Workshop Outline

Day 1    Introduction
Themes / Topics / Ideas / Process

A. STORYTELLING
Our life is a tapestry of stories. We not only weave our stories with the coloured thread that life brings us, but we weave our lives in communities. We will come together in a STORY CIRCLE where we tell and listen to one another. It is this community that will serve as a sounding board to help you pull your story together.

Some of you may be asking at this point, why personal stories.
Personal stories are the easiest and yet the most challenging to make. Many have expressed how putting their stories together has been one of the riches and most memorable experience of their lives. The skill sets involved are easily transferred to other kinds of stories. This workshop is Storytelling 101.

You will learn Seven Steps drawn from Capturing Lives, Creating Community by Joe Lambert.

You will see, express, and craft your story in multi-layers / multi-dimensions. What we don’t say is as important as what we do say. Telling our stories is an art. The Seven Steps are:

1. I’ve heard people say, “I don’t have a story.” We all have stories. What does it mean to own your story / insight
2. Stories have a way of connecting us when shared from the core of who we are with our spectrum of human expressions – tears, laughter, joy, pain.
3. What was the incident or the moment of revelation that triggered change?
4. What images come to mind as you think about your story? How does images convey layers of meaning? What do you see?
5. Your voice is like your fingerprint. How does voice, silence, sounds, music help tell your story? What do you hear?
6. How does structure, audio, visual come together in telling your story? How much do you tell and at what point do you tell it? In other words, how do you assemble your story?
7. Knowing who your story is for, why you are making it, and how you will present it will help you craft your story. Who is your audience?

After Story Circle, participants will work individually on their scripts and storyboarding. Facilitators and fellow participants serve as sounding boards and resources.

Day 2
B. DIGITAL
Preparing your computers. Organising your materials (images, music, sound).

Introduction to audio editing (Audacity)
Make your voice over

Introduction to video editing (Movie Maker)

Day 3 Morning – Complete movie
Afternoon – Everybody gets to watch movies!