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How To Bring In Footage From Your Phone
by Sarah Bellingham Downloading Footage: If you have a USB cable... Using your USB cable, plug your phone into your computer. On your phone: “Do you trust this computer?” “Trust” Input your phone password On your computer, open the Photos app. Here’s how: Open a Finder window Type in “Photos” You may want to select …
How A Major Media Outlet Interviews Remotely
SELF RECORDING INSTRUCTIONS (Horizontal video) Phone Filming Techniques 1. Background a. Make sure other people’s faces are not in view. b. This is a selfie video so only you should be in the frame as much as possible 2. Lighting a. Make sure that there are no bright lights behind you - like …
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Image Composition
The rule of thirds is a basic artistic technique that can help you capture a strong image. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX1wQWJjOQM The five shot sequence is the way we shoot to tell a story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnjUG0gmsNI&feature=emb_rel_pause
Video Storytelling
https://vimeo.com/84486361 Although I’ve been a video reporter for many years I am still humbled by how complicated and difficult the process can be. When I begin to report a story I often think, “It will be a miracle if this works out.” I have doubts about whether I can gather the information, get the …
What Makes a Good Story?
What Makes a Good Story? Curiosity Pays Off All kinds of stories make a good report. But some will pan out and others won’t. We all bring personal history, individual interests and perspective to the job of reporting. You can bet that if you’re curious about something, others will find it interesting too. Once …
TV Key Words
KEY WORDS Video production has a vocabulary all its own. The terms that follow will keep you from needing an interpreter. NATSOT: Sounds of sirens, doors closing, and music that’s played up-full without narration are called “natural sound,” and indicated on a script as “NATSOT” or natural sound on tape. It is a pre-digital …
Shooting Interviews
Interviews From the Vice Shooting Bible You should avoid sit down interviews with main characters at all costs. Better to have them doing something then sitting down. The only exception to this rule is expert interviews that will talk about your subject or topic but not necessarily be a part of it. Interviews should always …
When Your Subjects Shoot For You
We face a lot of challenges when we shoot remotely. This is far from the ideal way to report a video story. But we will make the best of a situation that is beyond our control. You are a producer and need to take control that means you want to give instructions to your interview …
Great Journalism Organizations
Society of Professional Journalists Deadline Club in New York https://www.deadlineclub.org/scholarships New York Press Club Broadcast Education Association- National Association of Black Journalists National Association of Hispanic Journalists Asian American Journalism Association Native American Journalists Association South Asian Journalists Association Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association (Sarah says: "Unfortunately the only one that doesn't seem to offer …
