Feature Story Mega Blog

Video and Written Reflection-

For our feature story, we created both a video and written story. I interviewed Reece and George, two of my classmates. I asked Reece about the book that he is writing and asked George what he thought of student writing a book. For the video I used voice overs to transition from  topic to topic, using an app on my phone to record them. There were many differences between the video and written versions. For example, I had to cut out the ending of my video from the writer part. I also added a different ending to make it more relevant. In both, I started with a strong hook to draw people in.

Video Blog Post-

For this project, I made a feature story with a primary and secondary interview. A feature story is different from a normal news story; a feature story focuses on the people and not the facts or the event. I interviewed a classmate, Reece, about the book that he is writing and asked George, another student, about what he thought of Reece as an author. This is different from my last video because in the other video the interview was the main part of the video. While in this one, my voiceover was the main structure of the video. This also was the most voiceover that I have ever recorded for a video. I am mostly proud of my finished product, although I would like to have had a more clear sounding voiceover.
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Written Story-

For most students at ONW, writing is a boring but mandatory part of their english class. But for sophomore Reece Krall, it means something entirely different.

In his free time, Reece is writing his very own book about a “modern day vigilante” that focuses on real world struggles.

“I’m about three chapters in, and about to be on four. I’ve had the idea for about a year, but I’ve never actually sat down and started writing it till just about a month ago and from there it kind of just took off.”

He has even impressed some of his peers at school.

“I wish I could write a book” says George Smith, a classmate of Reece, “I feel like it will be a great experience”

Reece continues on about his hopes of finishing his book and why he is writing it.

“My greatest hope is that my book gets out there and actually sends a message to people.”

Most students wouldn’t think of doing a project this big, but Krall is committed. We’ll just have to wait and read it cover to cover when it’s complete.