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Category Archives: Composing Resources
What images can you use in your projects?
Although the info below refers specifically to images, the general concepts apply to all forms of digital media you plan to use in a project you’ll be posting on the …
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Narrative techniques for digital storytelling
Most of these techniques work for stories in any format, but some are specific to stories that draw on both voice over and visuals USE TECHNIQUES FROM FICTION Below are …
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Using storyboards to plan a digital composition project
If you’re planning to develop a project that conveys a message visually, whether it has an audio narration or not, the traditional method of outlining may not be sufficient for …
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A few notes on the importance of using planning strategies
(I wrote this handout to address the value of planning a written project, but the the principles apply equally well to the value of planning a digital composition project.) Sometimes …
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Web resources for digital storytellers
(I will continue to add links to this post as I come across them.) Most of the links below are to sites that might be helpful to students and others …
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Digital composition project ideas
Below you’ll find some of the most common approaches to digital composition projects, excluding digital storytelling, which I’ve covered elsewhere. (I also need to add audio essays to this page.) …
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Strategies for composing stand-alone presentations
(Some of the tips below, as well as some new ones, also appear in presentation format in my Presentation on Designing Rhetorically Effective Presentations.) Use Good Overall Structure A basic …
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Finding re-usable media for digital composition projects
To learn more about the general principles for re-usable media as well as how to find re-usable images in particular, see this more recent post: What images can you use …
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Strategies for composing photo essays
The following tips and strategies apply specifically to photo essays created in video editing apps like iMovie and MovieMaker. For instructions on how to apply the effects described below, browse …
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