BECOME INSPIRED BY REAL LIFE
During this lesson, you will:
1. Summarize the message of Human Interest Videos
2. Analyze the components of this genre
3. Share viewpoints, summaries, and assertations in small groups and aloud in class.
4. Brainstorm possible topics for your Human Interest Story
Watch the following videos and determine what components are utilized to create a successful Human Interest Video. Also, summarize the main message/story of the video. And, you may work in groups at your tables….but all students have to complete the paper.
1. Summarize the message of Human Interest Videos
2. Analyze the components of this genre
3. Share viewpoints, summaries, and assertations in small groups and aloud in class.
4. Brainstorm possible topics for your Human Interest Story
Watch the following videos and determine what components are utilized to create a successful Human Interest Video. Also, summarize the main message/story of the video. And, you may work in groups at your tables….but all students have to complete the paper.
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1. High School Students Teach Their Own Lesson
2. Teen Finds Cure For Cancer
3. California Cop's Unusual Encounter
4. Little Girl Gives 82-Year-Old Widower A New Lease On Life
5. Camp Brings Children of Fallen-War Heroes Together
6. Man With Downs Syndrome Overcoming Odds
7. Bullied Kid Turns Survivor
8. A Small Player With a Big Heart
9. S.C. Man Finds A Kidney For His Wife
10. Not On My Campus- Caitlan Dallas
11. Matt Steven- Human Interest Story
12. On the Road: Medal of Friendship
13. An Unlikely Prom Coronation
14. The Terry Fox Story
15. Mike Parker: Outdoors Delmarva
16. Caine's Arcade
17. A Boy and His App
If you could interview someone about a noteworthy incident or experience in his or her life, who would it be? What are the basic details of the incident or experience? Where and when did it take place? How has this story affected you, if at all?”
Think about people in your lives or in our community whose stories of struggle or accomplishment may have inspired you. You should consider someone who has experienced an amazing story of triumph or coincidence or an incident that might inspire laughter or good will.
Possible topics Human Interest Stories
Triumph Over Adversity: How I Beat Cancer; How I Overcame anything; How I battled back from bankruptcy
People Who Help the Needy: Person with a terminal illness who is raising money for research; the student who works in the soup kitchen
Human Achievement: The dyslexic boy who has just passed his exams, or the woman with the terrible fear of flying who has just become an flight attendant.
Bravery: Acts of courage: The annual Children of Courage Awards provide many stories that fall into this category : the boy who saved his sister from drowning.
People Who Show Compassion: The children who give half of their Christmas presents to needy children, or the woman who sold her antique collection so that a little girl across the road could have an eye operation to save her sight.
Reunions: The 70-year-old man who has just been reunited with his twin brother after they were separated at birth and fostered out.
Eccentrics: The man crossing the English Channel in a bath tub to get in the Guiness Book of World Records.
Victims: Tales of sadness: The mom who lost her baby twins to SIDs; the young couple who got married in the hospital two days before the bride died of cancer. Yet, they have survived and thrived.
Unsung heroes: The 83- year- old who has served dinners at a day center for 20 years because he likes to do his bit for the elderly
Triumph Over Adversity: How I Beat Cancer; How I Overcame anything; How I battled back from bankruptcy
People Who Help the Needy: Person with a terminal illness who is raising money for research; the student who works in the soup kitchen
Human Achievement: The dyslexic boy who has just passed his exams, or the woman with the terrible fear of flying who has just become an flight attendant.
Bravery: Acts of courage: The annual Children of Courage Awards provide many stories that fall into this category : the boy who saved his sister from drowning.
People Who Show Compassion: The children who give half of their Christmas presents to needy children, or the woman who sold her antique collection so that a little girl across the road could have an eye operation to save her sight.
Reunions: The 70-year-old man who has just been reunited with his twin brother after they were separated at birth and fostered out.
Eccentrics: The man crossing the English Channel in a bath tub to get in the Guiness Book of World Records.
Victims: Tales of sadness: The mom who lost her baby twins to SIDs; the young couple who got married in the hospital two days before the bride died of cancer. Yet, they have survived and thrived.
Unsung heroes: The 83- year- old who has served dinners at a day center for 20 years because he likes to do his bit for the elderly
Elements of a Human Interest Story
-The VOICEOVERS TELL THE STORY
-A statement about the main issue in the person’s struggle and/or achievement is made in the beginning of the video.
-Personal statements from the subject about "their story."
-Personal statements from friends or family share their thoughts and feelings pertaining to the subject.
-Facts about the overall theme of the story are woven into the piece.
-Resources related to the person’s story (facts, statistics, anecdotes) are part of the voice overs or story.
- Still pictures, images, real time video, real time audio, interviews, music, diagrams, graphs, and other visual or auditory elements are part of the video.
-Statements from experts are made, if applicable.
-Writer’s analysis or opinion is present.
-An emotional response should be felt by the audience.
-The VOICEOVERS TELL THE STORY
-A statement about the main issue in the person’s struggle and/or achievement is made in the beginning of the video.
-Personal statements from the subject about "their story."
-Personal statements from friends or family share their thoughts and feelings pertaining to the subject.
-Facts about the overall theme of the story are woven into the piece.
-Resources related to the person’s story (facts, statistics, anecdotes) are part of the voice overs or story.
- Still pictures, images, real time video, real time audio, interviews, music, diagrams, graphs, and other visual or auditory elements are part of the video.
-Statements from experts are made, if applicable.
-Writer’s analysis or opinion is present.
-An emotional response should be felt by the audience.
How to Tell a Story with Video
Video Storytelling: Pre-producing a Human Interest Story Interview
Video Storytelling: Pre-producing a Human Interest Story Interview
How to Tell a Story Through Video
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Developing Questions
Open-ended questions:
* Prompt the interviewee to give more in-depth answers to questions as opposed to short yes or no answers
* Give the interviewee more freedom in responding to questions.
*Offer good practice for writing profiles.
*Allow the interviewer to see and possibly understand the character of the interviewee,
*Result in more picturesque and descriptive quotations.
Open-ended questions:
* Prompt the interviewee to give more in-depth answers to questions as opposed to short yes or no answers
* Give the interviewee more freedom in responding to questions.
*Offer good practice for writing profiles.
*Allow the interviewer to see and possibly understand the character of the interviewee,
*Result in more picturesque and descriptive quotations.
the interview
Utilize the videos on the page entitled "The Interview" to help you shoot a strong video.