30 minutes of watching news

"More Firefighters to join in help to fight BWCA wildfire." (3 minutes)
-Sigificance
-Timeliness
-Proximity

"3 Found Dead in Oakdale Home" (2 minutes)
-Significance
-Timeliness

"Cold enters Minnesota earlier than expected" (4 minutes)
-Significance
-Proximity
-Timeliness


"Arden Hills is only option for Vikings Stadium" (3 minutes)
-Significance
-Timeliness
-Proximity


"Deputy involved shooting in Winona County." (5 minutes)
-Significance
-Timeliness

Camera Notes 9-14-11

Note-taking on Camera Techniques

INTERVIEWING:
• What seven items should you bring with you when you are shooting an interview?
(Clocks Tick Tock Making Heads Pound Loudly)
Camera
Tri-pod
Tape
Microphone
Headphones
Power
Light

• Shooting into a light source = Silhouette


• Where do you want your light source? Behind the Camera


• On what object should you focus the camera? Persons nose (White Balance-light coming into camera {set Iris})


• No tripod= BAD


• Date and Time= Never (display)


• SP/EP= Standard play and Extended play

• Camera shoots in Standard play.

• Pre-Roll- 3-5 seconds before interview

• Post-Roll- 3-5 seconds after interview


CAMERA SHOTS:
DYNAMIC= has some depth, not plain
Interviewee is at least 6-8 feet away from wall
 Interviewee is the shot, not a poster
***BACKGROUND:

• 1 Shot= Middle of chest to above the head

• 1 Shot with graphic= 1 shot with graphic over shoulder

• 2 Shot= 1 shot with two people.

• CU- Close Up

• MS- Medium Shot

• LS- Long Shot

• ECU- Extreme Close Up
-create a series of shots
• Rule of thirds- Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. Place important elements on Rule of Thirds.


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- tilt camera up and down on tri-pod


• Pan- moving your camera left and right on tri-pod


• Zoom- getting closer or farther away from certain object


• Dolly- camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key- Main bright light that usually comes from the front on the side


• Fill- Lights that fill in the shadows created by the Key


• Back- opposite of the Key light. separates the background


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- microphone that picks up from one direction

• Omnidirectional- microphone that comes from all directions. mics on cameras are all omnidirectional

• Cardiod- shaped like a heart, creates heart shaped sound area

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- the microphones that can clip onto the shirt

• Boom Microphone- usually unidirectional located on end of long rod

10 Steps to Writing a Story .. 9-13-11

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a Topic 
- Sports
- Theatre
- Know your audience
- Newsworthy
2. Find an angle.
- Determines questions
- Focus' on topic
- Angle can change
3. Collect information
- Names
- Location, Time/Schedule
- Background info
4. Conduct Interviews
- 3 Experts
- Open-ended questions
- at least 3 questions per expert
- Soundbite (piece of audio that can stand on its own)
5. Shoot your reporter stand up
-  The one time the reporter appears on camera
- should appear in middle of story (transition)
6. Organize your soundbites
- choose order and location of interviews
- choose which bite you want
7. Write segues in your story.
- write information in between soundbites
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8. Write the In and Out of your story.
- what reporter and anchor say before and after story
- anchors write scripts, reporters write in/out
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9. Collect B-roll to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
- Footage you use for story
- Variety of shots
- Natural sounds

*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the A-Roll ( all the audio in the story)

9/12/11 What is Broadcast Journalism?

For reading time today, visit: http://www.cnn.com/

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
Television, radio, and the Internet are ways you can broadcast. Broadcast Journalism is the telling or reporting of current events that are newsworthy through television, radio, or internet.



List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1 Significance- events that impact a mass of people-(hurricanes,elections)

2. unusualness- out of the ordinary

3. Proximity- things that happen that are local to the audience- (traffic, sports scores)

4. Prominence- People that are famous in society- (Celebrity weddings)

5. Timeliness- How current a story is- (weather)

6. Human Interest- Feel good story- (babies born)




What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1.  Broadcast journalism is much more current.

2. Print journalism gives the ability to include much more detail

3. Print journalism allows you to read what you want and in what order


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism? 
 Is the best of Print journalism and Broadcast journalism. Also allows you to read what you want