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1. Camera 2. Shooting Interviews 3. Shooting B-roll 4. Editing

1. Camera 2. Shooting Interviews 3. Shooting B-roll 4. Editing. Camera. Camera Menu Focus Camera vs. VTR Zoom Tripod Camera Stance Care Microphones. Zoom Mic Input Headphone Input Manual Focus 3-Chip www.bhphoto.com. Camera Kit Mini-DV Camera Tripod

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1. Camera 2. Shooting Interviews 3. Shooting B-roll 4. Editing

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  1. 1. Camera2. Shooting Interviews3. Shooting B-roll 4. Editing

  2. Camera • Camera • Menu • Focus • Camera vs. VTR • Zoom • Tripod • Camera Stance • Care • Microphones

  3. Zoom Mic Input Headphone Input Manual Focus 3-Chip www.bhphoto.com Camera Kit Mini-DV Camera Tripod Wireless Lavaliere Microphone XLR to Mini XLR to XLR Firewire-check size Mini-DV Tape Cameras

  4. Sound Bite Emotion Opinion :06-:15 Interview Chunk

  5. Getting Good Bites • Nervous People • Childhood, hobbies • Avoid topics strangers talk about • Get facts beforehand • Location matters • Sit before stand

  6. No close-ended questions • Waste tape • Rephrase question • Silence reveals

  7. Shooting the Interview • Eye-level with lens • Spell and say name • Sit close to lens • Look at you, not camera • Videographer invisible • Don’t allow person to hold the mic • Avoid talking during interview

  8. Get video of interview Use lav/clip mic Use tripod Reporter should not be in shot Tips

  9. Headroom Forehead shots okay Watch to make room for supers or titles Noseroom Distance between tip of nose and edge of video frame Chin Depth Framing the Interview

  10. Lighting Your Subject • Light source in front of subject • Sun in eyes • No windows • Close blinds • Shoot window out of frame • Desk lights • Light when possible

  11. Presidential Debate • 3000 Americans • More than 2.6 million viewers • 18-34 highest viewership in cable news history • Questions • http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-0BPnnvI47Q • http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqrpjLZJVu4&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eyoutube%2Ecom%2Fdebates • http://uk.youtube.com/debates

  12. Shooting Interview Exercise • Partner up

  13. Video • TV • Spot news or mini-newscasts • Newspapers • Features • http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=cb13326d3b69e2de7b460608ca8fda26d941eb85 • Slideshows • Chunks or montages • http://www.madison.com/wsj/projects/hiphop/index.html

  14. Narration (fill in the gap with pictures) • Hurricane Katrina http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2005/09/08/VI2005090800949.html • Florida tornado http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6324985.stm

  15. WSJ • http://www.beet.tv/2007/03/the_newsroom_of.html • http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1119166902

  16. Online Publisher’s Association • Fastest growing part of news organizations • Peak hours • 5pm-11pm, 8am – 5 pm • News/Current Events Videos • #1 (sports highlights) • Ideal Length • 1-2 minutes • 3-5 minutes • 2.7 minutes • Most watch it in its entirety • 54% shoot video, 11% upload • Male, 18-49, single

  17. Make a Promise • Tell them what they are going to get, and where they are going • Date/Time Stamp • Movie Icon • Raw Video • http://www.keyt.com/news/local/6647267.html?linkSource=edhat.com

  18. Raw • Passive shooting • Let them experience the news • Unfolding events • http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=16220

  19. Other trends • Video Letters to the Editor • http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=54a96b0d367da6ce96eb1401f0e127f76688ddd6

  20. Rethinking the Scoop • KNBC-TV in L.A. morning editorial meeting • http://video.nbc4.tv/player/?id=84495 • KPIX • http://cbs5.com/video/?id=20492@kpix.dayport.com

  21. Media Players • Computer software that plays back multimedia files • Flash 7 (97%), 8 (94%), 9 (56%) • Quicktime • High quality, wide compatibility and free • iMovie and FCP generate Quicktime by default • Encoded at 256k in a 320X240frame size • Windows Media Player • Real Player

