News on September 15th on CBN

CBN News Chennel

8:00 am

Anchors - Efrem Graham

1. [2 min] Sept. 15th, Gov. Rick Perry made his first move for his election. (significance, prominence, humaninterests)

2. [2 min] Pres. Obama needs Virginia votes for his reelection, but there appears to be 54% disapprove. Candidates are moving for the election. (prominence)

3. [40 sec] Price of house is increasing. (significance, proximity, timeliness)

4. [2 min] Solar-energy company Solyndra has collapsed and been investigated for its loan, and it's something to do with Pres. Obama, but i missed it. Solyndra would run out of money by this month. (significance, timeliness, prominence)

5. [40 sec] Texas the Worst Drought (significance, unusualness, proximity)

6. [1 min 30 sec] Greening your home doesn't only help saving earth, but also help protecting your home. (humaninterest)

7. [30 sec] Pres. Obama honered marines in the White House today. (prominence, timeliness, humaninterest)

8. [30 sec] An airplane made an emergency land and there is no one hurt. (unusualness, timeliness)

9. [2 min 30 sec] Anti-Israel Protest in Jordan, and Candidate Herman Cain made a trip to Israel; he's a strong supporter of Israel. He wants a strong relationship with Israel. (prominence, timeliness)

10. [5 min 30 sec] There was a religious war in Bosnia. Many people died, but people there are overcoming their wounds under the name of God. (humaninterest)

11. [1 min] Non-profit organization called "Free Cake for Kids" has created. (humaninterest)

9/14,15

For reading time today: Steve Hartman/Les Rose Stories: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/assignment_america/main500617.shtml

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
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?
 On a person's nose

White balance adjusts the iris setting. Make sure you white balance the camera before taking a shot at a new location or with a different lightening.

• No tripod = bad

• Date and Time = never

• 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 intrerview.



CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND: Dynamic - has some depth, not plain. Interviewee is at least 6-8 feet away from the wall. Interviewee IS the shot, not a poster.

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

• 1 Shot with graphic=over the shoulder graphic (OTS graphic)

• 2 Shot=Still middle of the chest to above the head, but only during a show. only for anchors.

• CU-Close Up

• MS-Medium Shot

• LS-Long Shot

• ECU-Extreme Close Up

• Rule of thirds-place the important elements on the upper line.


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt-up and down


• Pan-left and right


• Zoom-closer and further away


• Dolly-camera on wheels

LIGHTS
• Key-Main bright light usually from the side.


• Fill-fills in the shadows


• Back-Opposite of the key light. Separates the interviewee from the background.


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional-picks up sound from the one direction.

• Omnidirectional-comes from all directions. Microphone on a camera in omnidirectional.

• Cardiod-shapes like a heart (unidirectional)

• Lav/Lapel Microphone-Ones we clip on interviewees' shirts. All we have.

• Boom Microphone-microphone on a pole.Usually unidirectional and picks up only from the area it heads.

9/13

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.
-It should be newsworthy.
-It should be balanced.
2. Find an angle.
-Angle focuses on the topic.
-determine questions
-Angle can change
3. Collect information(data).
-Know the time.
-Get background information.
4. Conduct the interviews.
-Interview 3 people.
-Have 3 questions.
-Open ending questions. (good start words: how, why / bad ones: do you, are you) soundbite(piece of audio that can stand on its own).
5. Shoot your reporter stand up.
-The one time the reporter shows up on the camera.
-Stand up should appear in the middle.
-Used as transition.
6. Organize your Soundbites.
-Choose order and location of interviews in story
-Choose best soundbite(s) from each individual interview
7. Write segues(transitions) in your story.
-Put information between each soundbites
8. Write the "Ins" and "Outs" of your story.
-It helps anchors write up an intro or closing for the story.
10. Collect B-roll to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
-Extra footage to put in story to fill space as a background pictures to some parts
-Get sound of B-roll even if not all will be used


*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the A-role: all the audio in the story.
 A-roll is more important. Focus on getting it first. B-roll comes second.

9/12

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

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
television, internet, and news
the telling of or reporting of current events that are news were they through internet, video, or television


List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. signifcant (impacts a lot of people)

2. unusualness (things that are not happening everyday)

3. proximity (things happened around us)

4. prominence (thongs about celebrities)

5. timeliness (things happened currently or today)

6. humaninterests (things that interests people)




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

2. Print journalism let readers choose what they read.

3. Print journalism has much more details.


How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
Internet is best of the print journalism and the broad cast journalism. It has the both of their advantages.