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Documentary Scripting
Name:_______________________
Documentary Scripting
Assignment
Havingviewedsomedocumentariesandvideoclipsinclass,andconsidered
theconventions,formatsandfeaturesusedwithinthem,youwillnowhavethe
opportunitytocreateanoutlineforanewdocumentaryofyourown.
Workingin
groupsof3
OR
individually
,selectatopicforyourdocumentary
andhaveit
approvedbyMrs.Hastie
.Youwillthenberesponsibleforcompletinga
partofadocumentarythatfollowsthestepsbelow.
1. Decideonanappropriatetargetaudienceanddevelopanexpositionorslant
youwishtotakeonthetopic.
Writethisinadetailedparagraph
including
your
overallpointandthesupportingarguments
thatyouwilluse.
2. Choose
one
ofthefollowingformatsofadocumentary(
ideallyone
differentoneforeachmemberinthegroup
)andwriteascriptforascene
ofyourdocumentary:
a) observation
b) interview
c) dramatization
Remembertoincludefeaturessuchasnarration,expertopinion,statistics,witness
testimony,misenscene,persuasivetechniques,andanyothertechniquesdiscussed
inclass.
Youwillneedto
annotateyourscript
toshowthesefeatures.Also,yourscript
shouldincludedirectionsfordelivery.Aimforbetween
2and3pagestyped
.
Youmayneedtocompletesomeresearchtohelptheformingofyour
expositionaswellasthecontentofyourscript.
ENG3U1
Name:_______________________
Timelines&DueDates:
Date
InClass
Friday,January8,2016
DocumentaryScriptingAssignment
Saturday,January9&
Introduced
Sunday,January10,2016
GroupsOrganized
TopicschosenandapprovedbyMrs.Hastie
Mainargumentandsupportingpoints
brainstormed
**Chromebooksprovided,butBYOT,ifyou
haveit**
Monday,January11,2016 DrawforCPTChoices(FilmorAlbum)
Groupmemberswillfinalizetheirmain
argumentandsupportingpoints
beginwritingtheirindividual
detailed
paragraphs
basedonexpositionoftheir
topic
**Chromebooksprovided,butBYOT,ifyou
haveit**
Tuesday,January12,2016 Groupmemberswillbeginwritingtheir
individual23pagescripts
**Chromebooksprovided,butBYOT,ifyou
haveit**
Wednesday,January13,
2016
Thursday,January14,
2016
Homework
Groupmemberswill
conductresearchtoverify
theirmainargumentand
supportingpoints.
Haveatop3foryourCPT
(FilmORAlbum)
Finishroughdraftof
detailedparagraph
Finishroughdraftof23
pagescriptand
PRINTA
COPYOFPARAGRAPH
ANDSCRIPTTOBRINGTO
CLASSTOMORROW
(Wednesday)
Completeandprintthe
goodcopyofparagraphand
annotated23pagescript
CPTIntroduced
Groupmemberswillannotatetheir
individualscripts
Proofreadparagraphandscript
**NOChromebooks,bringinahardcopyof
paragraphsandscripts**
DocumentaryScriptsDUETODAY
Pleasehandinthefollowing:
Detailedparagraph
23page,annotatedscript
ENG3U1
Name:_______________________
rubric
DAYONEOFCPT
DocumentaryScriptingandProductionRubric
Knowledge
Knowledgeableonthetopic/wellresearched
Familiarandconfidentwithformatandfeaturesofdocumentary
Level/Mark:______
Thinking
Expositionisinsightfulandclever
Targetaudienceissuitable/appropriate
Formatandfeaturescleverlyconveytheexpositionandaresuitablefortarget
audience
Level/Mark:______
Communication
Scriptispolishedandhasaconsistentformat
Directionsarethorough,andincludeinstructionsondelivery(expression,tone,
delivery,movementetc.)
Scriptisfullyandthoroughlyannotatedtoshowuseoffeatures
Lengthisappropriate
Level/Mark:______