Today started with revisions of the 9.1 assignment.
We spent the rest of the class reading the 2 min broadcast stories we had written for homework.
A few people will read on Thursday.
Prof. Lawrence reminded that when writing broadcast stories...
- cut extraneous words
- put the most important part of the story (or the result) at the beginning
- use creative transitions to keep the audience interested
HW: for Thursday we have to come to class prepared with a movie in mind (include all the technical data, i.g. director, stars, box office, etc, etc). In class we will learn how to write a movie review broadcast style.
Quiz: there will be a news Quiz on Thursday, so come prepared
Also remember that if you want you can come early on Thursday to be part of Prof. Lawrence's Grad-students film project (you may also use that film as your one for the class).
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Bryce: Good summary of how to edit down a broadcast story. As we could see when the newscasts were read in class, the transitions make a great deal of difference. Listeners remember creative transitions. They also help to let the listener know where the story is going. As in all communications writing, look for words to take out. Our goal should be clear and concise writing.
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