The Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling

"You Are Your Future"

Element #1: Point of View

The point of view is that of Vincentsia Kelveh-Sonaths.

Vincentsia Kelveh-Sonaths

Element #2: Dramatic Question

The dramatic question is when did the narrator take the first step into making decisions for herself?

Element #3: Emotional Content

This story is very emotional for the narrator, because she was so young and she thought that she was in love. The hormones that teenagers are subject to can make subjects like relationships and sex very emotional.

Element #4: Your Voice

The use of her voice as opposed to just text on a screen is that it gives the listener a much more emotional story. You are able to hear the happiness, pain, and every other emotion in the narrator’s voice during the video.

Element #5: Sound Track

The story had n music in it, which made the narrators voice that much more important to the story, as it had to convey all the emotion itself.

Element #6: Economy

The narrator has a very good since of timing and transitions, and you are never left lost or confused during the story. She uses a variety of pictures as well as video camera footage that goes along with the subject of the story.

Element #7: Pacing

The narrator has very good pacing. She speaks slowly and clearly (although in a different language. Subtitles are included) She includes pauses in all the right places, and the story is just under four minutes.