2.+Dramatic+Question

**Table of Contents - Digital Storytelling**
1. Point of View 2. Dramatic Question 3. Emotional Content 4. Gift of your voice 5. Background Soundtrack 6. Economy 7. Pacing

-Lesson learned**
 * **Dramatic Question - Element #2

What keeps an observer engaged in a story is the dramatic question and the tension that's created by the conflict between the question and the resolution.

To keep the SUSPENSE in your story:
 * Tell the story first, and embed the dramatic question later on or at the end.Embedded in the story is a dramatic question or lesson learned that you and your audience can identify with.
 * What is this movie about?
 * Will there be a solution to the question?
 * Hiding the question or lesson learned until later in the movie draws peoples attention.
 * Tension is created by the way you go about answering your dramatic question or explaining the lesson learned.
 * This applies to your presentation of science, social studies, math etc.Once you've presented the lesson learned or answered the dramatic question, the story is finished || **Video Sample:**

Watch for the dramatic question and lesson learned in the Cost of Chocolate example created by Mabry Middle School..

> Notice the limited use of words, the use of music, and pictures to tell the story.media type="custom" key="418401" ||
 * Is the question resolved?
 * Does it leave you with things to think about?
 * Have you learned something?