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Web Series Case Study for Season 1 of Naturally Ours
Creating, filming and marketing Naturally Ours has been an exciting process filled with many positive and heart warming encounters! We were able to thrive on our storytelling roots reviving the quirky science loving gal that is such a part of Erica Hargreave. Through exploring Canada’s parks, we captured imagery and interviews that remind us…
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Animated Storytelling Online Summer Camp!
This summer we aim to hone in on the endless imagination and creativity of youth as we teach them animated storytelling in this online summer camp. Together we will enter the exciting world of interactive digital storytelling by creating animated books and stop motion videos.
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Finding Calm, Beauty and Peace in Oprah’s Podcast Series
Oprah’s podcast series, SuperSoul Conversations, is a perfect nourishment for our souls, especially during the COVID-19 change in our lives.
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Naturally Ours Season 1 Film Festival Selections and Awards
We have recently embarked on a new exciting adventure into the realm of digital film production. Many of you have followed along with us as we created and shared our first completed web series, Naturally Ours! For our first season of Naturally Ours, we chose Salt Spring Island, British Columbia to highlight the Canadian Parks…
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Houseparty App ~ Video Chat With up to 8 People!
I have been disappointed over the recent years with how little my teens communicate with their friends in a manner that does not involve texting. Nobody actually calls each other any more. Just as our mothers and grandmothers before us, I began to accept the changing times. The tide has turned though with the entrance…
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Stop Motion Storytelling
We, at Ahimsa Media, have so much respect for the patience and attention to detail required of stop motion storytelling! I recently had the opportunity to view an educational display of props and characters used by Laika Studios in some of their very popular feature films including, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Coraline, and their most recent…
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Nike Training: A Workout App to Keep You Active on the Road
Busy professionals and traveling storytellers are often on the road, which can disrupt attempts to remain loyal to a workout regime. This has happened to me too many times! I will get into a good groove of working out and then leave to travel, abandoning my trips to the gym only to have to start…
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Quizlet ~ A Handy Study Tool
I’m past the point in parenting where I need to search and find tools to help my kids with their studying. They find innovative ways to help themselves! When I saw my daughter on her phone, I’m pretty sure I said something to the effect of, “Hey Missy! Shouldn’t you be studying?!” To which she…
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iMovie Tutorial: How to Rotate a Video
On more than one occasion, I have been so excited to capture greatness on video, only to discover upon playback, that I have held my phone improperly and recorded an upside down or sideways video! This makes the video virtually useless for sharing ~ or so I thought, until figured out how to fix it.…
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Nuzzle: A Social News Reader
Most of the time when we are using social media to engage with family, friends and followers, we don’t really want news stories or articles in general mixed in there. There are other times however, that we would just like to see those stories without other interactions intermingled. We have discovered an App for that!…