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28 August 2007 @ 07:47 am
Sharing our stories  

linda and Elizabeth
Originally uploaded by womensnet_gallery

Linda listens while Elizabeth shares her story during our story circle. We are now in day 3 of our workshop. Today we start building our stories and putting the voice track with the images.

 
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28 August 2007 @ 07:50 am
Eunice does tai chi  

Eunice does tai chi
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The workshop is not all work! We learnt some tai chi exercises to clear the mind, centre the heart and stretch our bodies.

 
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went_07
28 August 2007 @ 11:28 am
Busier than the bees  
After just about three days, it is amazing how we have all adjusted to Durban and to the new software. 
Just finished listening to my voice over, and yes it is so totally my voice. No doubts about that. :-D
I am excited to be here, excited to be learning so much, excited to produce my own digital story. I can't wait to see the end result of all the stories and mostly to the voice overs... 

Looking forward to the beach, but mostly the shopping mall and stores this afternoon. 
Posted by Elizabeth
 
 
Current Mood: creative
 
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went_07
28 August 2007 @ 11:47 am
Making stories into real things....  
Yesterday i got totally obsessed with making images do things and transform in Photoshop... wow. I could have gone shopping but didnt! Retail therapy will have to wait... too busy playing.

Today feels like the crunch time - we have been introduced to Adobe Premier, and now we have to see three bits - visuals, sound, and the voice overs we have done already...

Now is not a good time to think i should have done a different story,  or even a different image.
Stick to the storyboard and we will do okay.

Posted by Ingrid

(now how do i attach a photo to this post? Hmmmm....)
 
 
Current Location: bum in seat
Current Mood: chipper
 
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went_07
28 August 2007 @ 05:39 pm
When women are inspired....  
It is now early evening and the 2nd last day of our digital storytelling workshop. Supper is being prepared and the sun has dipped below the horizon but the women keep on working. It is fantastic to see how involved people are in developing their stories. Today was premier learning day - so all the images, voices, sounds are being brought together and the magic of making ones own story is happening. The women have been working since early and have hardly moved. We have had to coerce them outside to exercise and breathe.

The creativity of the process of creating a digital story is wonderful. There has been scanning of pictures, drawing, taking more photos, dressing up and styling pictures to represent memories. Finding sounds, creating sounds, singing songs, trawling the internet for free sound effects... We'll work past supper time and then - tomorrow we put the titles, credits and finishing touches... and have the screening of all the 12 digital stories.

It is a privilege to work with such creativity, dedication and commitment to the process. I guess there are many lessons here but the one relating to ICTs is - the tools are only useful and can only be learnt when they are put to some relevant task - and here it is creating digital stories out of the lived realities of women's lives.

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Current Location: on the couch
Current Mood: peaceful
Current Music: Springsteen
 
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went_07
28 August 2007 @ 06:40 pm
 
hey girrrrls

here you can find a litle bit of another history, the history of free software, a beautiful and challenging appropriation as powerful as the one we have being trhough these days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/



"Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of free as in free speech, not as in free beer. Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software:
  • The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
  • The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
  • The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
  • The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. "

Here you can find all the programs you need to do your stories at home and elsewhere

http://www.estudiolivre.org 

Some help: 
To edit your movies KINO and Cinelerra
To edit your images GIMP
To convert your videos FFMPEG
To convert your audios soundKonverter

Enjoy! Be free!!!

 
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went_07
28 August 2007 @ 06:57 pm
second to last day  

The pressure is on! Everyone is glued to their computer, focussed and single minded. We putting our movies together today, inserting transitions, music and adding effects. Judy co-opted three actresses to help her take pictures, Tati has been taking pictures of just about everything, it seems.  Ingrid has lovely old pics of her grandmother and mother which she has been working with. Eunice is looking for wild cats, and ive been searching for music (free music is hard to find!)

It's appropriate that it's a full moon - I think it goes nicely with the creative process!

Sally

 
 
Current Location: ottoman cousinbrother
Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: anything i can find for free
 
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