Homework

ABC World News at 5
Story about a French man who was in charge of the IMF and then he got caught and supposedly sexually attacked a maid in new York city and got arrested. Story lasted for approximately three minutes. 
Then they cut back to two anchors talking about the story for about one minute. 
The anchor stats talking about the presidents new proposal for a millionaire tax rate, this story lasts for about two minutes. 
Cuts back to anchor who starts another story about a hostile environment inside of the white house because of the male dominance for about three minutes.
Another story begins about "NASCAR in the sky", this story lasts for about four minutes. 
Back to anchor, beginning a story about hikers that got caught in Iran and sent to jail for two years. This story lasts for about two minutes. 
Anchor starts another story about a measles outbreak in Somalia, this story lasts for approximately four minutes. Commercial. 
The anchor begins a story an Italian billionaire and prime minister that made inappropriate phone calls to an unknown person, this story lasted for about four minutes. 
Commercial. 
Anchor starts a story about a wrestling match this story lasts for about one minute. Another story begins about a man killed by a grizzly bear. 
Commercial. 
The anchor begins a story about a hero in Iraq, that lasts for about three minutes.

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
Tripod
Tape
Microphone
Headphones
Power
Light

• Shooting into a light source = silhouette

• Where do you want your light source?
  You want the light behind the camera.

• On what object should you focus the camera?
  You want to focus on the nose.


 •White balance- Sets the iris to figure out how much needs to make the image better.
 



• No tripod= BAD


• Date and Time= NEVER ( Display button)

• SP/EP- S/P  is standard play E/P is extended play

• Camera shoots in ___S/P___.

• Pre-Roll- You want to shoot the camera for 3 to 5 seconds


• Post-Roll-You want to let it roll for 3 to 5 seconds


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:
• Dynamic= has depth, not plain.

•  interveiwee is at least 6-8 feet from wall.
 



• 1 Shot= Middle of chest to about the top of head.


• Microphones should be heard not seen

• 1 Shot with graphic= Over the shoulder graphic



• 2 Shot=Middle of chest above head ( only with anchor)

• CU- Close up

• MS-Medium shot

• LS-Long shot

• ECU-Extreme close up. series of shots

• Rule of thirds- Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds.  Place the important elements of the rule of thirds


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- A camera up and down .

• Pan-Moving the camera side to side. When you want to get all the action .


• Zoom-Getting closer and farther away.

• Dolly- A camera on wheels.

LIGHTS
• Key- Main bright light to light up interviewees.


• Fill- Fills in the shadows.


• Back- Seperates the person from the background.


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- Only pick up sound from the subject.

• Omnidirectional- From multiple directions.Microphone on top of cameras.

• Cardioid- Microphone shaped like a heart.

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- When you can clip it to your shirt.

• Boom Microphone- Allows you to place a microphone into a situation. Unidirectional.

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

The Flash show example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqOE_gsK-k0

Friday's assignment: Watch 30 minutes of the news and do a news log (story, time, criteria of newsworthiness). This must be posted to your blog before class begins on Friday.

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a ___Topic____.
- Know your audience.
- News-worthy
- Balanced
2. Find an ___Angle___.
- Changeable
- Focused
- View point
3. Collect ___Information____.
- Schedule
- People
- Facts
4. Conduct the ____Interviews_____.
- Interview three experts on the story.
- Ask open ended questions. (Why...? How...? Who....?)
- Sound byte - Piece of audio that can stand on its own.
5. Shoot your reporter ___Stand-up____.
- Reporter should always do one stand up.
- Transition from one story to another.
- Located in the middle of the story.
6. Organize your __Sound Bytes___.
- Choose location of interview.
- Choose order.
- Choose people to interview.
7. Write __Segues/Transitions__ in your story.
- When the reporter speaks.
- Place in between stories.
- Make the story seem smoother.
8. Write the __ins__ and __outs__ of your story.
- Communication between the anchors and reporters.
- Transitions between stories.
- Help the anchor out.
9. Collect __B-Roll__ to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
- Makes the story more interesting.
- Footage
- Natural sound.

*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the ___A-Roll___. Audio that makes up the story.

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
     Broadcast journalism is the reporting of current events that are news-worthy through television, radio or internet.

List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
1. Affects a mass of people, (significance). Ex. (9/11, oil spill, elections, natural disasters.)
2. Something out of the ordinary, (unique or unusualness).
3. (Proximity), things that are going on around us.
4. (Prominence), we care more about celebrities than normal people.
5. (Timliness), things that happened recently are more important.
6. (Human Interest), Extraordinary stories that make people feel good.

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What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1. Broadcast journalism is much more current, Example: Mine Collapse, The ability to broadcast live and up to date than in a newspaper the next day.

2. Print journalism allows you to choose what you want to read first.

3. Print journalism is much more in depth and detailed.


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalisism?
The internet is the best of both worlds, videos and articles are in use.