News Logg

5 Eyewitness News at 11

11:00
3 Found Dead.
-anchors open.
-reporter introduces.
-interviews
a little girl found her parents dead

11:04
Amy Sencer Story
- graphics
-interviews
-Reporter appeared in the middle

11:07
Isabella Fire
- no reporter, just anchors

11:11
Little Girls Hocky
-had backgrounds behind the interviews.

11:13
Medal of Honnor

11:14
Apple Juice
-bad for little kids
- graphics

11:15
Weather
-clouds
-graphics

11:22
Sports
-Gophers
-Wild
-Twins
-MN teams
- Local
-Canada football

11:30
Cavali Hourse Show
-ended with a happy little story

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?
                          Nose

-White Balance: It figures out how much light goes into a camera

• No tripod=  BAD


• Date and Time=  We Should Never (display button)


• SP/EP  Standard Play/ Extended Play

• Camera shoots in ________SP_______.

• Pre-Roll-  3-5 second


• Post-Roll-  3-5seconds


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:


DYNAMIC = Has some depth, not plain
-interviewee is at least 6-8 feet from wall
-Interviewee IS the shot, not the spot

• 1 Shot=  middle of the chest to above the head. microphones are to be heard not scene

• 1 Shot with graphic=  middle of the chest to above the head but to the side

• 2 Shot=   middle of the chest t top of the head with two people. only used for anchors in show.

• CU-  Close Up

• MS-  Medium Shot

• LS-  Long Shot

• ECU-  Extreme Close Up
**want to create a series of shots**

• Rule of thirds-  Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the images into thirds.  place the important things on the rule of thirds.


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


• Pan- moving camera left and right


• Zoom- getting closer or farther away from the subject


• Dolly-  a camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key-Main bright light. An example is the little light you can put on your camera


• Fill-  Fills in the shadows opposite of the Key light.


• Back- Separates the person from the background.


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- picks up from one direction

• Omnidirectional- all directions. the one on your camera

• Cardiod- one direction shaped like a heart. Also unidirectional

• Lav/Lapel Microphone-  clip on to you shirt.

• Boom Microphone- microphone on a pole.  usually unidirectional. 

10 Steps to Writeing a Story

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a ___Topic____.
- 
- News Worthy
-
2. Find an ____Angle____.
- Determines questions
- Focuses topic
- It's okay if your angle switches
3. Collect _______Data____.
- Location
- Need to find data before you start your story
-
4. Conduct the ________Interviews________.
- Interview three experts on the topic
- Ask them at least 3 questions
- Questions should be written down before the interview
- Ask open ended questions: how, why, and what are good starter words
- soundbite: piece of audio that can stand by its self
5. Shoot your reporter __________Stand Up_____ __.
- The one time the reporter appears on film
- appear in the middle
- used as a transition
6. Organize your ______Sound Bites_________.
- choose the order and location of the interviews
- choose which ones you want
- edit
7. Write ____Segues__________ in your story.
- write info between each sound bite
- when you talk
-
8. Write the _____Ins___________ and _________Outs_________ of your story.
- What the reporter is going to say leading in and out of your story
- Communication between the reporter and the anchors
- reporters help anchors write ins and outs

9. Collect ____B roll_______ to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
-  all video footage for your story
- variety
- natural sound

*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the ___________A roll_________.

A roll: all the audio in the story

B roll: all the video in the story

Edit A roll first

NOTES

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.

the telling of events that are news worthy through TV, radio, or the internet


List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1  Significance

2. Unusalness

3. Proximity

4. Prominence

5. Timeliness

6. Human Interest




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

2.  print journalism allows you to choose what you read.

3. print journalism in much more detailed


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
The Internet is the best of print journalism and broadcast journalism.  The Internet is free and more current so it is killing news papers.