What are photostories?
Photostory is a free Microsoft download that allows composers to create slideshows that are embedded with digital photographics, internet graphics, text captions, music, video, and sound. Microsoft Photo Story is a free application that allows users to create a show and tell presentation from their digital photos. [1] The software uses the Ken Burns Effect on digital photos and allows adding narration, effects, transitions and background music to create a Windows Media Video movie file with pan and zoom effects http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_Story
Similar to Powerpoint in its appearance due to slides in sequence, Photostory is easily compatible with the web. Photostories can be uploaded to websites like YouTube. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx
Teacher sample photostories
The first photostory I created was a narration that modeled ways students could translate the themes in Ibsen's Ghosts to contemporary society.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjMQV26ZMdg
The second photostory I created was a lesson about the "Grammar of film" which helped students to gain interpretive tools for application to viewing Inherit the Wind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmicZQeYFpM
Student sample photostories
Several students combined keen observation of metaphors into their film trailers for Inherit the Wind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1NNw4pL9rs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpNh1Cuf6ws
Ella's voiceover narration gave her Heart of Darkness photostory an authentic documentary feel.
www.youtube.com/emmalatham
One student used a platform that combined music [sound and lyrics] into analysis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfqXK0WIa6U
One student used another platform called Photobucket to post her project on the web.
http://s712.photobucket.com/albums/ww123/heartofdarkness/Heart%20of%20Darkness/
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