A guide to record and submit your Folktale story
Overview
- Before you get started
- Step One: Story Title and Story Visibility
- Step Two: Add participants and record their consent
- Step Three: Record your story
- Step Four: Add attachments to your story
- Step Five: Upload and submit your story
Step One: Story Title and Story Visibility
Give your story a title by pressing on the box and typing a unique title to your story.
Pressing the Add your location button will tag your city and country to your story. You need to ensure that location permissions are enabled on your device. Please note that adding your location is optional.
If your Insights Manager allows you to share stories with other contributors, you can choose whether you want your story to appear in the Activity Feed or not.
A participant is someone who will be involved in your story.
They could be the person you are interviewing or someone who appears and is identifiable in a shot in your own story.
⚠️ It is important that anyone who is a participant in the story provide informed consent before you start recording.
- Press the Add participant button if you have participants in your story.
- Explain to them clearly why the story is being collected, how it will be used, and who will be able to see and access their story.
- If your organization has uploaded additional consent terms and conditions, these are accessible via the URL.
- If your participant consents, have them add their name and location, press on the checkbox, and press I agree.
A list will be generated, displaying all the participants that you have added.
You can add a participant to any of the shots in which they appear by typing their name and selecting from the dropdown list.
Alternatively, you can also add a participant as you go through each shot by selecting the option to add a new participant.
Step Three: Record your story
To get started, press Record. Make sure you have given permission for Folktale to use your camera.
⚠️ To avoid problems recording and saving clips, please avoid using incognito or private browsing mode.
When you press the button, it will take you to a new page.
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Home button: Take you back to the Create your story page. |
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Flip camera button: Change between the front-facing camera and the rear-facing camera on your device (if your device contains multiple cameras). |
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Camera button: Press this to turn off the camera and record audio only. |
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Shutter button: Press once to begin recording and press again to stop. |
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Photo library button: Import media files from your media library. |
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Attachment button: Press to attach images or videos that are relevant to your story, making it more engaging. |
💡 If you are filming in Landscape mode and notice that the Questions and Timer are sideways, you have to change the Portrait Lock or Auto-rotate settings on your mobile device.
To begin recording, press the Shutter button and start speaking after the countdown. Feel free to speak in any language that you prefer. You also have the option to record audio only by pressing the Camera button on the bottom left.
If you already have footage that you'd like to add to the shot, you can also import media files from your camera roll by pressing the Photo library button on the bottom right.
⚠️ Imported media files must be under 128MB. If a file imported is larger than this limit, please record it directly in Folktale instead of importing it.
After completing the first shot, you will see a green border and a green tick on the right side of your screen. This indicates that the clip has been successfully recorded.
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Play button: Rewatch the shot. |
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Download button: Download the shot. |
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Rotate button: Adjust the rotation of your shot. |
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Delete button: Delete the current shot before you re-record. |
💡 If you have already taken the shot and noticed that it is not in the right position, you can rotate it by pressing the Rotate button.
Step Four: Add attachments to your story
Press the Attachment button and this will open up options to Record with your camera and Import from your phone or device.
⚠️ Imported media files must be under 128MB. If a file imported is larger than this limit, please record it directly in Folktale instead of importing it.
Attachments can greatly enhance your storytelling by providing visual context. Here are some tips on using attachments effectively:
- Include Images or Videos: Attach images or videos of people, places, or objects to emphasize key points in your story.
- Audio Note: When you include a video or photo as an attachment, any associated audio will not be used. The audio will only come from the main video clip.
Each attachment added will be listed and displayed in your story. You can rearrange each attachment by using the up or down arrow buttons or dragging the file to the desired position.
Delete an attachment
1) Select the file that you want to delete
2) Press the Delete button to remove the attachment from your story
Once you have recorded all your shots, press Upload and build preview to see the whole video. This process will take several minutes depending on your internet connection.
⚠️ Please note that the maximum file size for upload is 384 MB. If you upload a larger video file, the upload may not be successful.
If you found an issue with uploading your shots, check how to troubleshoot errors when uploading a story.
💡 Once all the shots have finished uploading, it is recommended to preview your story by pressing the Play button at the bottom left of your screen. At this stage, you still have the option to redo the video if needed.
In addition, you can add any tags to your story by typing them into the box and then pressing the Add tag button.
These tags provide additional context and information around the story that you feel may be valuable to the Insights Managers.
Next, review the Personal Information Collection Statement and the Intellectual Property Use Terms. The sections give you important information on how your personal information is collected and shared and how your data will be used.
Before you submit, you can optionally provide an email address to stay connected with the organization requesting your story. This will allow them to easily reach you with any updates about your story.
You can easily update this contact preference by going to your My Stories page and pressing on the video thumbnail.
⚠️ Once the story has been submitted, it cannot be amended.
Congratulations on submitting your story! Visit the My Stories page to start working on the next story invitation, or watch your story by pressing the View My Story button.
