So here it is, our last session of 2020, in which we take a whistle-stop tour of techniques and prompts used over the last 6 weeks and apply them to the creation of a Christmas/seasonal message! Combine the piece you produce from this tutorial with Laura's challenge to take footage of your Christmas, and you … Continue reading Building your writing muscles – Christmas Special
Author: Kirsten Luckins
Poet, performer, creative producer, creative practitioner. Artistic director Tees Women Poets. Writer-in-residence - Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (2019-20)
Facilitator - Celebrating Change community digital storytelling project (2018-2020)
Publications - The Trouble With Compassion (Burning Eye Books, 2016); Utterly Otterly (Bx3, 2018)
Theatre shows - The Moon Cannot Be Stolen (2014), The Trouble With Compassion (2016)
Digital basics #6 – adding a soundtrack
In our final intro session of 2020, our films are nearly finished. All that's needed is a soundtrack! Laura shows you how to add music from the iMovies audio library, and how to fade it in and out. If you've been following along with these tutorials, we'd love to see your work on our Facebook … Continue reading Digital basics #6 – adding a soundtrack
Building your writing muscles #6 – the power of lists
Take a look at our penultimate writing session of 2020 as we use lists to order our thoughts about different aspects of our life - the beginning of editing! https://videopress.com/v/HODi3ojR?preloadContent=metadata
Digital basics #5 – adding voiceovers
In this session, Laura will lead us through recording a voiceover directly onto your iPad, and then how to trim and re-position it in order to get the words aligning with your chosen images. https://videopress.com/v/gnIUSXzG?preloadContent=metadata
Building your writing muscles #5 – in which we reply to Mary Oliver
Use this tutorial video to inspire a series of short free-writes inspired by lines from the famous poem Wild Geese, which contains within it ideas of goodness, guilt, repentance, the physical body, and our relationship with nature. https://videopress.com/v/OkU2VCkI?preloadContent=metadata
Digital basics #4 – trimming clips and adding Titles
Moving forward with our iMovie using three video clips, we now add a line of text for each clip. We're using lines on the past, present and future, which we generated in the very first writing session. https://videopress.com/v/P2fdaII5?preloadContent=metadata
Building your writing muscles #4 -life story of an object
For this week's writing session, please grab an object that you can write about - heirloom, keepsake, gift - and follow along with our free-writing instructions! https://videopress.com/v/I1KzQk0t?preloadContent=metadata
Digital basics #3 – how to start a movie project in iMovie
In this session, we open the iMovie app and learn how to create a new project. We learn what each area of the editing screen is called and what it does, how to insert a video clip onto the timeline for editing, and how to delete it off again. We also learn what a playhead … Continue reading Digital basics #3 – how to start a movie project in iMovie
Building your writing muscles #3 – significant songs
In this session, you'll need a special song to listen to while you write - something that has significance to you. https://videopress.com/v/nBEAORyt?preloadContent=metadata
Digital basics #2 – close-up, static and panning shots
In this session, Laura explains about some different kinds of film shots, and we go in search of patterns around the home to use in some experimental filming. https://videopress.com/v/b0QOLRjz?preloadContent=metadata
Building your writing muscles #2 – interrupted free write
Hi all! Here's a captioned video of our second writing session, where we used an "interrupted free-write" to stretch our ability to keep our writing flowing. Have a go, and see where it takes you... https://videopress.com/v/WDtDVjgK?preloadContent=metadata
Digital Basics #1 – iPads for absolute beginners
What is a digital story? Switching on and charging your iPad What is an app? https://videopress.com/v/xfxxVkLT?preloadContent=metadata Entering a passcode (Celebrating Change core participants only) What is an app? Swiping between screens https://videopress.com/v/89FBfSbA?preloadContent=metadata Turning the Camera app on and off How to close down all your apps if something isn't responding Taking photos and video The … Continue reading Digital Basics #1 – iPads for absolute beginners
