Story telling

In order to create an effective narrative you need to think about these points:

- Always think about audience> remember they only know what you can show them...
- Drama/conflict
- You don't need to show everything> straight to the point
- Try not to make it predictable
- Create emotion
- Let the audience fill in the gaps> have the audience go on a journey.
- Story should have an arc
- Juxtaposition
- Play with the genre
- Set up tension early

Improving narrative - First attempt:

1. Rhino's point of view, grazing... non-diegetic sound of helicopter in distance. Camera pans round to look for sound.
2. Helicopter is seen with in frame.
3. Rhino starts to panic slightly 
4. As camera turns, poachers standing there with guns.
5. Rhino turns again and runs through the grassland, non-diegectic sound of tranquilliser shot.
6. Camera starts to blur, slow down, lower to the ground.
7. Really fast cuts between the passing out of the rhino to the black market, where the rhino horn is being sold. People buying ornaments and using it for medicine. Really emphasising the use of sound.
8. Black screen with non-diegetic sound of horn being sawn off.
9. Ariel shot of rhino lying on ground starting to wake up with horn missing, blood over its face.
10. Message on screen.