This is a method for creating successful non-fiction stories for video (Documentary, News Story, etc). This lesson details a process for writing, planning, shooting and editing a short documentary or news story.

The emphasis is on creating an interesting story using an easy to understand template.

Students will use this template based on the three act structure to fill in the story ideas in an effective order.  The order of information will be prescribed by the words, “Understand”, “Care” “Feel”, "Learn”,

This lesson is part two of “Writing Non-Fiction For Video" 

This lesson will walk students through the planning and completion of a short format documentary or news story.   

This lesson introduces students to bias in both their own forms of communication and in the mass media. It demonstrates how choices are made in the presentation of information and that those choices can influence people and society. The decision of what to include and what to leave out is made all the time as media creators struggle to balance competing needs.