{"id":3453,"date":"2017-06-12T16:45:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T23:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/?page_id=3453"},"modified":"2020-03-04T15:29:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:29:25","slug":"defining-and-developing-the-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/developing-a-multimedia-project\/preproduction\/defining-and-developing-the-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining and Developing the Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What makes a good story?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ideally stories should have a few common elements. If doesn&#8217;t have any of these, it most likely will be less engaging or interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Emotion<\/strong>. The story should created an emphatic response from reader\/viewer. Often this involves the next bullet point, call to action.<\/li><li><strong>Call to action<\/strong>. Sometimes a story may urge the viewer to do something.<\/li><li><strong>Story arc<\/strong>. Stories often introduce characters, give a conflict, then a resolution.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider who the audience might be; sometimes you may need to define terms or concepts for a general audience who may not know all the terminology you are using.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, note how sound elements can help drive a story as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/ask.audio\/articles\/4-ways-to-create-musical-moods-for-film\">This website describes four ways to create musical moods<\/a>. Sound cues can guide a viewer&#8217;s emotions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What makes a good story? Ideally stories should have a few common elements. If doesn&#8217;t have any of these, it most likely will be less engaging or interesting. Emotion. The story should created an emphatic response from reader\/viewer. Often this involves the next bullet point, call to action. Call to action. Sometimes a story may &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/developing-a-multimedia-project\/preproduction\/defining-and-developing-the-story\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Defining and Developing the Story&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3487,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"parent_template.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[111,112],"class_list":["post-3453","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-video-production","tag-multimedia","tag-video-production"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3453"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3970,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3453\/revisions\/3970"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/ed-tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}