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Digital Stories with Older People for Hello Digital
Company: Hi8us Midlands
Project Type: Digital Stories Group: Day Centre Attendees aged 60–83 years old. Date: 2008 Description: Hi8us is more used to engaging groups of young people in media production. However, when the sponsors of Hello Digital stated that they were keen to widen access to digital media, Hi8us thought it was a perfect opportunity to work with a group of older people for the first time. The idea of making digital stories with older people received a lot of positive responses from groups across Birmingham. This was not surprising, since it is such an accessible process and there are few digital media projects involving older people. 
A Scene from My Time at Lucas
by Ted Hughes. Digital Stories are personal stories that are narrated by the originator of the story and the audio is accompanied by a combination of: music, objects (static or animated), photographs, video or drawings — anything that helps illustrate the story. Unfortunately, Hi8us had the capacity to work with just one group, and agreed to work with the Rosemarie Day Centre in Lozells, Birmingham, which has culturally diverse and lively members. This was helped further by the enthusiasm and support from the Centre’s Manager, Paulette Bassaragh, a warm and vibrant person who does all that she can to ensure that her group take part in the widest range of activities while having as much fun as possible! Hi8us worked with a mixed group of people at the Rosemarie Day Centre and captured 6 Digital Stories. Early on, Hi8us realised that the processes used to create digital stories with younger groups didn’t translate perfectly with an older group. Specifically, usually the process begins with groups being supported to write their stories, which are then read out by them and recorded. As some of the group were unable to read, some had impaired vision and one had Alzheimer’s, it became clear that the process had to be adapted. Instead, Hi8us spent a lot more time talking through stories, recording the audio and then editing the audio to structure the story. Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115!  At the end of the project, the one story that Hi8us didn’t manage to capture was Paulette’s, how she set up the group, kept it going with out funding and how valued her contribution is to the group; in the words of one of the members, “We’d be lost with out Paulette”. Hi8us plans to go back to capture that story. The 6 Digital Stories were made with: Wilmoth Duberry Hilda Wright Annie Hancock Ted Hughes Anna Foster Olive Miller |
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