Creating Narrated slide Shows

This is a three-session-course given by Tom Davis designed to help event organizers archive and publicize their events with a cell phone and free or low-cost software. The course was entitled “Tell them by Showing”, Copyright 2020 by TCDavis

I. Session 1 covers:

A. How to Tell a Good Story: Structuring the Narrative
B. Writing for a target audience
C. Hooks for getting their attention
D. Free resources for writing and for editing photos
E. Basic skills for shooting and editing photographs

Session 1 Class Notes

Select the above link to view Tom’s Session 1 notes: you can also download the document to your desktop for your future use

II. Session 2 covers:

A. Story-boarding
B. Writing the narrative
C. Selecting background music

Session 2 Class Notes

Select the above link to view Tom’s Session 2 notes: you can also download the document to your desktop for your future use

90-minute video of Session 1

Select the link above to download a recording of the first class to your desktop: it is 750 MB so it will take a few minutes. Session 2 and 3 videos are not included here because they are covered thoroughly in the notes.

Sample Narrated Slideshow 1

“Remembering My Military Service” by TCDavis