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# Expos 20: Animals and Politics: Workshop Summaries

## 1
#### 9/15

#### Ed came to the Learning Lab for the first workshop of the class. A main component of his presentation was the display and description of different modalities of storytelling in film and video. He showed videos he made that use voiceover, or are interviews, or are monological presentations of argument or data, etc. The primary question here concerned, in essence, how form and content connect. Different topics, trajectories, and goals require different tones, or feelings, or foci, and the aim would be to match them well!

## 2

#### 9/22

Ed openeQuestion re reflection on last week / things that liked/worked or not
Which formal choices were effective for conveying the particular messages?
What topics would people want to explore and why?
Are they unexplored? Feeling of urgency? Disagreements?
Planning ahead: How viable would it be to make a document? Could it fit within the time frame? Are there enough sources and resources for data?
Skills for research — meta-analyses, verifying accuracy and validity, credible sources, sorting through misinformation, bias, and cherry-picking
Looking for media and footage that it is usable for the desired outcome/object
When researching as teams, can utilize delegation

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The students in their groups briefly presented the many topics they intend to research — all super intricate and compelling! Once that was complete, Ed transitioned to the topic of form and explored strategies re “How to Keep the Audience Engaged.” Examples and
enumerated methods

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Newsdesk presentations
Green screens
At desk (table)
At correspondents desk (stage)
In the field (stage)
Familiarization with the form