Marianna Barrett - #2: Interview & Storytelling; Goal Setting

                   

           For the exploration of a source provided, I chose Brian Reed's video "The Craft of Storytelling."  This was a very interesting video to watch and I think that I learned quite a bit.  He talked about the three things that are essential to a good story, be it a radio show or just a fun story to tell your friends.  These three things are Action, Reflection, and Stakes, without these, a good story becomes nondescript and boring.
           This is some of what I learned from this video.  The first element-Action is the process of the story; it is how the story moves.  The second one- Reflection.  This is where the storyteller can get inside a persons head and really make them care what is going on in the story.  The last one is Stakes.  This is the big question in the story. It is what makes people keep listening to what you are saying.
            I really liked how Brian Reed told us about these elements.  All of the different pieces of shows that he gave us really helped me to understand what he was talking about.  With all of the different points that he made, my favorite was this one about what a story should do- "It should make a larger point about the human experience and about the world"

            My personal goals for the next three weeks are going to be setting up more video interviews with people and figuring out what my next steps should be.  I am having a little bit of trouble contacting people, so far I have only one interview set up and am still not sure if I will be able to video tape it.  However, I do have some sources that should be willing to do so.  For my groups goals, I think that for now we are just focusing on getting footage for our documentary so that we can focus more on other things that need to be done later in the year.
           There are problems that I had that have been figured out though.  One of these was access to the media kit.  Like Alex was talking about in his last post, I was really worried about not having nice enough equipment that I could get from the local high school.  However, I got access to a video camera from the school that should work just fine, if not perfectly.
          I am very excited about how much progress my group is having.  While it might not be as much as we would all like, we are still getting the things that need to be done done.  So while we still have work to do, this should be a very profitable adventure for all of us.