For this option you are to write a news story as covered in the lecture post "SocietyMassCom: How Write a News Story (W9-P3) Fa17."   Your story should have a headline, byline, a lead, backup for the lead, impact, background, elaboration and ending.  Total words (not including the headline and byline) should be between 250 to 350 words in length.  Start this assignment by first going to this link to find an interesting news-related photograph. Use this photograph to write your news story.  For the purposes of this class assignment, you will be making up the facts for the news story.  For example, make up names for the people and places in the photograph.  You will be making up quotes and other details as well.

For this option you are to take 5 photographs using the rules of composition found in the lecture post "SocietyMassCom: Photo Composition (W11-P1) Fa17." Each photograph should use a different rule of composition.  The photographs should show examples of the rule of simplicity, the rule of thirds, the rule of lines, the rule of balance and the rule of framing. Note that in lecture only simplicity, rule of thirds and framing were covered.  See the link in the lecture post for information on the other two rules.  Along with each photograph give a written explanation (50 words minimum) that clearly explains how you used the rule of composition to compose your photograph.  In your written explanation start with a definition of the rule used and then explain how your photograph is a good example of the use of that rule.  

For this option you are to write a film treatment using the information covered in lecture posts "SocietyMassCom: Writing a Screenplay - Plot Structure (W11-P3) Fa17" and "SocietyMassCom: Writing a Screenplay - Campbell & Character Types (W11-P4) Fa17."   The treatment should first cover the plot by clearly indicating what will happen in each act.  The plot description should be 200 words minimum.  Next, cover the main characters in your film by explaining how your characters fit into Campbell's character types.  The character description should be 200 words minimum.  

The work you submit should be your own original work for this assignment and should be free of grammatical and spelling errors.

Submit the two options you chose by noon on November 28th.  Submit them together, that is, email them within 5 minutes of each other.  Earn extra credit for submitting the work early.  For each day early earn 2 extra credit points for up to a total of 20 extra credit points. The assignments must be submitted together to be consider as extra credit.