Make It Memorable by Bob Dostson Assignment

ASSIGNMENT FOR FRIDAY:
Regarding the book by Bob Dotson, Make It Memorable: Please read the introduction and Section One (pages 3-41). Then, answer the following questions and be sure to exceed the requested word counts:

o What do you notice about the way he writes? Use specific examples, please. (75 words)
The way that Bob writes flows very smoothly and encouragingly. He tells us how he started out and learned things himself, before applying them to his own work and pointing out every step in the examples. Like when he is talking about his story on Ruby Bridges. Bob fist shows us his entire story as a whole them breaks down all of the steps and pulls out the part of his story that uses that step.

o What did you learn from reading pages 9 to 27? (75 words)
I learned about the rule of threes and filling the silence. The non-question question is the best way to get a unique soundbite. By talking to someone just about what they are doing and steering the conversation in the direction you want it to go and let the silence go on after they have answered so that they say more to fill it. Don't throw away thoughts, because they might not be useful for your current story but they could help you out on future ones.


o With the scripts: What do suppose is described in each column? Why would it be split like that? What else is interesting about the scripts? (50 words)
In the scripts, on the right side is directions of what is going to be shown on screen, or the video parts of the story. On the left side of the script is all of the words that will be spoken. I think it would be split that way to better show the difference of what will be in the story.

o On Page 34 (and to the end of the section), Dotson writes about a long-form feature. Find one of these (a story at least 4 minutes long) on a TV news magazine such as Rock Center, 20/20 or 60 Minutes. Then, give and explain examples of how the storyteller uses the five bulleted traits Dotson gives on Page 34. (200 words)
In the story, 'Revenge porn' victim: 'My life was ruined' the scene setting was done by explaining what revenge porn is and saying what happened to the girl in the story. Foreshadowing is done by talking about the laws that the country currently has against revenge porn, which isn't much. The conflict in the story is suing her ex boy friend for posting this revenge porn all over the internet. Sometimes the pictures even had her contact information or her work information attached to them. The boyfriend claims that he never posted the pictures and that instead that his computer was hacked and someone stole the pictures and then posted them. He states that he is also a victim and not responsible for any of this. She had character growth as she learned the consequences of what she did and also working to establish a law to protect futurevictims of revenge porn. The resolution is that she believes that this should not be okay and she encourages other revenge porn victims to stand up for what they think is right. That people trying to take advantage of them in that way is wrong and there should be laws protecting them.