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Digital Storytelling Michelle Shapiro, The TOPS Program Shelia Jackson, The TOPS Program Peggy Koniz-Booher, SPRING Kristiana Beall, SPRNG TOPS FSN Networks Asia Regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting March 4, 2015 1

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Why use a video to communicate behavior change and education? • Make complex issues easier to understand • Context along with facts • Emotional connections • Reach a wider audience • Share and capture knowledge 3

Planning a video: Pre-production • Objective • Assign roles • End product • Script • Storyboarding • Location and actors 4

Planning a video: Production and Post-production • Shoot • Edit • Distribute 5

A Storyboard Is... A written and graphical representation of all elements included in the video. 6

A Storyboard Includes... • • What will appear on the Music, songs, sounds Sketch of what • screen (picture, clip, Pictures, graphics, happens at this graphic) diagrams point in the story • • What listeners will hear Video clip • (music, narrative, sounds) Text, titles Write out or describe the narrative – who is talking and what they are saying. Source: www.jasonohler.com 7

Storyboard Example: • Background music • Basanti walks toward the • Video clip of Basanti camera, holding a walking container • Audio clip of Basanti • Background music plays talking • Basanti speaks • Subtitles BASANTI: My name is Basanti Majhi. • Background music • Basanti puts her child on • Video clip of Basanti her lap walking • Background music plays • Audio clip of Basanti • Basanti speaks talking • Subtitles BASANTI: I do agricultural work. Source: www.jasonohler.com 8

Storyboarding Considerations • What are the needs of the beneficiaries? • Are the characters/actors relatable? • Is the situation relatable? • Are the solutions realistic? • Are you aware of important cultural norms? 9

Now it’s your turn! In small groups... 1. Decide on a topic (1 minute) • Handwashing • Storage of food commodities • HIV testing at a health clinic 2. Assign Roles (1 minute) • Director • Writer • Videographer 3. Brainstorm & Outline (6 minutes) 4. Storyboard (10 minutes) 10

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Filming Considerations • Lighting • Sound • Stability • Variation 19

Editing Free or Low-cost Video Editing Programs: • Windows Movie Maker • Apple iMovie • Lightworks 20