About the Story
On its second-to-last voyage, in 1867, the Atlantic Steamer was saved by an unexpected crewman and his sauerkraut. This story is a true tale that has been passed down to me, as my ancestors survived what could have been a horrendous maritime disaster if it hadn’t been for a quick-thinking cook.
The Process
Photos were edited in Photoshop and exported as PNG files, then imported into a Canva presentation. Slides and assets were duplicated and objects were moved slightly in each slide to create the effect of animation. Text was added to sections to follow the narration to give the impression that this is a non-fiction storybook, and also accessible. Photos were edited with filters to give similar continuity throughout, and the slide durations were adjusted to match the length of the narration. Finally, the project was exported from Canva and imported into GarageBand to record the narration and balance audio.
Images:
“Hook family portrait, December 1924” by whatsthatpicture is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.
“Metagama Twin-Schrew Atlantic Passenger Steamer …..” is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.
“The Atlantic Ocean (map), Thomas” is marked with CC0 1.0.
“flame-texture-10” by designshard is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
“Lewes Bonfire Night 2007 – Wall of Flame” by Dominic’s pics is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
“Kvinna vid handpump på Stora Kornö” by Gösta Skoglund is marked with CC0 1.0.
“Man climbing a tree – early 1900s” by Aussie~mobs is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.
“atlantic ocean” by chrisf608 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
“59 CDV of butcher” by rich701 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
“Holy Smoke Sauerkraut” by Gary Soup is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
“Men posing on the deck of a ship” by simpleinsomnia is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
“PLYMOUTH SHIPWRECK VECTIS WRECK ON ROCKS OLD PHOTO POSTCARD SHOWS SHIP 1912” by mark’s vintage topographical postcards is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.
Audio:
“Australia – Ocean Water Laps CU Active w Ship Horn, Bird and People in BG.wav” by earsaregood is marked with CC0 1.0.
“Fire Fuse Ignite Flame” by EminYILDIRIM is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
“Water Drop 1.wav” by Obvsly is marked with CC0 1.0.
“Wood Break Planks Multiple 3” by Sheyvan is marked with CC0 1.0.
“fizzlehiss.wav” by Saltbearer is marked with CC0 1.0.
“R07-42-Waves of Cheers.wav” by craigsmith is marked with CC0 1.0.
“Fight the Sea (Instrumental Version)” by Josh Woodward (Instrumental Versions) is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
