Kelli Boyle
Weekly Story Idea 8
December 2, 2014
Winter is coming to State College, PA, and the Department of Transportation is exerting every precaution to keep the roads safe for drivers.
The best people to interview for this would be people from the Department of Transportation to say what specific precautions they are taking such as snow plows, ice melt/salt, etc. Other people to interview would be local drivers as well as paid drivers such as CATA Bus operators and taxi drivers. Another great person to interview would be local meteorologists.
Memorable moments will include close ups of the salt pouring out from the trucks, action shots of snow plows clearing snow from the roads, and interesting and captivating SOTS from local drivers.
Beginning: Starts out with an interview from the meteorologist. Interview would entail predictions for this winter; just how bad will it be?
Middle: Starts out with the DOT telling what precautions they’ve taken. Then will feed into voice overs from interview over shots of salt and ice melt being poured over the roads.
End: Package concludes with local and business drivers speaking on how they plan to keep themselves safe on the roads this winter.