Monday, October 5, 2015
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
I felt I had an advantage in writing this story because it was my second year attending the festival so I could contrast certain aspects of the event from last year's. I was searching for different scenarios and people this time because of the assignment so I noticed situations I hadn't when I attended last year. Experiencing the festival this year reminded me of the live tweeting event we were assigned, in the sense that last year I blindly experienced the time that I was at the festival while this time I mentally and physically made note of my surroundings therefore taking away but also enriching the experience. I think that San Francisco is already diverse, though the demographic at the festival was much more eclectic than I expected. In noticing this, I tried to interview attendees from different races and ages and sobriety levels. In the end, I was satisfied with the interview results because I feel like I captured the opinions and thoughts of several perspectives. I also tried to take as many photos as I could so that I could go back later and describe what was happening in that exact moment as a supplement to the notes I was taking. I haven't decided which angle I'm going to write from thought I plan to gather my notes into coherent thoughts and decide from there.
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Hi Brianna,
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were thinking about a range of perspectives -- sobriety level counts in a situation like this. It's also interesting to hear how having the story as a mission changed how you experienced the festival.
Be sure to include who was playing the day(s) when you were out there reporting.
Looking forward to your story.
Thanks.
I'm not sure why Blogger won't let me post a comment on your Bus post. Anyway, I appreciated seeing your thinking behind how you put the story together and why you chose not to use first person. Honestly, it is overused and I'm glad to see you trying a more advanced way into the bus story. There was a lot of voice and flavor in that story -- it didn't need to lean on "I" for your voice to come through.
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