Digital+Story

Below is my digital story: A Day in The Life of a Hunter. The story is based on my fiance, Ricky, and his love for hunting. It is the opening day of deer season and the beginning of a three month sport. Ricky is extremely excited and learns to find more excitement when a mouse is found in his tree stand. You will have to watch the rest of the movie to see what happens!

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When beginning my digital story, I found myself extremely nervous. My technology skills have always been low and knowing I was going to make my very own video made me nervous. I decided to use the PhotoStory technology to create my movie because it was new and would force me to expand on some high tech skills. Through PhotoStory, I was able to create my very own movie, through easy steps. The software seemed to be made just for me, well not intentionally, but it was definitely user friendly. First, I was asked to place the pictures for my movie in order. Then I was allowed to edit, crop, brighten, and adjust the movie focus points. Adjusting the movie focus points was new and exciting. I was able to adjust how I wanted the camera to view (zoom in and out) on my pictures. This was very cool. Each time I finished a stage, I simply clicked the next button and PhotoStory would explain what to do. Adding audio was my favorite part. I simply clicked on the picture and added the audio I wanted for that particular picture. Through the basic, user friendly software I was able to create, edit, add audio, and adjust viewings completely by myself, for the first time ever! I believe, if it would not have been for the user friendly software, this digital story would have easily become a nightmare. The software allowed for me to feel confident in my technology skills. By allowing me to place my photos in the order I wanted, edit and adjust focus points, and add audio in small steps enabled me to finish the assignment. ======

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Also, through the inspiration software, I was able to create the story board of my story. This was a great tool to allow my creativity to flow and visualize how my digital story would ultimately play out. The inspiration document allowed me to start from the beginning of my story and write out what I wanted to say and have happen. It allowed for a great brain thinking process, without getting overwhelmed by making a digital video with no notes. In my future classroom, I look forward to incorporating the inspiration software. I feel without the software, my video would have been cluttered and not well thought out. Overall, I am happy with my finished product of A Day in the Life of A Hunter! ======

Here is a link to my inspiration file:

Here is a link to a word document with all of my picture sources: