481 – THON

50 points

Assigned:  Thursday, January 31, 2019

Proposal Due: Sunday, February 10 by 11:59 pm. Email me your idea before class & present your story pitch in class.  Your proposal should include who you plan to cover, what makes them interesting and approximately what day and time you’ll be uploading your work.

Story Due: On deadline – during THON(February 16-18)

Goal: To cover a live event, on deadline, using the skills you’ve learned in class

THON is always exciting. There is emotion, exhaustion, action, news. Everything you want from a big story. There are interesting characters, moments you can capture, and the story impacts thousands of people in our community.

PART 1

You’ll be posting using Instagram and/or Twitter

  hashtag #COMMthon2019 + Time

  • You must use a public account.
    You may not delete the posts.
    If you don’t want to use your own account (or it’s private) create one for the assignment.

Start every post with the time it happened and the hashtag:  9:33am #COMMthon2019

Live tweet or use Instagram to report on THON. Don’t give us your opinions.  Tell us what is happening, quote people, take photos. DON’T just say it’s crowded or not. Don’t guess what people are thinking. Report. Talk to people, get names, get their thoughts, describe what you see, take photos/videos.

You need 5 (Five) posts all using the hashtag #COMMthon2019 (no hashtag no grade because we won’t see it)
Only appropriate, fact-based posts will count. Spelling and grammar matter. No typos.
Your posts must be made real-time :: Don’t wait until later in the day. What would be the point?
One post must include video (see below)
All other posts must include photos AND text

Start every post with the time of day. We will publish all the social media on a timeline for the day.

PART TWO: VIDEO/Audio Slideshow

You can use the D7200 or shoot on your phone. The goal is something interesting and immediate that can be posted while people still care.

You will produce a short, 30-60 second maximum, video story related to THON.

The goal is to make a story about a person – a strong subject with an interesting THON related story.

Get a good interview and combine that with either still images or video of the person doing something – NOT posing for the camera. This is a short documentary story related to THON.

You may cover anything THON related including, but not limited to:

Dancers and Moralers on the floor of the BJC.  We do NOT have special access. If you want to be on the floor you’ll need to make your own arrangements – it is difficult to get a pass if you don’t have a connection.
People in the stands with stories to tell – first time at THON, last time, other reasons for being there
The support staff at the BJC – who cleans the bathrooms at 3am
Who can’t go to THON, Who doesn’t want to go to THON?

DEADLINE: The goal is to turn in your work as quickly as possible. We will post the work live on a running blog

NAME ASSIGNMENT SHOOTING TIME EDITING TIME SOCIAL MEDIA
Claire Going Dancer Lockers Sunday noon @Claire_Going  TWITTER
Xinyin Zhang International Students Saturday iam_xxxyz

TWITTER

Chushi Hu Collegian staff instagram ch.x.photo
Allison Rambler From the stands and senior’s last THON Friday-Sunday Twitter  @allisonrambler

Instagram @ramblerreelsphoto

Yutong Zhou people’s reactions
Clara Beltran Del Rio Phi Sigma Rho dancer
Emily Palmer THON dancer Ben Raeder EmilyPa71396409 Twitter
Dylan Burd Matt O’Connor,  a member of the hospitality THON Organization @Dylan_Burd on Twitter
Kate Barry @barryx15  twitter
Lauren Lee lauren_llee  twitter
James Scipione Twitter @jscipione48
Sam McQuillan Twitter @sam_mcquill
Short is fine. Boring is not.