Digital+Storytelling+Project+AM

=Gone Sailing= I have created a digital story about my experience sailing over spring break. I recorded my written script on Evoca and combined it with the picture presentation I put together. I had to line up my recording for each picture, which was very difficult for me because I have never used imovie before. After I assembled my story in imovie, I started to play around with the effects. I wanted to make my pictures move so I decided to try to master the Ken Burns effect. Using this effect made my still pictures come to life by incorporating motion in, out, and across my picture. It took me awhile to figure out how to zoom in and out of pictures and to change the speed of the zoom, but I got the hang of it. My favorite slide with the Ken Burns effect is my coastline picture. I used this effect to make it look as if my viewers were actually sailing in the ocean along the coastline. I learned that not only could I zoom in and out of pictures, but I could also focus movement on one side of my picture move to the other side. The Ken Burns effect made my still picture move, which made my digital story more interesting to watch. Without using this effect, my presentation would have just looked like a slide show rather than a story. I also think that using the Ken Burns effect in my presentation draws and keeps my viewers attention. I can pull my viewer in to specific parts of my pictures as I talk about them. For example, when I talked about the interior of the sailboat and how it was a lot bigger than I thought it would be, I used the Ken Burns effect to make it appear larger. At the beginning of the clip, the picture is zoomed in, but as started narrating, my picture slowly zooms outward. This makes my picture grow larger, which emphasizes the amount of room inside the sailboat. Using this effect made my digital story come to life by making my pictures move. This makes my story more movie-like and interesting to watch. I really hope that you like what I have done with my story by adding this effect.

media type="custom" key="5913119" All of the pictures in this digital story were taken by me, Alexandria Mitchell in Ft. Myers, Florida.