Digital Storytelling week 5 B

I am still quite sure as to the method of a digital story, exactly how it is protrayed. The points made in the article are very important, however, in that stories have key elements that need to have addressed to make them catch the attention of the reading.

The articles point out six elements for digital storytelling. The first one is, Living in your story, which is told in the first person. I am reading a book currently, and I have to say I really like it. I have read other books told in the first person, and I find them almost more interesting than books told as an unfolding story narrative.  The second element is an unfolding lesson learned type of storytelling. This type of writing reveals lessons learned from a personal point of view, a situation or life lesson someone has experienced.  The article states that this type of storytelling should be revealed either implicitly with media or explicitly using words. Another type of storytelling is developing creative tension. In this type of digital storytelling some type of situation has to be addressed, solved or some conclusion needs to come to end. Its a type of storytelling that should keep readings on their edge of their seats. The next one is economizing the story told, which true to the name is a type of storytelling that is told in about 3 to 5 minutes. Its quick and to the point. It does not take out the true essence of the storying however, just uses fewer key words and images to tell the story and point.  Showing not telling storytelling does not tell in a traditional way, instead it uses visual images, sound and music to tell the story, in addition to giving the reading all the visual cues needed to see the story unfold. The last element is developing craftsmanship. Now this method from what I can understand uses all types of media, especially sound effects with an emphasis on design and animation.

I am still a little unclear as to how this all works, but one thing is clear, the avenues for telling stories is broadening, and with our creative up and coming generation, they will surely make excellent use of all these methods in telling and retelling stories.