Sunday, September 16, 2018

Framing Paralympian Stories


On Paralympic coverage…
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Trischa: It’s discrimination through neglect. The problem is, Paralympic events are not as well attended as Olympic events. And the media channels don’t give as much coverage to Paralympics as Olympics.
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Fritz: Solution?
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Trischa: To persuade the networks to give Paralympics more coverage, to present Paralympian achievements more dramatically.
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Fritz: How do you propose to frame their stories? What’s the narrative structure?
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Victory over adversity is sweet...
Trischa: A linked vignette approach. The cause of the athlete’s disability and the treatment. Feelings of despair followed by the experience or the person who inspired them. Defeats leading to successes.
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Voice-over
The frame, or the theme, is triumph over adversity.
The stills and footage, and the athletes’ vignettes, are the visual and vocal framing components.
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