This project is part of the Desano Language Documentation Project – a community-based collaboration, following a participatory model in which community members play a central role in the activities. The project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between a linguist, Indigenous educators and artists, and film and animation professional.

The picture in the left show the five steps for creating a digital storytelling story. Some of the tasks (e.g., using ELAN is optional, so don't worry to much about it I will post a short video tutorial on how to use it to annotate your audio file). The other short tutorial (not by me) will be about how to use video editor software that are built in Windows 10 and Mac computers.

This is important if you want your video to have audio in the language. You can record yourself reading a short story in the language. If you don't have a professional digital recorder, use a smartphone, or a computer. Make sure the audio quality is audible (it helps if you record in a quite place).

For the purpose of this workshop, make sure the story is short (i.e. 2-3 minute long). The Desano audio I share here (you can listen to it, if you want) is of a story that has been illustrated. I willl use it as an example to show the step-by-step of the creation of the storytelling video. Notice that it is already transcribed in Desano and in English (I will show you how we added the subtitles, in another lesson)

Transcribe each sentence of the story using the language's practical orthography. You may also find it helpful to include the translation of each sentence in English or Spanish. The transcription (and translation) of the audio will be helpful for sketching out the illustrations on the storyboard. They can also be used as subtitles in your videos.

By this time, you will need to have completed Kaylene's Lesson 4, Part I and Part II (on Creating Digital Stories in Adobe Illustrator)

By this time, you will need to have completed Kaylene's Lesson 4, Part I and Part II (on Creating Digital Stories in Adobe Illustrator)

Edit your video using your favorite Video Editor (if you are sharing your video at the end of workshop, you can include English subtitles, as an option)

Friday afternoon you will get a chance to share your work with everyone! Yay!