random morning

Today i woke and brushed my teeth and my hair.. BARELY then i went to walmart and i got some fruit and then i was looking at the sweets and i was thinking i wanted some smores brownies and some cookies and cremes cookies so i grabbed those and a bunch of pineapples and then i was late so i realized i had to get to school before 7;45 cause my attendance isn't the best so i rushed to school and i seen a car almost wipe out today so you gotta be careful while driving on these icy Minnesota roads. When i got to school i was hungry and then i remembered i bought a bag of golsfish to school and that was gone by like second period so i had goldfish for breakfast, you know the healthiest breakfast there is out there! I also had this smoothie where you just put juice in it and shake it and you got a no blend fruit smoothie! It was very delicious. Then i was in chem and i dislike chem so i wasn't really excited about that but yeah there was my morning.

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a topic_____.
- relate to your topic
- has to be news worthy 
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2.. Find an angle_________.  
- breaking down the topic
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3. Collect data/information _____________.
-who, what 
-when, where
-why & soometimes how. 
4. Conduct the interviews________________.
-rule of threes. interview 3 people. 
-minimum of 9 questions. 3 questions each.  
-interview the experts/older or experienced people. 
5. Shoot your reporter stand up_______________ _________.
-the reporter will be on camera 
-stand up should appear in the middle of the story, location, a segway 
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6. Organize your sound bites_______________.
-a piece of audio that can stand on its own 
-open ended question 
-how or why? 
7. Write _transitions in your story.
-write stuff between the interviews
-put our voice between the interviews
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8. Write the open and close of your story.
-write the middle first. go back to write opening or close if cant start the opening.  
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9. Write the anchor in's and out's (if necessary).
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10. Collect b-roll to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
-broadcast or footage
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*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the a-roll ____________________.
all the A roll first and then go back to do the B roll 

1/26/15 Camera Unit

1/26/15 Camera Unit

For reading time today:  http://www.startribune.com   or http://www.twincities.com

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)
Cameras
Tape
Tripod
Microphone - hang loose
Headphones
Power source - AC adapter or battery. 

Lights- camera light/floor light/natural light.

• Shooting into a light source = Silhouette

Button to adjust = back light


• Where do you want your light source? 

Behind the cameras back.


• On what object should you focus the camera?
Tripod.

• No tripod= bad


• Date and Time= should never be stored on video.


• What's the difference between SP/EP? 

SP= standard play

EP= extended play

• Camera shoots in  ________________.

• Pre-Roll- 3 seconds before you record.


• Post-Roll- 3 seconds after you record.


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: has to have depth, not plain. 

interviewee is at least 6-8 feet away from the wall.

• 1 Shot= middle to chest to above the head, eyes to be at the top third.

• 1 Shot with graphic= same as a one shot but leave space for the outside.

• 2 Shot= only for the anchors. 2 people.

• CU- close-up

• MS- medium shot

• LS- long shot

• ECU- extreme close up

• Rule of thirds- eyes should be on the rule of thirds.


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- moving the camera up and down


• Pan- moving left and right


• Zoom- in and out. closer and further without moving the camera


• Dolly- moving camera on wheels left and right.

LIGHTS
• Key- is the main light, comes from the side.


• Fill- fills in the shadows that are caused from the key light.


• Back- separate the person from the background.


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- mic in one direction
• Omnidirectional - all directions
• Cardiod- forms a heart shape around the face/mouth
• Lav/Lapel Microphone- mic that clips to your shirt
• Boom Microphone- one thats on a pole. 

Journalism

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1.The tellling of certain events that are news worthy of televison, radio and internet.
significant.  
2. Proximity: close to us/local  

3. Timeliness: things that happen now.  

4. Unuallyness: things that dont happen everyday, murders, crime, death, destruction.   

5. Prominenec: famous people.  

6. Human Interest: feel good stories.  




What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1. Broadcast can be more current/updated.

2.Print journalism could hold more information.

3.Print journalism you can control how much you see what you read how much you read. You basically just have control. 


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
The internet is the best of both worlds basically. 
It is current and it can hold more information and you control what you read or watch or see.