  22. Rule of Thirds Animated Buzz

  23. B-roll • WS – wide shot • Establishing Shot • Closing Shot • MS • MCU • CU • Headroom • Noseroom

  24. High. Low. Eye.

  25. Shoot for :15 Pre-roll Headphones Record Ambience Faces Close to action Vary levels and angles Background distraction White Opening and closing shot Avoid zooming while recording Report with your ears Shutup during shoots No pans or zooms Action creates reaction Shoot and move Frame each shot Depth of field Video is inherently flat Eyes, not ears and backs of heads Avoid signs or buildings Wind Staging CONTENT RULES Tips

  26. Think Soap Opera • Action or Human Interest • Close-ups • Hold shots longer • No pans or zooms • http://avitamarc.com/videos/8_07/11_Zooming.mov • No dissolves

  27. Tripod Focus on content, not distracted by shaky video Level Find level surfaces 2 to 1 prefer traditional Connecting vs. terrible video No Blair Witch

  28. 50% close-ups or extreme close-ups 25% WS 25% MS http://www.bbctraining.com/modules/5915/video/1.2.2.htm Think in Sequences

  29. Zooms and Pans

  30. Lead room • Walking noseroom video • Let subject walk into screen, follow them, stop, let them walk out of video • Never stop recording until action in complete • Walking shots

  31. Shoot wide Let action complete Face front Follow close Quick Keep the same distance Get close to action Action

  32. Increasing B-roll • More montages • Different angles • Different levels • W, M,CU • 1:30 pack -22 different shots at :04 each

  33. Editing Process • Jump cut • Cut-in • Cut-away (Reacting to the action)

  34. Focus • Macro

  35. Truth Look for nats Ambient vs. Nats Anything you hear Get close to face Ask person a question Sharpen Listening Skills

  36. Recognize Stories that Deserve Video • Action/Human Interest • https://www.communicationsmgr.com/projects/1296/default.asp

  37. Shooting Action Thanks to Animated Buzz

  38. Review

  39. Resources • BBC Training • http://www.bbctraining.com/onlineCourses.asp • Berkeley Multimedia Reporting and Convergence • http://journalism.berkeley.edu/multimedia/ • Cyndy Green’s VideoJournalism Blog • http://cyndygreen.wordpress.com/ • MultiMedia Shooter Blog • http://www.multimediashooter.com/wp/ • Angela Grant’s News Videographer Blog • http://newsvideographer.com/?page_id=2

  40. Shooting Exercise • No Staging • 2 different sequences each

  41. Review • http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O7DDpIVLFKs

  42. Nonlinear Editing • Linear • Edit sequentially • Nonlinear, nondestructive • Edit shots in different orders, while underlying media is untouched (changes never affect the media)

  43. Editing • iMovie • Final Cut Pro/Express • Avid Express • Sony Vegas Movie Studio • Pinnacle Studio • Windows Movie Maker • Adobe Premiere

  44. Final Cut Express vs. Pro • $249 vs. $999 • No batch capture • Keyframe motions, not filters • Timecode will not be displayed • No three-way color corrector

  45. Editing • Assembling each shot together or trimming • Shot 1, Shot 2, Shot 3, Interview • Trimming Interview down • Show, don’t tell

  46. Editing Advice • Sequence • Editing pictures of the same object together • Cut-ins, cutaways, different angles • Never use the same shot twice • No frames of black • Cut on breath

  47. Editing Advice • Shots about :04-:05 with the exception of action • Let action complete • Each shot should flow logically • WS of room • MS of person’s body • CU of face • CU of paper

  48. Avoid Jump Cuts • Two similar shots edit together • MS of person and MS of same person at different angle create a jumping effect • Instead use CU or WS of person

  49. Free TV • Joost • Dailymotion • Google Video • Freetube • Blip.TV • ABC, NBC

  50. Video Tools • Video Search Engines • http://www.truveo.com/ • Google Video • Rocketboom Vlog • http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/ • Movavi free video conversion • http://online.movavi.com/ • Windows Media Encoder • www.mediaconverter.org/ • VT3 Studio Free trial • T3 will convert QuickTime, AVI, DV to Flash, iPod, iPhone or 3GP with one click in 1/3 real time • http://www.vt3studio.com/home.php • Resume Tapes • http://uk.youtube.com/results?search_query=resume+tape&search=Search

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