Digital+Storytelling

Create a digital story using Photo Story and your cinmatic writing techniques. Here's how:
 * Find some photographs ( National Geographic is great for this, especially their photo of the day; or CNN).
 * Right click and save your pictures to a folder.
 * Open PhotoStory
 * Import your pictures
 * Arrange them in the story board in the order you want
 * Write (you'll need to do this in Word or on paper first) the picture from the cinematic angle shot you choose.
 * Go back into PhotoStory and select the effects (the Zoom and angle you want for each picture).
 * Options: write the cinematic angle text on each image in your story OR click on the narrate button and type in the narration. You can go back and do a voice over later.


 * Zoom Lens**: Zoom in on nouns and verbs. Make your nouns precise.
 * Layering**: Layer in brushstrokes.

Writing from Different Cinematic Angles
 * **Aerial View/Long Shot**
 * **Establishing Shot**: Set the mood, stand back, and "capture the setting" by describing the stage on which the scene takes place.
 * **Middle Distance**: Move in to show the action and the key players.
 * **Close-Up**: Close in on the subject so the reader can see the full range of emotions.
 * **Extreme Close-Up**: Close in on something that might be missed from a distance.