Freezing in on a Story

The group has had a couple of "coming together" meetings. After brainstorming sessions over tea and "batata wadas" we froze in on the theme "Market"

Within this broad theme, each participant came up with ideas for individual stories. They got to know what makes for a "strong story" while at the same time, being feasible/manageable.

We used the online courses from the BBC Training website (bbctraining.com) and participants learnt how to "Prepare to tell a story"

Key concepts learnt for good storytelling were:
1. A Hook
2. Characters
3. A setting
4. A key question

During the second meet, the documentary "Walmart - High Price of Low Cost" was screened, since the topic we chose was Market.

After deliberations, we narrowed in on the following story ideas:
1. Child's view of the market (an audio slideshow perhaps)
2. Sounds of vendor calls (an audio presentation)
3. A multimedia (still images and video) feature on the remnants of the old economy (traditional vendors selling products prepared by them) struggling to survive in the new world.
4. Personal relationships formed in the marketplace.


More later...