Think of three different ways—other than print—to tell a story. (We’ll assume that your piece has a print component.) Give a descriptive one-paragraph summary for each.
Our topic is Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh and one aspect of telling the story of the casino could be doing a 24 hour stint in the casino and observing, participating etc.
1. The experience of spending 24 hours straight in the casino could be portrayed in a play format. Those who conducted the 'experiment' in the casino could write the script and either star in or cast actors to play the parts. The play could be just one scene from the 'experiment' or it can be a time lapse from the whole entire 24 hours. The set would include slot machines of course and music of course would be the music that the casino plays and the sounds of a casino, from the bells and ringers of the machines to the drop of coins and the yelling that goes along with winning...and losing. All these aspects would come together to help put the audience in the casino with the 'experimenters'.
2. Instead of a typical comic type strip format, the story of 24 hours spent in the casino could be done in clay-mation, the classic format for so many children's movies. The scene could be similar to the play but it's just a different format to convey it and easier to post online for a wider audience than a play would have. Making the story much easier to tell as a found strictly online type of journalism with more a more media interactive format.
3. Another way to tell the story could be a simple timeline, maybe the 'experimenters' could take a picture of themselves, every hour, on the hour, no matter where they are or what they're doing while in the casino throughout the 24 hours and create a timeline out of these photos with a short description of the time, and what was happening. This would also make it media interactive for an online site. It could be viewed as a slideshow or a basic timeline with notches to show the time elapsed and the photo to go with it.
