Features and documentaries

Topic 8

News, information, & opinion

Current or historical events or ideas

Academic, cultural, or even abstract

DramaticFactual, informational & educational

Exploration

DOCU FEATURES

Information POV Social, political, or economic developments

Event, situation, person

No POV

DOCU FEATURES

think & feel

Reasons interpretation

informobjectivity

features features

murder in a New York City park by a gang of youths

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More background

Character exploration

1. subject & POV

2. tentative outline

3. research

4. rundown sheet

5. producer & director

6. lead-ins, lead-outs, interview background materials & Q & A outlines

7. full script 8. final script (working script)

styles writing

Human interest

Attention Narration

FEATURES FEATURES

Person Thing Situation Problem Idea Organization

FEATURES FEATURES

Historical Current Concepts How-to

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News Special events

Features Music Drama

Interpreting the past

Analyzing the present

Anticipating the future

Several short statements by persons involved

Suspense (motivations, inner feelings, attitudes)

Parallel actions (switch) Physical & emotional viewpoints

Motivation, behind the problem (interviews/narrative)

Experts (comments/analyses)

Solutions

Biographies Mini-documentaries/Mini-features