About the overarching Unit Question:

For the Documentary Project, Juniors develop their documentary and communication skills to answer the question,

"How do you creatively and truthfully portray
a significant person, group, place, idea, or issue in the community?"

For the Junior Documentary Project, students will portray an intriguing person, group, place, idea, or issue, gathering primary and secondary research sources to develop a distinct perspective about their subject’s significance in the community and/or world. Students will produce documentary magazine articles or books, animationed documentaries, documentary films, documentary websites, and photogalleries. This unit emphasizes narrative-style journalism.

About the specific project within the unit that is featured in this gallery:

Film students captured important interviews to use as primary research for both their Documentary Film and their English research paper. Film students used Premiere Pro, Audition, and After Effects for their productions. Animation students use Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects to produce an Animated Documentary based on one of their interviews. Digital Media students used After Effects to produce a Documentary IntroVid as a short teaser video that was embedded into the introduction section of their Documentary Webpage.