BBC Wales' Digital Storytelling Guide

Resource Description

In 2009, the Digital Storytelling team at BBC Cymru Wales assembled a comprehensive “how-to” guide for both individuals making their own digital story collections, and facilitators helping others to make theirs that cover the technical, editorial, and storytelling facets of the process. The Storytelling Team recommends a clear format for a successful Digital Story: 250 words, a dozen or so pictures, and two minutes is the right length.

An outline of BBC’s Digital Storytelling Guide follows:

• Introduction
• The Ideal Digital Storytelling Venue
• Briefing Participants
• Finding the Story
• Getting the Story Down on Paper
• Refining and Completing the Story
• Tips on Publishing your Story
• Any List for Digital Storytellers
• Equipment checklist
• Ten things to show someone who has never used a computer before
• Taking Digital Photos
• Audio and Voice Recording for Digital Storytelling
• How to Edit your Digital Story
• Sharing Digital Stories