1. What do you find most interesting about what he says on these pages? What stands out as particularly useful to you as a storyteller? (75 words)To answer the rest, you must visit the site for Boyd Huppert’s Land of 10,000 Stories (http://www.kare11.com/news/investigative/extras/stories.aspx). Pick two that look interesting. Watch them. Then, pick one of those and answer the following prompts about it, please:
2. What is the name of the story, and on what date did it first air?
3. List and describe four instances of natural sound.
4. List and describe (including the type and what they are showing) four camera shots that you find interesting.
5. Write a possible focus statement for the story (strong verbs; no “-ing” words)
6. How does this story utilize Dotson’s “Building Blocks” (from Page 68)? Discuss a few of them, please. (100 words)
1. I found it interesting when he talked about the way to change up the stories. He told his readers a story about how in one night he got called in to do three stories due on Monday. Bob decided to take onb all of the stories. He said he was going to film them completely differently than one another. Bob Dotson is a creative journalist in the sense of how he can actually create different pieces off the same storyline. As a storyteller, I will remember to ask open ended questions and to have a pause just in case they add a final thought.
2. The name of the story is "Land of 10,000 Stories: Race For The Cure". It was aired on May 13, 2013.
3. The runners chanting of celebration
The band playing in the background
The baby making noises
The bells going off for each mile they reach
4. Tight shot of the women's hat that says "survivor"
Wide shot of the whole place walking
Medium shot of talking to one runner with her mom
Medium shot of the baby in the stroller
5. People walk for cures
6. This story utilizes Bob Dotson's Building Blocks by the pictures, words, silence, natural sound, sound bites, and graphics. They used a picture of a grandma holding a son right before she passed away from cancer. Next, they used words. The way they talk about the race makes you remember the previous facts they have brought up. Third, they used silence. The reporter would often pause leaving silence to fill the scene. It made it a lot more dramatic and real. Fourth, they used natural sound. You could hear the people chanting and walking down the street. Also the band playing behind the walkers. Fifth, they used sound bites. They would put each sound bite at the correct spot that made sense. Lastly, they used graphics. They let us infer or make connections to the situations going on in the scenes. For instance... I knew they reached the two mile mark because they used a graphic to show the mark, not verbally.
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