be/IG1ZkW_u_Bw
 * The Hook-- This American Life: EPISODE 206 Somewhere in the Arabian Sea http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/206/somewhere-in-the-arabian-sea
 * The Story Spine: Pixar’s 4th Rule of Storytelling http://aerogrammestudio.com/2013/03/22/the-story-spine-pixars-4th-rule-of-storytelling/
 * The Story Spine by Kenn Adams http://aerogrammestudio.com/2013/06/05/back-to-the-story-spine/
 * The Shape of Stories by Kurt Vonnegut http://youtu.be/oP3c1h8v2ZQ
 * Paul Zak: Empathy, Neurochemistry, and Dramatic Arc http://youtu.be/DHeqQAKHh3M
 * Randy Olson: Don't Be Such a Scientist http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Be-Such-Scientist-Substance/dp/1597265632
 * Cinematic Storytelling (The 200 Most powerful film conventions every filmmaker must know) http://www.cinematicstorytelling.com/
 * Suspension of Disbelief Samuel Taylor Coleridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief
 * Suspension of Disbelief Troy Library: Book Burning Party http://youtu.be/AoT13m8-Kxo
 * Responses of Monkey Dopamine Neurons to Reward and Conditioned Stimuli during Successive Steps of Learning a Delayed Response Task http://www.jneurosci.org/content/13/3/900.full.pdf
 * Show/Don't Tell Jaws Dinner scene http://youtu.be/04mIMg4PTO8
 * Emphasize by removing background audio Sherry Turkle (TED Radio Hour) http://www.npr.org/2013/08/16/172988165/are-we-plugged-in-connected-but-alone
 * Rich digital storytelling created in layers- Radiolab behind the scenes https://vimeo.com/66583939
 * Ira Glass Manifesto http://transom.org/2004/ira-glass-part-1/
 * This American Life http://thisamericanlife.org
 * John Grierson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grierson
 * Mock Documentary The Majestic Plastic Bag http://youtu.be/GLgh9h2ePYw
 * Documentarian Ken Burns on "Ken Burns Effect" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeqlHmhio4s
 * Ken Burns Effect on the Ken Burns Effect http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MogiGvxnHkE
 * NBC News St Peters Square 2005 vs 2013 http://instagram.com/p/W2FCksR9-e/
 * The People Formerly Known as the Audience (Jay Rosen 2006) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-rosen/the-people-formerly-known_1_b_24113.html
 * Inside the Story Magazine http://www.insidethestory.org/
 * 50 Things to Know about Factual Storytelling http://storify.com/martincouzins/story50-50-things-to-know-about-factual-storytell
 * Danat Atchley http://nextexit.com/
 * 50+ Web Ways to Tell a Story http://50ways.wikispaces.com/
 * Web 2.0 Storytelling: Emergence of a New Genre http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/web-20-storytelling-emergence-new-genre
 * Five Card Flickr Stories http://5card.cogdogblog.com
 * pechaflickr http://pechaflickr.cogdogblog.com
 * DS106 Open Digital Storytelling Course http://ds106.us
 * DS106 Goes to Work (open course with GMU) http://ds106.us/tag/gmuspr14
 * DS106 Open Assignment Bank http://assignments.ds106.us
 * DS106 aAsignment Bank as Wordpress Theme http://bank.ds106.us/
 * DS106 Daily Create Today's http://tdc.ds106.us/

Web Documentary Examples

 * A Journal of Insomnia
 * Bear 71
 * Big Stories Small Towns
 * Black Gold Boom
 * Bob Dylan: Like a Rolling Stone
 * Epic True Stories
 * Escape from Tomorrow
 * Gaza Sderot
 * Happy
 * Hollow
 * Interlude
 * Killing Lincoln
 * Leviathan
 * Lost and Found
 * Medium
 * Narratively
 * Prison Valley
 * #6SECFILMS
 * Snowfall
 * Thanatorma
 * The Gun Show
 * The Wilderness Downtown
 * Touchcast
 * Dadaab Stories
 * A Game of Shark and Minnow
 * GeetasWorld
 * The Last Hijack
 * The Last Hunt
 * The Most Northern Place
 * One in Eight Million
 * #6SECFILMS Competition
 * Searching for Sugar Man
 * Syria: Songs of Defiance
 * A Short History of the Highrise
 * Waterlife
 * Your Hospital May Be Dangerous to Your Health