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20: Digital Storytelling your documentary

8/22/2021

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Scorbé-Clairvaux
chez Dominique

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 I left for France after seven months with an idea of traveling light and experimenting with digital storytelling, where you use different type of media. I wanted to create with only photos voice-overs, music and sound effects.

This desire came from the need to travel during Covid in the easiest and cheapest way possible and to eliminate excess baggage.

I took a Ryanair flight out to Poitiers from London for 30 euros, with two cabin bags. I left my camera, mic and tripod taking only a
  • Huawei P30Plus phone
  • Boya mic.

I call this freedom

The first digital story I saw was by Chris Marker who created La Jetée in 1962. It is not a documentary but creative fiction with photos, narration and music. It will always beguile me. A MUST see if you do not know it.

Dominique and Maurice
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The first person who inspired me in the small village of Scorbé-Clairvaux was Dominique, an impassioned musician who can play 18 instruments. His obsession at the moment is learning how to use Adobe After Effects, and is bringing out a steady stream of music videos that are totally off the wall.

View a clip here

Dominique lives in the house his ancestors grew up in, and it is like stepping back into a time warp. Nothing but nothing has changed since he moved back home in 1990 after twenty years on the road as a musical director.

I took over 150 photos while he played his old Honky Tonk piano and told me about his life.

The first interview is about his love of music and his inspirations.

(That is coming soon.)



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​The real beauty of working with photos in this way is it is
  • so immediate
  • intimate
  • people are less concerned by our presence
 Try experimenting by
  • Ditching you camera
  • Taking your cell phone
  • Getting a lightweight mic
  • Go photo and innovate

I'll be creating Dominique's sequence in the next few weeks, so stay posted.

Thank you for passing by, have a great week, take care and be well. Jeanne

Here is my latest article on Substack - Soaps&Sagas about gardens, fig trees and ratatouille.


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    Filmmaker, teacher, traveler and storyteller

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    Links to the Workshops
    1. How to find your documentary idea
    ​2. How to find your documentary approach
    3. Understanding the documentary genre
    4. Creating hybrid documentaries
    5. Understanding narrative storytelling
    ​6. How to film an unscripted documentary
    7. Tips and techniques for interviewing
    8.Why you need a release form
    9. How to use free public domain archives 
    10. Why write a documentary synopsis?
    11. Find funding for your documentary film 
    12. What documentary film equipment do you need? 
    13. Camera shots and techniques
    14. The Long Shot
    15. The Long Take
    16. Why you should use your cellphone
    17. Documentary film ethics
    18. Ways to fund your documentary
    ​19. Research or No research ?
    20. Digital storytelling Part 1
    ​21. Don't-overthink-your-documentary
    22. Ten tips to fine-tune your documentary
    23. Don't let your idea slip slide away 
    24. Give us more creativity for 2022
    25. Ethical code for documentaries
    26. Why a Pitch Deck is essential 
    27. Scrapbooking your memory
    28. Scrapbooking podcast 
    29. Digital-Storytelling Part 2
    30. The Paper Edit
    31. Location Scouting
    32. Genealogy and Documentary
    33. Reflecting on why we want to make documentaries
    34. How to make your documentary journey exciting 
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Thank you dear Jeanne. It is an honour to have your creative thoughts which are printed in this film. With your love energy, passion and creative thoughts and encouragement this film can have its own soul finally. Thank you so much". ​Tao Gu - Taming the Horse
"Jeannette taught me the tools I needed, never having made a documentary before. She gave so much time, patience to show me, guide me and share her creativity and skills with me."  Dr. Zou Qialing, Beijing Film Academy, Qingdao Campus

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