Eye witness news @ 5.

A pregnant woman had a baby on the road! She was on her way to the hospital in monticello when she had the baby. Later an ambulance took came and brought the woman and her new born baby (katlyn) to the hospital that they were originally going to. 

An American with ties to alcida was arrested by the FBI for plotting to fly remote controlled planes into buildings.

jeremiah 29:11

"for i know the plans i have for you" declares the lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

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
Head phones
Power
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• Shooting into a light source = silhouette

• Where do you want your light source?
you want the light source behind what you are shooting.

• On what object should you focus the camera?
you want to focus on the persons nose. 
-white balance: sets the iris.lights have different color temperatures.hold up a white sheet of paper and hit the white balance button.

• No tripod=BADbadbadbadbadbadbad


• Date and Time=never. never put the date and time. display button- off


• SP/EP sp- standard play. ep- extended play

• Camera shoots in SP

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


• Post-Roll- record 3-5 seconds after the interview


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: has some depth. 6-8 feet away from wall.

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

• 1 Shot with graphic= middle of chest to above the head but over the shoulder .

• 2 Shot= still middle of chest to above the head.

• CU- close up

• MS- medium shot

• LS- long shot

• ECU- extreme close up
 you want to create a serious of shots. shot from different spots. shoot all different types of shots.

• Rule of thirds- imagine lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontal and vertically. you place important elements on the rule of thirds.


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- tilt the camera up and down.

• Pan- moving left and right.


• Zoom- getting closer or farther away.


• Dolly- a camera on wheels.

LIGHTS
• Key- main bright light usually on the light


• Fill- fill in the shadows opposite of the key light


• Back- opposite of the key light and separates the background from the interviewy


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- microphone that picks from one direction

• Omnidirectional-picks up audio from all directions.mic ontop of camera

• Cardiod- shaped like a heart.... unicdirectional

• Lav/Lapel Microphone- clip on mics

• Boom Microphone- mic on a pole

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a topic.
-needs to be news worthy
-maybe a school issue and/or activity
-know your audience
2. Find an angle.
-determines your questions
-can change
-focus topic
3. Collect information/data.
-names
-time, place, coaches
-schedules
4. Conduct the interviews
-experts on the story.
-coach, senior leaders, parents
-at least 3 questions. open ended questions. use "how, why, what."
 sound bite: piece of audio that can stand on its own
5. Shoot your reporter stand up
-stand up: when the reporter appears on camera. should appear in the middle, transition.
-the good stories have a stand up in the middle.
-...
6. Organize your sound bites
-choose which interviews you want to you
-put them in the order you want them
-choose place to interview.
7. Write segues in your story.
-segues: transitions
-write information between each sound bite.
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8. Write the in and the out of your story.
-communitcation between anchor and the story
-helps write the ins and outs
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9. Collect B-roll to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
-b-roll, all of the video footage you can use in your story
-natural sound
-you want to see hear smell touch and taste it....

*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the A-Roll. all of the audio in the story. edit A-roll first. its more important.

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.




List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1 significance- an event that effects a lot of people. ex: oil spill, 9/11, hurricanes, elections.. ect.
 -games, dances, construction
2. unusualness- fire, murder, wars, elections, things that dont happen every day
-band
3. proximity, scores, traffic, weather,. you care about the things around you
- new resturaunt, communtity, art center.
4. prominance- we care about celebritites. royal wedding.
-interview with a foot ball player or someone "important". governor. president
5. timeliness- we care about things that are current.things that happen today, not two weeks ago.
-homecoming, dance, change.
6. human interest- feel good story. animal born at the zoo. someone saves someones life. ect.
-someone donates something for a cause............................................,................,.,......,......,.,.,.....,....



What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
1. broadcast is much more current, ability to go live. ex: mine collapse.

2. print allows you to read what you want when you want. at your own pace

3.print is in more detail and depth.


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism? its the best of both print and broadcast journalism.