The focus for 2015

I learnt some important things while Producing for ABC Open

• how to run a workshop
• how to teach
• the key elements of storytelling
• which apps work best for digital storytelling on mobile devices

These skills are sharpened by 20 years of experience making documentaries, TV commercials, corporate and community videos. I like to think that now, I'm well rounded.

Between 2009-14,  I've worked on staff with Parks and Wildlife, Screen Territory and the MAGNT, Desert Knowledge Australia and ABC Open. I've seen the rise of the social web from within. I've seen social media policies rewritten. I've seen what works.

In 2015, I'm a gun for hire. Digital Storytelling workshops for mobile devices are currently very popular. But don't let that confine your imagination. Give me a call to discuss what I can do for you.

Kind regards,

David Nixon

transmediant@gmail.com

Wadeye Digital Storytelling Workshop Review

Wadeye mobile media workshop from David Nixon on Vimeo.

'Goodbye'

Goodbye from David Nixon on Vimeo.

Made for the 2014 Lens Flair 24 hour film festival in my home town of Alice Springs:
• produce a (less than) 5 minute film in 24 hours
• include several items from the List of Special Things
lensflairalicesprings.com.au/

This version of the film is different to the one submitted to the festival; Cy has added missing images, I've massaged them into place, Cy has added credits, and I've fiddled with the sound mix and mastering.

Some things are the same however: the instagram images are from the exhibition 'Verisimilitude' : a gallery of haunted, melodic and abject images, curated by Navid Dixon. 

This film was shot on an iPhone 5s using Filmic Pro. Edited on an iPad 2 then an iPad Air using Pinnacle Studio. 

Cy Starkman and I have collaborated before: vimeo.com/album/2952252

Thank you to all the Instagrammers and Musicians who contributed to this film.

Music in order of appearance:
• Hen Ogledo by Lee Patterson
• Raptor Lovers by Trokai
• Quiver by James Beaudreau
• The Sun Is Scheduled To Come Out Tomorrow by Chris Zabriskie
• I Am A Man Who Will Fight For Your Honour by Chris Zabriskie

Writing 'Goodbye'

Writing 'Goodbye' from David Nixon on Vimeo.

While waiting for Cy Starkman to finish the script for the film we were making for the LensFlair 24hour film festival, I amused myself by shooting this film.

After the event, I showed him what I had edited. His reaction was priceless - as if I'd held a mirror to his most intimate moment, up for him to see. 

I invited him to narrate it: to share his thoughts on the process of writing poetry. Instead, he used snippets of the voice over we later recorded for the film, to good effect.

This film was shot on an iPhone 5 using FilmicPro, an X-shot monopod and Glif, and an iStabilizer table dolly. It was edited on an iPad in two stages: the pictures were edited in iMovie, then the audio edit and credits were edited in Pinnacle Studio.

The music was created by Josh Woodward and sourced from the freemusicarchive.org