Introduction
For the Documentary Project, we chose an interesting person, group, place, idea, or issue, and gather primary and secondary research sources to develop a distinct perspective about our subject’s importance in the community and/or world. We wrote a research-based paper in English, which helped for writing the magazine article in Digital media, and a book in Design. This unit emphasizes narrative-style journalism.
Elective Class Production
In English, we brainstormed Ideas of who we wanted to interview and what made them interesting. We made a list of at least three potential interviewees, and reached out to the best option. Once we got our interview done, we had to make a transcript. And with that transcript, we wrote a story about our interviewee.
In Design, we took that story and made a book out of it. First, we got some photos of our interviewee, enough for there to be at least one on each page. We then made Graphic Design Elements, or GDEs, as we Design students like to call them. They are little symbols or doodles that represent the topic and what our book was about. We also had to find the right font to match what the book was bout as well. We laid out the entire book and added in the pictures and text.
In Digital Media, I did almost the same thing as I did in Design, except smaller.
Interviewee Bios
Reflection
The Documentary project felt like it took a long time. We had to interview someone who we thought was interesting, but we were challenged to find someone that we didn’t really know.
The documentary I wrote in English seemed long enough, but when I put it into the book in Design, It seemed a lot shorter. So when I put it in the magazine in Digital Media, it was a lot easier.