Blog post/Reading response #3

Blog: There has not been a lot of progress for my group since last week. I think that we need to become more motivated and excited to start filming and then things will start rolling. We pitched our idea to the class, and John and Alex seemed to like out topic of adoption. We are glad that we are following the rule of having one main focus, Leah's family, instead of interviewing multiple adoptive families. It seemed that some groups were having too broad of a topic, so I was happy that our group wasn't one of them. The one thing I think needs to change is to pay attention to the planning template Ms. Hodge handed out. We need to become more precise on due dates of certain things and then I believe we will be doing really well.
Reading: As I was reading this weeks article, I became a little overwhelmed. There were too many questions brought up in the first few pages that scriptwriters should think about that I became frustrated and worried. I hope that my group will be able to remember these curiosity and quantity vs. quality questions the author listed. They are helpful when I look at them, but I can't help but think that some may go unanswered by my group. The question that popped out to me the most was "Even if it is relevant and will add value, is it more relevant than all the other information I have gathered so far?". This will be the toughest thing to accomplish. How am I to decide what is more important than other information to put into my documentary. It isn't about myself, so how can I be the one to choose the most relevant. I think this will be my greatest challenge.
The most helpful bit of this article was the end section about the post-it method. This is similar to when we created our storyboards for the PSAs. This was very handy to see all the information we wanted to include and then putting it together. It was easy to have to information flow when you can visually see the parts you want to include instead of thinking about them. I am going to use the post-it method when creating my documentary because it proved itself so helpful when creating the PSAs and it was an important part of the article I just read.