Digital+Story

=__Digital Storytelling__=

This digital story is one that I feel very proud of. It is about my Jr. and Sr. year in High School at Penn Yan Academy. For the people that know me, they will be the first to tell you that I do not get overly emotional in my expressions of enjoyment and having fun. That is not to say that I am not having fun or enjoying myself to the fullest, but rather my demeanor as a laid back, calm, cool and collected human being. In doing the research about digital stories, I found that a lot of the stories were sad and about something that people had missed, lost or loved ones that had passed away. In my life, I have not really had any of those things happen to me.

I wanted to create something that was more positive, from my life. That is why I made this story of my life in high school. There are a few different "chapters" to it, if you want to see it that way. My life had pretty much three different facets to it. There was sports, school and then family and friends. That is how I broke up my story. The three different parts are separated out into the different sections. It may seem as though I do not put an exuberant amount of emotion into the feeling of the different sections, but that just is not me. I am very laid back and do not get super emotional. The words are what mean something, not necessarily how they are said. It is better to make something that suits your personality and way you live your life then to create something that is fake and not really who you are. With that being said, here is my video that is about my Jr. and Sr. year of High School and it is true when I say or the song says that during those years, "That I had the time of my life!"

[|Here is the Direct Link to the Memories of My High School Years]

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__Sound Clips used__

Coach Speech from the video [|The Boys of Fall] by Kenny Chesney on youtube. Brief clip from the song Time of My Life from the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack from my iTunes. Radio commentary from the WFLR Broadcast of Penn Yan Varsity Boys Basketball sectional game vs Attica. Video Clip used is from the original news broadcast that I was given a VCR tape of by 13WHAM News. Sound Loops used are from the built in loops in iMovie. Photos are all taken by either myself, my mother or father at the variety of events in my Jr/Sr years of high school.

As an added bonus, this is a digital story that I created that doesn't use any of my voice. It speaks for itself in the way that the video is portrayed and the effects that are used. It is about my cousin that has been training for months now in an MMA gym and this is her first boxing match. She had never been in a real match before and this is the story of the night of her first match. She may not have won, but what made this special is that she got in the ring and was ready for the fight. She was braver than any of us in the crowd and she has to be given respect for that. Enjoy!

[|Here is the link to the youtube video]

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