30 min news watch

starts out with greetings and the anchors start to talk about the first story.

Pink kids gear up for 5K walk (2 min)
-proximity

story about budget restrains and retiree benefits (3 min)
-significance
-timeliness

story about Obama's future
-significance

3 found dead in Oakdale,MN
-Proximity

Amy Senser charged for hit and run (3 min)
-timeliness

grandparents struggle with technology
-unusualness
-human interest

Notetaking 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
Tripod
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?
Focus on a persons nose
(White balance- hold a white sheet of paper and press white balance)

• No tripod=  Bad


• Date and Time= Never
(Display button)

• SP/EP- Standard play/ Extended Play

• Camera shoots in ______SP_____.

• Pre-Roll- Record 3 to 5 seconds BEFORE interview(so you don't cut off part of the interview)


• Post-Roll- Record 3 to 5 seconds AFTER interview


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:
-Dynamic- has some depth, not plain
-interviewee is at least 6-8 feet from wall
-interviewee is the shot, not the poster
• 1 Shot= middle of the chest to above the head; microphones are to be herd not seen

• 1 Shot with graphic= one shot to the side to allow graphic,Over the shoulder graphic

• 2 Shot= two people in one shot (only for anchors)

• 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 horizontal and vertically


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- tilt the camera up and down


• Pan- turning the camera left and right


• Zoom- getting closer or farther away of the subject


• Dolly- camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key- the main bright light( the light on the camera)


• Fill- fills in the shadows opposite of the key light


• Back- opposites to the key light and is separates the subject from the background


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

• Omnidirectional- comes from all direction( microphone on top of cameras are omnidirectional)

• Cardiod- shaped like a heart

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- microphones that you can clip on to your shirt

• Boom Microphone- microphone on a pole( usually unidirectional)

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a __topic________.
-balanced show
-newsworthy
-know your audience
2. Find an __angle_______.
-answers questions
-focuses on topic
-you can change angle
3. Collect __information/data___.
-who
-when
-where
4. Conduct the _____interviews____.
-3 experts on the story(coach,captains,fans)
-at least 3 questions to ask(written down)
-open ended questions(wtarts with what why how etc.)
-soundbite-a piece of audio that can stand on its own
5. Shoot your reporter __stand____ ___up______.
-appear in the middle
-one time reporter appears in the story
-usually transitions
6. Organize your ____Soundbites_________.
-organize how you want it
-choose locations
-choose the best ones
7. Write ____segues(transition)________ in your story.
-when reporter speaks
-so all interviews makes sense together
-
8. Write the _______ins_________ and _____outs_______ of your story.
-what anchor is going to say leading to stories
-communications between anchor and reporter
-

9. Collect ____b-roll_______ to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
-all video footage you can use in your story
-use natural sound
-makes you want to b there

*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the _____a-roll________.
-all the audio in the story
-do the a-roll first
-more important

For reading time today, visit: http://www.cnn.com/ Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences. List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness. TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE 1 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism? 1. 2. 3. How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?

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

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
television, internet, and new. the telling of or reporting of current events that are news worthy


List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1 significance- how important the news is

2. unusualness- how different the news is.

3. proximity- things happen around us

4. prominence- things about celebrities

5. timeliness- anything that happens recently

6. human interest- feel good story




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

2.print journalism lets reader chose what to read

3.print journalism is more in detail and in depth


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
the internet is the best of all journalism because its free, current, read whatever you want