Announcements
Believe it or not, we’re now entering the home stretch of the semester. There are only six and a half weeks left. This means that the structure of the course is going to change a bit, becoming extremely hands-on and a lot less lecture-based. So there will be more classes that will be cancelled so we can do one-on-one script edits, and more classes that are devoted to in-class production, and one or two guest lectures.
Upcoming due dates:
Script for podcast #1 due Monday, November 6
Podcast episode #1 due Wednesday, November 15
Script for podcast episode #2 due Wednesday, November 29
Podcast episode #2 due Monday, December 11 (last class)
Finish reviewing pitches
Discussion: Principles of Longer-Form Storytelling
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Narrative arc – in an episodic format, there are often mini arcs within each episode and longer arcs that unfold over a whole series
Things to keep in mind:
Character development
Motivation
How are these principles the same/different in journalistic storytelling?