Long Form Story Analysis on Spotlight: Inside the Californian inferno

The writer of the long form story uses first person point of view to describe the surrounding of the apartment which the interviewee was staying with his friends. This give the reader of how the surrounding of apartment looks like after the interviewee managed to escape from the wildfire in Malibu.

The writer should put a loop video of the wildfire burning at background of the headline and a parallax scrolling effect should be included in the story to attract the visual of the reader when they scroll down to read the story on the computer or smartphone.

The writer should include a small profile of the interviewee as many people may not know who is the interviewee. The writer can also put a hyperlink to the interviewee's website to showcase his portfolio. Furthermore, the long form story should include an audio clip or a video clip of the interview to show the emotions of the interviewee was escaping the wildfire for survival.

A slideshow of photographs and videos can be included in the long form story after the pull quote "Your property is gone. Forget it. We can't save it." to show the damage caused by the wildfire. In addition, the writer can include other victim's pictures or videos from social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube to show how serious was the wildfire.

Link: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/paradise-california-fire

The storyboard for the long form story

Mind-map for the long form story