My+Digital+Story

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As a part of my Multimedia and Video Technology course through Lamar University's Academic Partnership program, I was assigned the task of creating a personal digital story. I chose to use iMovie to help me tell my story, as that is a program with which I am somewhat familiar.====== 

My husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary last summer with a trip to Maui. Of course I had a plethora of photos from that vacation. But I needed to find a way to share the photos in a way that tells a personal story. And I didn't want a typical "About My Vacation" story. So I decided I'd use the photos I took and look at them with metaphors in mind. My husband even got in on this project by suggesting metaphors as well. We brainstormed ideas as I typed feverishly to keep up. This resulted in what I think is a pretty neat (if somewhat corny!) story about the ups and downs of a 20 year marriage. I created a storyboard of sorts by creating a 4-column table. The first cell was for my dialog, and I inserted the corresponding photo into the second cell. I continued the process so there was a pattern of dialog, photo, dialog, photo, etc. I was able to move photos and add columns and rows as needed.

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Being familiar with iMovie made this process pretty easy. I knew how to upload photos. I enjoyed searching through iTunes to find the perfect song. But I was less experienced with adding new music and adding my voiceover. I found the help menu to be quite helpful in getting directions for how to do those things.======