Digital+Storytelling+JC

=A Costa Rican Treat=

This is a video that I created about one of the days I spent in Costa Rica. During the video, you will learn that my mom and I were nervous all day that a cake we had ordered would not turn out. Watch this video to see the outcome. While creating this video, I learned a new form of technology, it is called the Ken Burn's effect. Enjoy!

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One of the requirements for this project was to find a new form of technology and incorporate it into our video. The new technology used in this video was the Ken Burns effect. This is an effect where the image appears to be moving. In a sense, the photo begins as a cropped version of the actual picture. As my voice goes on while the photo is up, the photo stretches to its full size. The Ken Burns effect can also go in the reverse order as seen in this digital story. This means that the photo starts in the original, full size and appears to zoom in on the subject of the picture. While editing the project, I could not only adjust the time period for how long each picture was being viewed, but I could pick where the photo started or ended in the zooming process. It is vital to choose the correct areas to start and stop. If I were talking about a dog, and there was an image of the dog on the screen, I would want to make sure that by using the Ken Burns effect, I zoom in on the dog and not on the grass behind it. In this situation, the dog is the subject of the picture so it is crucial to make sure that it does not get cut out while using this new form of technology. I used the Ken Burns effect on almost half of the photos. If I were to have used it on every photo, this new technology would have gotten overwhelming and in fact, boring. This new form of technology draws in the listener and makes them feel like they are a part of the video.