Synopsis
“When They Say Happily Ever After” is the story of a child’s favorite book, The Lion’s Paw, finding its way back to that child who is now an adult, told from the perspective of an adult.
Original Media Assets
I wrote and recorded the narration for “When They Say Happily Ever After.” In addition to creating the narration, I shot all of the video footage myself.
Software
Audio: I used QuickTime Player to record the audio of my husband playing the part of The Lion’s Paw and of me saying my lines. I also used an AI tool called Descript to records the lines for the two additional speakers in the digital story. I edited all of my audio using Audacity.
Video: I edited my movie using iMovie. I used Canva to add text to several of my video clips.
Video Footage: I shot my video footage using my DSLR camera a Sony a6000.
Credits
Video and Image Credits:
- “Opening of When They Say Happily Ever After” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Child Takes The Lion’s Paw Off the Shelf” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Child Looking at The Lion’s Paw” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Child Reading The Lion’s Paw” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Reading The Lion’s Paw Under the Covers” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Hugging The Lion’s Paw” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Back to the Library” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “The Lion’s Paw Put Back on Shelf” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Passed Over” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Ignored” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Broken” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Forgotten” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Packed Away” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Box Opened and Found” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Packaged” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Unboxing” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Taping The Lion’s Paw” by Caitlin Woodington(Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Wrapping up The Lion’s Paw” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Another One” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Is This What they Mean When They Say Happily Ever After” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “Passing on The Lion’s Paw” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Audio Credits:
- “Recording of When They Say Happily Ever After” by Caitlin Woodington (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- “library cut” by gkLydia (Freesound) (Pixabay Content License, some rights reserved)
- “Angels by My Side” by Lunar Years (Royalty free music from https://www.bensound.com, License code: X1WX0CXJNMK5GSPG, some rights reserved)
- “Sad Trio” by Kevin MacLeod (Licensed under Attribution 4.0 Internation (CC BY 4.0))
- Descript (2025) Lines for the Man Sending The Lion’s Paws [AI-generated recording]. Descript. https://web.descript.com/93864acc-e519-4e39-8178-e8f986e2a17d (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0/Descript Terms of Service)
- open-cardboard-box-compartment.wav by newagesoup (Licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0))
- “Dawn of Change” by Roman Senyk (Royalty free music from https://www.bensound.com, License code: G01CNZ6KVHCGG9NB, some rights reserved)
- Descript (2025) Mom’s Lines [AI-generated recording]. Descript. https://web.descript.com/681dbb10-f8b4-4f24-b3df-f1dd42286c58 (Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0/Descript Terms of Service)
- “Scotch Tape” by joeboarder14 (Licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0))
- Wrapping Paper Rustle by GrayJoy (Licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0))
- “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” Kevin MacLeod (Licensed under Attribution 4.0 Internation (CC BY 4.0))
