Creating a digital story has been an interesting challenge for me. The first challenge I had to overcome was deciding which platforms to use. There are so many to choose from, I was debating using imovie, slideshare, or powerpoint. Then I had to figure out what I was going to use for audio recording, and how I was going to put it all together.
For the visual aspect of the story, I needed to decide what types of images I was going to use and how I wanted it to look. I wanted to use illustrations, but I am not an artist, so I needed to find one that was willing to let me use their work. I created an account on a website called “storybird,” (www.storybird.com) this is a website that creates a platform for you to write your own story. It has artwork that has been added by many different artists that have given their approval for the use of their artwork. This is how I found the inspiration for my story. Looking through the many photos I found some artwork of a leopard who looked like he might be a vegetarian. Because I am a vegetarian I felt a little bit of a connection with this funny leopard and his lifestyle choice. I gathered the photos together and from looking at the pictures I put together a story which I decided to write as a poem. Using storybird you can publish your story to their website, and buy a pdf file of your story. Also if you were interested you can buy a physical copy of your book that they will print and mail to you.
I needed to add music to my story, and after listening to a bunch of different songs on youtube, I landed on the song “Your Hand in Mine” by Explosions in the sky, which I then download on ITunes. In order to put the story and audio together to I put them into IMovie, using this program I was able to put the two together. Also in IMovie I was able to create my own narration recording. After several attempts at recording myself reading my story with several fumbles in my words, I decided to get my husband to give it a go. His recording was very clear and free or my word fumbles in one take, so I decided to use his recording. It took me a while to put the three together, getting the slides and the narration to line up and getting the right balance in both audio recordings.
But the end I was proud of what I came up with. My digital short story is about a vegetarian leopard who searches for friendship and acceptance of his lifestyle choices.
Check out my digital story:
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