3/5 Questions

1. Lives Lost – How does Dotson use his stand up in the story? What techniques did he use to get sound bites from the children?
-He used it as a transition of scenes.
-Rule of threes

2. Cave Rescue – What is your favorite line of writing (open, stand up, segues or close) from Dotson in this story?
-The stand up techniques, without a doubt.

3. Ruby Bridges – How does Dotson use the five tools of a novelist (setting, foreshadowing, conflict, character growth, resolution)?
-His setting is the school
-He used forshaddowing when describing the kids
-He shows clips of angry people for conflict

4. Pearl Harbor’s Untold Story – What is the twist ending (surprise) in this story?
-The man who was in that camp created the USS Arizona Memorial

Rule of thirds

When interviewing the reporter or the kids they used the rule of thirds well to have a proper shot that did not look funny.