Mulberry Tree
iPod version [3:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (959) Apple TV version [3:21m]: Download (658)Back in 2002, I took a digital storytelling class to supplement film school courses, and it changed my life. I stopped wanting to be a “filmmaker” and started wanting to tell real stories, snippets of lives, mine and others. So this is my very first digital story, exploring a place I spent a lot of time while growing up. I’d love your feedback.
Because it’s a very personal story I’ve licensed it for no derivative works by default, but you can always ask.
Mulberry Tree by Cheryl Colan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at hummingcrow.com.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Nicely done Cheryl. You should be very proud of this one.
Funny. I am always looking up at the sky and trees. Lea asks me to keep reminding her to look up these days.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Wow. This is really lovely.
Great storytelling.
I’m glad it didn’t end with a reason for telling the story – like the tree had fallen over, or something had happened in your family to make you tell it – it’s perfect as it is, as a really evocative collection of stories about the tree and about you growing up. I was really scared and sad when your dad was looking for you and you were hiding…
And to see the tree at the same time… that’s what makes it all work so well – the reality of it. The images bluescreened & superimposed worked fine at the beginning, but as the piece continued, it was great that you just let the words and images of the tree tell the story together.
Great work
July 9th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Lovely, Cheryl. Thanks for sharing such an important piece of your childhood. I’m envious of you and your tree! What a loving and trusting relationship! I loved listening to you tell the story while mostly all I was seeing onscreen was tree.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
wow, that was really great. You sure know how to tell a story.
July 10th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Cheryl, this is really a masterpiece. Beautiful imagery and discussion of how the tree became a place and gave you insight into other places and human rythms in places near you. Funny that people just never look up, why is that? What are they missing? Lovely, velvety voiceover too. Just a great video, thanks for sharing!