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Digital Storytelling: Tools, Platforms and Tutorials

Digital storytelling is the process of telling a story using video, images, audio, music, geospatial applications, and any other digital media.

Script Writing and Storyboarding

Digital Storytelling and the Writing Process by Frank Guttler

In the section “The Writing Process & The Filmmaking Process Aligned” and especially in the two charts it contains, the author does an excellent job of outlining the differences between the script writing process and other kinds of writing.

Script Writing 101

Just the essentials, but it covers more than writing and includes a useful alternative to storyboarding using Excel.

Storyboard Template

Using your script as a guide visually diagram the timeline and pairing of media elements

Other commonly used tools to create storyboards are PowerPoint and JamBoard

Capturing Visual and Audio Elements

Begin creating and gathering visual and audio elements that will help tell your story.

An introduction to effectively capturing video content.

 

A basic introduction to capturing and editing audio content with Audacity. 

Video Editing Resources

Video Editing Tools at Miami

Commercial Video Editing Tools

  • WeVideo

    WeVideo is a cloud-based video editor, which is designed to be powerful and yet easy to use, since it is designed with the needs of schools and students in mind. It is available in paid and free versions. Its free version will export only 480p videos, and will export only 5 minutes of finished video per month.

  • Descript

    Descript began as an audio transcription tool, and it is especially good at generating transcripts and captions for video and audio content, and for use in podcasting and other voice-heavy applications.

  • DaVinci Resolve

    DaVinci Resolve is a powerful tool for video editing and advanced color correction. Its free version has a steeper learning curve than some, and requires a computer with sufficient memory and a good graphics processor.

  • HitFilm Express

    HitFilm Express is a free version of HitFilm. HitFilm express is a relatively easy to use video editor.

  • LightWorks 

  • iMovie

    For Mac users, iMovie, free a video editing tool from Apple offers a good combination of power and ease-of-use.

Source: Video Editing Tools: Miami Resources, courtesy of Mark Dahlquist

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Source: Video Editing Tools: Miami Resources, courtesy of Mark Dahlquist