Thursday, September 15, 2011

News

1st story 3 deaths in Oakdale :S, Prox., Time lasted 2 min

2nd Amy Spencers arrested: Pro, Time lasted 3 min

3rd Weather: S,Prom, Time lasted 1 min

4th Gov. Flow over fire in boundary waters: Pro, S lasted 3 min

5th Salvation army break in: Time, S 40 sec.

6th Paul Zunker sexual misconduct arrest: Prom, Time prox 12 sec.

7th MN Dot road construction: S ,Time, Prox31 sec.

8th Ain't gay bullying laws: S,  Prox, Time 33sec.

9th  Jerry Kill's back: Prom, Time 25 sec.

10th Apple juice scare: S,U, Prox, Time 2min.

11th Fire fighter rescue: Prox, Time 1.35 min.

12th Cantaloup recall: S, Time  25 sec.

13th Medal of honor S, Time,

14th

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Camera notes

INTERVIEWING:
• What seven items should you bring with you when you are shooting an interview?
(Clocks Tick Tock Making Heads Pound Loudly)
C: Camera
T: Tripod
T: Tape
M: Microphone
H: Headphones
P: Power
L: 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? A person's noise

White Balance: Sets the iris in a fantasy camera 

• No tripod= Bad


• Date and Time= Never Never use the display button


• SP/EP=  Stander play and extend play

• Camera shoots in _______SP_________.

• Pre-Roll- 3 to 5 seconds before you start you interview


• Post-Roll- 3 to 5 seconds after interview


CAMERA SHOTS:  

***BACKGROUND: Dynamic- needs to have depth 6 to 8 feet away from a wall. focus on person not wall behind

• 1 Shot= Middle of chest to about the head microphones are to be heard not seen

• 1 Shot with graphic= Over the shoulder or down lower

• 2 Shot= Shows two people But focus on only one person

• CU- Close up

• MS- Medium shot

• LS- Long shot

• ECU- Extreme close up

 You want each one of these every time you shot.

• Rule of thirds- Place rules of elements in rule of thirds


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- Used to follow moment up and down


• Pan- Used to watch side to side moment


• Zoom- getting closer or father way


• Dolly- Camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key- Main front light most use


• Fill- Fill lights fills in the shadows left by the key light


• Back- Separates the interview 


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- Picks up from one direction

• Omnidirectional- all directions microphone on top of camera is this

• Cardiod- One direction shaped like a heart

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- A microphone that clips to a shirt used on the interview

• Boom Microphone- Long mic on a stick unidirectional used with multiple people

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

10 Steps to Writing a Story

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a ___topic_________.
- Know your audience
- News worthy
-  Balance
2. Find an ______angle_____.
- Focus's topic
- Fine if it changes
- Ask questions based on your angle
3. Collect ______information__________.
- Know where you need to go
- Know what you want to ask
- Know the back round of your topic
4. Conduct the _____interview___________.
- Interview three " experts" on your topic
- Ask at least 3 questions written before hand and make sure they start with what, why, who, how 
- Only ask open ended questions for soundbites               A soundbites are something that can stand on it's own
5. Shoot your reporter _______standup________ _________.
- Make it in the middle if its a good story 
- used as transition
-  Where the reports get in the story
6. Organize your ____soundbites___________.
- Write your story's around your interview
-  Choose order and location for interviews
- Use editing software for this
7. Write _____Segues_________ in your story.
- Used in between story's 
- Reports speaks
-
8. Write the ____ins____________ and _______outs___________ of your story.
- What the anchors say in order to keep it from getting messed up or repeated  
- Reports write with anchors to help write the story's
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10. Collect ____B Roll_______ to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
- Natural sounds
- Film of the game or play
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*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the ____a roll_.
All the audio in the story. Make sure this is done first this makes your story.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
 The reporting of current events of importance though television, radio or the internet.




List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
 
TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1 Significance: effects a mass amount of people Ex.9/11 

2. Unusualness : different out of the ordinary Ex. J Leano   

3. Proximity: come paired to your area Ex. Traffic on 35W

4. Prominence: Celebrity's lives compared to normal people Ex. Obama gets a dog 

5. Timeliness : Needs to be current unless you are making a reference Ex. Southern Cal won Saturday

6. Human interest: Even if the news is all bad they end with a fell good story Ex. A new animal is born at the zoo 




What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1. Current you can go live quicker then with print you have to wait a day.

2.Print journalism always you to skip ahead to what you want to see where for broadcasting you have to wait for the other story's first.

3. print journalism always you to go way more in depth because you have no time restrictions 


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
It is the best of both worlds you get the current's of the new and the in deepness of a paper with out the cost.