Creating A Digital Story

    For our assignment, my friend Berke and I created a two-minute animated video based on the well-known starfish story. The narrative followed a young girl tossing starfish back into the sea as she saw they were washed away to the shore, even when an old man tells her she can’t possibly save them all. However, in the end, our story gently reminds us that even a small action can make a big difference with the old man participating to this small act. 

    Berke came up to me with the story and the script, focusing on a simple storyline with a powerful message at the end. And, I have starting creating the animation after doing the voiceover with Berke. I created the story in Storyboard That, creating 10 scenes to represent the story. I also searched for the background voices like ocean waves from Pixabay. At the end, I used CapCut to bring everything together – images, voice recordings and sound effects into a meaningful video. 

    To be honest, this project has been quite challenging for me, especially for the editing part because we have faced many problems during the process such as losing the saved draft. However, overall, I find this assignment not only teaching but also very creative, helping one to think out of their boxes. Finally, I am of the opinion that this assignment will be a great aid for the students to learn how to integrate language to the fast-growing technological improvements. 

     I have collaborated with Berke Çarkçıoğlu, don’t forget to have a look at his page as well ^^  

 The digital story :