by Marsha Little Matthews
July 3, 2019
The Summer 1 session of COMM 5333/MCOM 4333 Narrative Storytelling Across Media wraps up this week. Five weeks go quickly, especially when learning a new way to conceptualize narrativity and approach mediated storytelling.
Five undergraduate students with some experience in video and audio production and three graduate students, two of whom had no video or audio production experience and one who did, enthusiastically embraced the challenge.
The final project for this course was a 3-5 minute audio story approached with a documentary-style rather than a traditional news interview style. Elements to be incorporated/applied to create the stories include:
- William Labov’s Five Principles of Tellibility (Ryan, 2004)
- Abstract
- Orientation
- Complicating Action
- Evaluation
- Result or Resolution
- Coda (if used)
- Kurt Lancaster’s Concepts of Character and Dramatic Structure (Lancaster, 2013)
- Dramatic Structure
- Hook
- Conflict
- Climax and Resolution
- Character
- What does the character want?
- What does the character do to achieve this?
- Use of Music and Sound Effects
- Editing – Rhythm and Pacing
- Montage
- Decoupage
- Collision
- Linkage
- Tension and Release
- Audio Design
- Dramatic Structure
Here are the stories produced by this summer’s students.
- Across the Land
Producer: Logan Dickey
Interviewees: Kristen Smith, Taylor Cumston, and Kyla Kiser
Transcript: Across the Land – Script – Dickey
- Your Body is a Miracle
Producer: Aji Fatou
Interviewee: Jim Boudin
Transcript: Your Body is a Miracle – Script – Sakho
- Sometimes Heroes Wears Tennis Shoes
Producer: Jhonniece Meeks
Interviewee: Henry Dorty, Jr.
Transcript: Heroes Wear Tennis Shoes – Script – Meeks
- Kinsey’s Drive
Producer: Jennifer Meeks
Interviewee: Mackenzie Woodruff
Transcript: Kinseys Drive – Script – Melton
- Most Interesting Dad in the World
Producer: Kevin Nourse
Interviewees: Nathan Burton and C. Burton
Transcript: Most Interesting Dad in The World – Script – Nourse
- Memories of Oil
Producer: Evan Pagitt
Interviewee: James S. Pagitt
Transcript: Memories of Oil – Script – Pagitt
- Small But Fierce
Producer: Mariah Smith
Interviewee: Haley Burke
Transcript: Small But Fierce – Script – Smith
- Laugh Like You Love
Producer: Ryan Wilson
Interviewee: Brad Johnson
Transcript: Laugh Like You Love – Script – Wilson
References
Ryan, M-L (2004). Narrative Across Media: The Languages of Storytelling.Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska Press.
Lancaster, K. (2013). Video Journalism for the Web: A Practical Introduction to Documentary Storytelling. New York: Routledge.
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