e1-Minute Documentary

Directions: You are creating a 1-minute mini-doc in the style of the examples shown in class. You will craft a
conversation with an adult who is working in a profession. Remember, this is not a Q&A. Do not waste any of
your minute with you speaking and asking questions. This isn’t about you. Please remind your adult that this is
going on the district’s website.

Start by coming up with two people that you could speak with. The person cannot be a school district
employee. Touch base with each person to make sure that they will speak with you and understand the scope
of your project. Now it’s time to research. Look into their profession so that you have some background
information. It’s a lot easier to have a conversation when you know a little bit about the topic.

These 1-minute documentaries are used as quick glances into a profession. What type of personality traits are
good for the profession? What type of education, if any, is needed? What does a day-in-the-life look like? Why
are they passionate about it? These are Q&A questions, so don’t use them as they are, but rather understand
that this is some of the information that might be helpful to someone who is looking at this industry.

Complete the chart below and submit it before your recording session.

Finding the Expert

Name Profession

1st Choice Sophie Mae Sherbin Repair the World. Food justice

2nd Choice Mitch from Muffler Man Car repair

Conversation Starters (Should be specific to each person)

1st Person How did you develop a passion for food justice? How did you get into food justice? What is
your education?

2nd Person How did you develop an interest in fixing cars? How did you get into wanting to create your
own car repair shop? What is your education or certifications?

Background Info on Profession

1st Person She finds how to make sure everyone has access to food.

2nd Person Fixes many cars, very reliable, and efficient.

Possible Strong Visuals

1st Person A strong visual would be a picture of her doing her work, leading an activity, or teaching us a
fact.

2nd Person A picture of people working in the shop.

What Might Be Unexpected
1st Person Something that might be unexpected would be, learning a fact about food.

2nd Person Something that might be unexpected is you never know what he is going to talk about.

Natural Sounds
1st Person The sound of the field, the sound of a class you're teaching, and the sound of the wind.

2nd Person The sounds we might hear are drills, welder, lift, dogs, and yelling

Conflict (Might have to think hard on this one)

1st Person A conflict with Sophie's job might be if it is a bad harvest season, or have no one in the
programming for the day.

2nd Person A conflict with Mitch’s job might be if not using pg words.

Connection
1st Person I met Sophie when she was a machonik at my temple. She currently helps staff SSTY or Shir
Shalom Temple Youth. We always love to talk about projects, work, and many different things.

2nd Person I met Mitch as he is a family friend, he has fixed and repaired many of my family's cars, and he
is one of the robotics team's sponsors.