Digital+Storytelling

DIGITAL STORYTELLING SESSION

This was not at all what i expected as the focus of the workshop was on originality and creativity and questioning the fact that nothing is original, especially in our day and age. But still it raised some very interesting ideas and the workshop was great.

Does creativity happens by applying ordinary tools of thought to existing materials? Creation requires influence - but who owns ideas?

The workshop was mostly based on a series documentary called EVERYTHING IS A REMIX, which is in 4 parts and discussing all those ides whilst showing examples of current movies and music. The documentary is great in terms of approaching the ideas of originality and can be useful for pupils doing EE and not knowing what to do it on yet as it says that they have to build on what they read, what they learn before they can formulate their own ideas. We cant expect pupils to come up with something new all the time, however there is a line between creativity, taking things from others and breaching copyright.

Intellectual property and copyright and plagiarism are mentioned mostly in the last part.

Creative commons website: [] This website offers free copyright materials.

Other linked stuff you can check out:

- originality text by Jim Jarmusch: "Nothing is original". - Book: '7 Basic Plots', by Christopher Booker