Interview & Focus Statement Story Board

April 29, 2013

 

 

 

Tanning beds... Is It Worth It?

 

Three things that could have been different...

1. The sound on the interviews
2. Ms. Stover should have been standing up in her interview
3. Matched the audio with the pictures a little better

March 20, 2013

INTERVIEWING:
• What seven items should you bring with you when you are shooting an interview?

Camera
Tripod
Card
Mic
Headphones
Power Source
Light Source

• Shooting into a light source =

Button to adjust =

• Where do you want your light source?

• On what object should you focus the camera?


• No tripod=
• Date and Time=
• SP/EP
• Camera shoots in ________________.
• Pre-Roll-
• Post-Roll-


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:

• 1 Shot=
• 1 Shot with graphic=
• 2 Shot=
• CU-
• MS-
• LS-
• ECU-
• Rule of thirds-


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt- Pointing only the front of the camera vertically up or down wile the dolly/ tripod remain stationary.
• Pan- Moving only the acmera to scan the set horizontally, while the dolly and tripod remain stationary.
• Zoom- To make objects further away seem closer by using a button on the camera.
• Dolly- Physically moving the camera, its tripod, and dolly perpendicularly toward or away from the set.

LIGHTS
• Key- The main light that illuminates the subject being photographed or filmed.
• Fill- Softer than the key light.
• Back- Illuminates subject from the back.


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional-A mic with a pick-up pattern that captures sound from primarily one direction.
• Omnidirectional- A mic with pick-up pattern that captures sound from nearly every direction equally well.
• Cardiod- same as unidirectional mic.
• Lav/Lapel Microphone- A small electret or dynamic microphone used for television.
• Boom Microphone- a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set

April 21, 2013

How to Make Boring Interesting

.01- Humanize- Use a real human story to feed into the story that you're trying to tell. This is how you get viewers to care about the story.

.02- Visualize- Use other things than just dialogue. People want to see movement. You should be able to tell the story with the sound off.

.03- Surprise- Add something extra to your story that the readers won't expect!

.04- Be Useful- Make sure that the information presented is relevant and worth watching.

.05- Be Short- A video should be no longer than five minutes, ideally, it should be around two. Present the story in a quick, clear way that will attract viewers, rather than push them away with something that is long and drawn out.

April 16, 2013

April 10, 2013

News story title: How Many Meals Should You Eat?

Q:

1. How do we keep our bodies running all day long?
2. Is it bad to skip meals?
3. Should teens eat bigger meals?

Interviewing

8 Interview Tips

• You need to know your material before you begin interviewing. Familiarize yourself with your tripod, lighting equipment, and sound. This is an important step in conducting a professional interview.
• Get permission to record, and then get the spelling of the name, and the title before you being interviewing. There's nothing worse than spelling someone's name wrong, and most find it unproffesional and offensive.
• Write out the questions before interviewing. This is crucial to the entire interviewing process. It helps stay organized and generate the best possible questions.
• Record the interview, but take notes, too. When producing a story, the viewers are going to want the best information possible. Taking notes ensures that.
• Definitely aviod yes/no questions. Yes or no questions make for a very boring interview and will not engage your viewers. Ask questions that will make your interviewee think.
• Save big questions for mid-to-late interview. This relates the the saying "save the best for last". you need to work yourself up to the "big" questions by starting with smaller, more general ones.
• Understand the answers. If the person that you're interviewing replies to a question in a way that you don't quite understand, then your viewers more than likely wont understand it either. Ask that person to clarify so that a better understanding is reached.
• Call back if you need more information. The more interesting information, the better the story. Don't produce anything that lacks the essential things that it needs.

                                                                                                                                                                 

Interview/ Story Idea

We want to interview people on their opinions of the effects of tanning bed use.

Q: How often, if any, do you think that a person should be allowed to use a tanning bed?