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  • ExpandIntroduction
    • ExpandPrerequisite skills and necessary equipment
      • There are no prerequisite skills or knowledge need...
      • Glossary
    • Expand1. Food and Storytelling
      • To live well and fulfilled lives, we need to feel ...
      • Activity: Storytellers in your life (10 minutes)Ta...
      • As humans, we navigate our internal and external w...
      • Activity: Exploring what is meant by ‘food’ (10 mi...
      • Click the book icon below to read the main part of...
      • The connection between food and storytelling
      • Optional Activity (45 min): "Humanizing the food system with real food real stories""
      • Share your thoughts on the role of storytelling in this forum (10 minutes)
      • Communities in your life
      • Community Resilience
      • Community food growing for a flourishing futureIn ...
      • Activity (15 minutes): Exploring ingredients to co...
      • We know that given all the dark things currently g...
    • Expand2. How to create visual stories about community flourishing
      • Creating visual stories is a messy, cyclical proce...
      • Click the book icon below to read the part on diff...
      • Visual storytelling methods
      • A process for visual storytellingWe will show you ...
      • Click the book icon below to read the part in this...
      • A process for visual storytelling
      • In the next sections we are going to introduce you...
      • Narrative arcs
    • Expand3. Concepts and techniques for producing visual digital stories
      • Before diving into designing your own digital stor...
      • 3.1. FramingLet’s start by talking about how to fr...
      • 3.2. Shooting a steady videoThe best way to shoot ...
      • In addition to the overall frame, it’s also import...
      • 3.3. Lighting your videosChoosing the right lighti...
      • 3.4. Shots - Scenes - Sequence - FilmNow that you ...
      • 3.5. A-Roll and B-RollNow that you know a little b...
      • 3.6. Planning your video using textAll stories sta...
      • 3.7. Planning your video using a storyboardStorybo...
      • 3.8. The importance of sound in your videoUsing a ...
      • 3.9. VoiceoverAnother way to use a recorded text a...
    • Expand4. Designing a story
      • Using the tools you learned about in the previous ...
      • 1. Identifying the story: Identify a radically hop...
    • Expand5. Ethics, Consent and Copyright
      • For other participants, ensure that the objectives...
      • 5.1. EthicsWhen creating digital stories that incl...
      • 5.2. ConsentFree, prior and informed consent is a ...
      • 5.3. CopyrightCopyright is a mechanism to protect ...
      • Reflection (5 minutes)What did you imagine under t...
    • Expand6. Capturing and editing your story
      • 1. Capture the main track of your video: The narra...
      • Practice activity (2 hours)Try to create a 2 minut...
    • Expand 7. Sharing digital stories
      • One of the most important elements of creating dig...
      • Activity (20 minutes)Shoot a brief video on your p...
    • Expand8. Editing
      • Editing is an important step in the digital storyt...
      • The apps we recommend for editing digital stories ...
      • More advanced video editing course
    • Expand9. Dissemination and Impact
      • So, you have created your powerful video…and now w...
      • Showcasing your videosSocial MediaVideo is the bes...
      • Community eventsA video screening is a great excus...
      • Video-mediated dialogueVideo-mediated dialogue is ...
      • Planning and measuring impactLet’s now focus on ho...
      • Showcasing your videos
    • ExpandConclusion
      • As the global Covid-19 pandemic has shown, the fut...
    • ExpandMore advanced content and further reading
      • More background information and examples for commu...
      • PDF Version of this online course
    • ExpandContributors
      • Julia Jung, Andrea Berardi, Claudia Nuzzo, Les Lev...
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