Project #4: Digital Story

Yosemite- the Making of a Family Tradition from Frederick Reyes on Vimeo.

Designing a digital story sounded intriguing but at the same time the subject matter had me a bit unnerved because I wasn’t sure how I could integrate a short respiratory therapy lesson in such short time. After pondering for some time, I finally decided to get out of my comfort zone and create a personal story of our family vacation spot. In retrospect, I think it would have been easier to create a storyline that was professionally based. The level of difficultly stemmed from the desire to tell a factual story and give it the respect it deserves. Each photo was carefully selected with hundreds, if not thousands, to choose from. In the end, I am quite happy with the finished product, the sound track matches nicely with the narration and the photos flow smoothly to tell more than the spoken word. I’m glad I stepped out of my comfort zone, it allowed me to appreciate the learning of two new tools, iMovies and GarageBand, but more importantly it gave me an insight to my family history and stories I haven’t heard in a long time or a couple that I had never heard before.