Sunday, February 9, 2014
People probably think of journalism as just writing stories and reporting news with major ideas. Telling stories is something most journalists love to do in their job field. They love storytelling. Now that the different multimedia ideas have upgraded today, journalists have upgrade their storytelling with multiple great formats such as audio, text, videos, pictures and more. Your audience tends to pay more attention to the story with such great formats. This particular video informs us of a young child feeling afraid to inform his parents that he is being mistreated at school by his own teacher. At six years old and in kindergarten, the child was molested and taken advantage of by his own teacher. This story consists of photos, audio and text at the same time and that will the stories more interesting and easier to understand. The photos were in the story to give you a hint of what exactly was going on with the child throughout his struggle. The photos can be worth a thousand words by themselves. The photos speak volume to its audience. Photos or multiple of them has the ability to convey stories to those that view them. The photos are used to convey emotion, mood, and messages. The photos capture the essence of a written story. The photos beginning the story put the rest of the images into context. Those photos introduce important characters in the story. In this particular story the picture of the boy shows that he is an important character throughout the story. They photos in the middle of the story show what happens but also explores the themes and ideas. The ending photos are the ones you want to leave with the audience to show them how the ending of the story turned out. The audio was added to the story to let you know more about the photos. Using the audio adds the details of the photos. Great audio conveys great information to the audience. Great audio relays facts to the audience while adding details to the story. The audio was used to convey narrative. The text was used for those who did not understand the pictures and the audio. The text in this specific story was used to catch the audience’s attention. The text was also used to tell you what was going to happen in the story before telling the story. These events are all important when telling a story. Here is a link to learn more.
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