Same Story, Three Ways: An Epicurean Exploration
In my Digital Storytelling course, we spent the semester developing and creating three different, yet interconnected, digital stories using video, audio, and a genre of our choice. I chose to focus my projects on the theme of food.
This collection of stories was published in Issue 10.1 of The Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects (JUMP+) [published under Kat Stevenson].
Grandmother Taylor's Beef Stew
This video story explores an old family recipe that was brought from the South to Metro Detroit during the Great Migration.
I interviewed family members, filmed the making of the stew, sourced audio and visual content, wrote the script, recorded narration, and edited the final video story.
Watch "Grandmother Taylor's Beef Stew" >>
Toolbox: iMovie, Pixelmator Pro, Canon VIXIA HF R800 Camcorder, GoogleDocs
Food + Family
The next audio story was more personal. In it, I interview my brother and former in-laws, and then contrast our different cultural experiences with food.
In addition to conducting interviews, I sourced audio content, wrote the script, recorded narration, collaborated with my brother to record original music, and edited the final audio story.
Listen to "Food + Family" >>
Food + Family won Oakland University's 2022 Writing Excellence Award in Digital Media Composition.
Toolbox: GarageBand, Canon VIXIA HF R800 Camcorder, GoogleDocs
Epicurean Journeys
For my final story, I chose to create an interactive storymap which guided viewers through my experiences with food from an early age through contemporary times.
I used ArcGIS Storymaps to create a mapped journey populated by both original and sourced photographs.
Take an "Epicurean Journey" >>
Toolbox: ArcGIS Storymaps, Pixelmator Pro, Google Docs