Digital Stories are short 3-5 minute films,
featuring narrative voice, illustrated by photography and sometimes film.
Often music is included with a story to set the tone and pace.
Digital stories are used to create an individuals personal narrative and prospective of a particular period of time, event or circumstance of the person and their life. This having a therapeutic value/effect for the person involved in making a digital story, but also for the people who watch them and identify with the person’s story that’s being told.
The digital story catalogue is very varied and
covers a range of issues or themes. These stories are example of how the work of
the Moray Community Planning Partnership, or its Partners have affected the lives of
residents in Moray.
Please note that these videos will not be visible
from within The Moray Council Network.
Film
of the Month - Memories of George by Dorothy Donald
Dorothy is a local service user
from Forres and uses the Moray Council - Towerview day centre in Forres
and through using our service created a powerful and very poignant digital
story about her love for George and how she suffers with loss and heart
ache whilst having a learning disability. Furthermore, this story went on
to win an award at Nemcap snap! 2009 where by Dorothy traveled to London
to receive her gold award for her Memories of George.
About the digital stories project
Digital
stories has been a Community Services/NHS Telecare funded project since
September 2008. In this time, the project has established a library of 70
Digital Stories from the people from the Moray and Grampian area.
Currently, this is the only project of its kind in Scotland which has appointed
full-time Digital Stories project officers.
The
project is funded until March 2010 and is free for anyone in the public domain
or staff who are involved within Community Services/Telecare. The Digital
Stories team welcome interest and enquiries from anyone who has an interest of
any kind.
For more information on digital stories contact
Angus McNicholl ([email protected])
