ALC Newsletter - 09/08/2014 (Plain Text Version)
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TAKING DIGITAL STORIES TO THE NEXT LEVEL: MAKING DOCUMENTARIES
Taking digital stories to the next level to make documentaries takes a few steps. To make documentaries, more structure is involved, and the content is as important as the product or the film itself. Topics should include multiple viewpoints, while making the audience care about the person or idea in the story. Once a topic is selected, a storyboard outline should be created to organize the sequence, the scenes, the props, and so on. Lighting and sound should also be carefully considered to help make the film look and sound as professional as possible. Other elements to consider are the camera, the editing software, and, of course, the audience. An article entitled “Taking Digital Stories to the Next Level: Making Documentaries” will be coming out soon in TESOL Journal with many more details.
Gilda Martinez-Alba is the Reading Clinic director at Towson University, where she teaches graduate reading courses, including ESOL courses, to teachers becoming reading specialists specializing in ESOL.
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