GoCreat Workshop on DST

Today, May 26, GoCreat begins a 5-day workshop on Digital Storytelling (see brochure). We have 5 very enthusiastic participants with varying backgrounds, all raring to go! Among us we have, a journalist, an artist, two MA students of Sociology and one 14-year old student of std 9.



Alito started the participants off with an introduction to the concept of DST and the film "Mom Not Mom" was screened (watch the film on the Digital Storytelling Center website).



The participants then expressed their feelings after viewing the film using crayon on paper. And boy, did we get variety!


- Pamela


- Joseph


- Milan


- Nileema


- Preeti


- Alito


- Gasper

Next everyone got hands on experience in basic photo editing using the free Google software - Picasa.

By the end of the day, participants put together their first draft story in about 250 words. They then evaluated their own stories using the Seven Principles of Storytelling. This is the story they will be working on, over the next 5 days, converting it into a DST.



The current DST workshop is a followup of our experiences working with the Siolim Diaries project viewed at: siolimdiaries.blogspot.com.