1. Ten minutes long
2. 1-2 Fictional characters with speaking roles
3. 2-3 Non-fictional characters with speaking roles
4. Include Sound-effects and Music
5. Historically accurate
6. Should include a narrator
7. Submitted via email or cd in .wav format.
8. Use only music and sound that are copyright free!
9. Focuses on the regions and periods discussed in the first semester.
10. Each episode should include a clear plot arc.
Free Recording Software: Audacity
Free Sound Effects: Freesound
Free Music: ClassicalCat
To get an idea of how this should sound, check out Adventures in Odyssey.
Mr. Parker,
ReplyDeleteAbout our proposals, should we email our topics to you so that people know which ones have been taken?
Michael's burger
Hi Michael's Burger,
DeleteIf you are working together on your project with other students, you should be in communication with them. Either you can do that here (in the proposal comments), or via phone or email. I would still like you to bring your proposals in written form, as we will be working on them in class.
Mr. Parker,
ReplyDeleteCan the narrator count as a fictional character, since there obviously wouldn't be a narrator in the real event?
Also, what do you mean by each episode should have a plot? do we need to do more tahn one episode, or can it just be one long one?
Thanks!
Tahn = than. Sorry! :l
DeleteHi Nicole,
DeleteYou may count your narrator as one of the fictional characters only if the narrator also takes part in the story. You only need to write one episode. However, some students are working together on longer multi-episode stories. Those multi-episode projects need to make sure that each episode has its own plot arc.If you are working by yourself, you just need to make sure your own project has a plot-arc. Hope this helps!
Mr. Parker,
ReplyDeleteMay I have 4 non - fictional characters? 2 couples? I may have 1 or 2 children with one line, is that OK, and do they count as 1 character?
Thank you,
Renée
Hi Renee,
DeleteI'm sorry but you'll have to stick with only 2 fictional characters. You may have some additional fictional characters, but they cannot have major speaking roles.
Mr. Parker,
ReplyDeleteI am doing the documentary as group project, and I was wondering if the episodes have to be ten minutes each, or if they have to be ten minutes all together. Also, my partner and I didn't exactly each write one plot arc, we just talked through them both together and both made both of them. Is that okay? Thanks!
Anna
Hi Anna,
DeleteYour segments each need to be roughly 10 minutes long (give or take a minute) and they each need to follow a clear plot arc.