October 3 - Short exercise warm-up

Click here for more on MacArthur Genius Awards. This is particularly well-developed site that explains the work of the awardees. Note that videos follow the five-shot rule. We want to do that, too. You will be interviewing different people for your pieces and you need to know this rule like the back of your hand.

Watch at least two of the videos and describe the way they use this five-shot rule while telling about the awardee. This is not just an exercise in tedium. By observing and writing down how you see this done, you are also making it stick in your mind. You are on your way to video muscle memory, so to speak. 10 pts.

Stories are still due for the paper at the end of the period.

Ms. Greer
Silver Spring, Md.