fox 9 news at 9

1. oakdale 4:00 today
daughter walks home to find dead mom and dad
shot to death
#'s 1235

2. fire in boundary waters
ely, minnesota fire is going on for more then two weeks
#'s126

3. ms senser charged with hit and run
11:00 am today, she turned herself in
#'s 123456

4. us hikers jailed in iraq
deal almost reached
#'s 2456

5. us marine gets medal of honor
saved many blives while in the current war
#'s 12456

6. old couple plays with web cam on computer
lots of hits on youtube

7. breast cancer pink trash cans

8. michelle bachman bad comments
might ruin campain
backlash?
made comment on sean haniddy show

Notes 9/14/11

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)
C- Camera
T- Tri pod
T- Tape
M- Microphone
H- Head Phones
P- Power/Battery
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?
the persons nose or iris,
 white balance the camera

• No tripod=
bad, always have a tri pod

• Date and Time=
display button turned off, we dont want the date and time

• SP/EP
standard play, extended play
• Camera shoots in _____SP___________.

• Pre-Roll-
3-5 seconds before the interview

• Post-Roll-
3-5 seconds before the interview

CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:
make sure to have some depth and be away from the wall
• 1 Shot=  middle chest to above head, microphones are to be heard not seen

• 1 Shot with graphic=  over the shoulder graphic

• 2 Shot= with two people chest up

• CU- close up

• MS- medium shot, waist up

• LS-  long shot

• ECU- extreme close up
create series of shots, you want to have all those shots in your story, have all different shots so its interseting

• Rule of thirds-  imaginary lines of a shot, work on thirds


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- tilt it up and down


• Pan- move left and right


• Zoom- getting closer or farther away from the subject


• Dolly- camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key- front light, main bright light, and we have one


• Fill-  fills in the shadow in t he shot


• Back-  separates the interviewer from the back light


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional-  picks up from one direction

• Omnidirectional-  picks up all directions, mic on top of camera is that

• Cardiod- heart shaped mic, makes a heart around them when there speaking into it

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- a mic that you can attach to your shirt with a clip

• Boom Microphone- a mic that is on the end of a pole, you point it in a area and it only picks up in unidirectional

Writing a Story 9-13-11

9-13-11 Writing a Story

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
-  newsworthy
- 
2. Find an ___angle________.
-  ask questions based on your angle
- 
-
3. Collect _________info/data_______.
-   names, where they practice /games
-  coaches, captains
-
4. Conduct the ___interviews_____________.
-  the experts on the story
- 3 people
-  3-5 questions asking the person who your interviewing
-  ask open ended questions
- soundbite= a piece of audio that can stand on its own
5. Shoot your reporter _____stand__________ ____up_____.
-  the one time a reporter should be in front of the camera
-  normally should be in the middle
- used as a transition
6. Organize your _______sound bites________.
-  coach, and 2 senior captains
-  choose order and location for the interviews
-
7. Write _____segues_________ in your story.
-  there like transitions between stories
- 
-
8. Write the _____ins___________ and _________outs_________ of your story.
-  what the ancor says so the reporter doesnt get messed up with the ancor
-
-
10. Collect _____b-roll______ to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
-  all the video footage that's with your story
- 
-

*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the ______a- roll______________.
its all of the audio that goes on in your story

Notes 9/12/11

9/12/11 What is Broadcast Journalism?

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

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.

the telling of current events that are newsworthy.


List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. effects a mass number of people, significant

2. unusualness, 

3. proximity, we care about news that is close to us, not far away

4.celebritys,or  promience

5. timelyness, people like news that just happened not weeks old news, current events
    sports weather are two examples

6.  human interest, some soft warm fuzzy news at the end of the show to make you feel good



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

2.  print allows you to skip ahead to what u want to read

3. print is way more depth and the fine print


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?

because people can read the newspaper online and not pay for it