30 Minute News Watch (WCCO NEWS)

"Do reality TV contestants actually get paid?" (2 Min. Segment)
-Human Interest
-Unusualness

"No 'Plan B' for Vikings stadium." (4 Min. Segment)
-Significance
-Timeliness
-Proximity

"Blanket of cold enters MN and it's still summer" (4 Min. Segment)
-Significance
-Proximity

"Deputy involved shooting in Winona County." (5 Min. Segment)
-Significance
-Timeliness
-Proximity

"Additional Firefighters join attack on BWCAW wildfire." (3 Min. Segment)
-Sigificance
-Timeliness
-Proximity

9-14-11 Camera Notes

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?
A person's nose. (White Balance-light coming into the camera)

• No tripod= BAD


• Date and Time= Display button (never show date and time in class)


• SP/EP- Standard Play/Extended Play

• Camera shoots in SP.

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


• Post-Roll- 3-5 seconds after interview.


CAMERA SHOTS:
***BACKGROUND:  

• Dynamic: Has depth not plain. interviewee is at least 6-8 feet away from wall.

• 1 Shot= Middle of the chest to above the head. (microphones are to be heard not seen)

• 1 Shot with graphic= 1shot with an over the shoulder graphic.

• 2 Shot= 1 shot with two people.

• 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 horizontally and vertically. Place important elements on the rule of thirds.


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- Up and down.


• Pan- Side to side.


• Zoom- Closer and farther away.


• Dolly- Camera on wheels.

LIGHTS
• Key- Main bright light that comes from the front, usually on the side.


• Fill- Light that fills in the shadows, opposite from the key light. Comes from behind.


• Back- Seperates interviewee from the background.


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

• Omnidirectional-Comes from all directional. microphones on top of camera is omnidirectional.


• Cardiod- Unidirectonal (shaped like heart)

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- Microphone that clips to shirt.


• Boom Microphone- usually unidirectional.

9-13-11 Writing a Story

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism
1. Find a Topic
- Sports
- Theatre
- Know your audience
- News worthy
2. Find an Angle
- Determines questions
- Focus's on topic
- Angle can change
3. Collect Data
- Names
- Location
- Times/Schedules
4. Conduct the Interview
- 3 Experts (coaches, players, fans, teachers, etc.)
- 3 Questions
- Ask open ended questions
- Sound Bite: a piece of audio that can stand on its own.
5. Shoot your reporter
-  Standup: the one time that the reporter appears on camera.(In the middle)
- Stand ups should be (IN THE MIDDLE) of the interview.
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6. Organize your Sound Bites.
- you can choose the order you want
- you can choose which ones you want to use.
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7. Write Segues/Transitions in your story.
- Between each sound bite.
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8. Write the in and outs of your story.
- Communication between anchors and reporters.
- Anchors write scripts, reporters write in and out.
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9. Collect B-roll to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
- All the video footage you can use in your story.
- Natural sounds
- Variety of shots.

*Steps 4-8 in your story are called theA-roll
*all the audio in the story.

9/12/11 What is Broadcast Journalism?

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

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



List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. Significance- events that impact a lot of people.

2. Unusualness- Out of the ordinary.

3. Proximity- Things that are local to the audience.

4. Prominence- People that are famous in society. (Celebrities)

5. Timeliness- How current the news is.

6. Human Interest- Making sure people are happy after watching the news. Feel good story.




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

2. Print journalism gives you the choice to choose what you want to read.

3. Print journalism goes into much more detail than broadcast journalism.


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
It's very current and you can choose what you want to read and how much of it you actually want to read.