interviewing

1. Have a normal conversation
2. Ask them to say their first and last name and spell it
3. anything else they would like to add
4. avoid verbal responses
5. let them fill in the silence

last reading

1. What do you find most interesting about what he says on these pages? What stands out as particularly useful to you as a storyteller? 
What I found was that stories should have some natural sound and that it is good to have natural sound it enhances the story. Also I found interesting was you should have soundbites that give that lump in your throat. They should make you happy,sad and or mad. But they should become a memory to the audience. pictures should come in a story to give you an idea of what to write about

2. What is the name of the story, and on what date did it first air?

• Land of 1000 stories :Race for the cure
• Land of 1000 stories:police chief lights up social media

3. List and describe four instances of natural sound.

• The sounds of everyone talking while walking during the race
• A band in the background 
• the sound of the wind while they walk 

• people talking to the police guy in the background
• sound of cars passing by
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4. List and describe (including the type and what they are showing) four camera shots that you find interesting.

• Tight shot:shoes of them walking
• wide shot: everyone walking on the road 
• medium shot: women crying 
• medium shot: the finish line sign 

• medium shot: him waving
• wide shot of him walking 
• tight shot: of his badge 

5. Write a possible focus statement for the story (strong verbs; no “-ing” words)

• people walk to support cancer
• Friendly police guy says hi to everyone

6. How does this story utilize Dotson’s “Building Blocks” (from Page 68)? Discuss a few of them, please.

This story uses a lot of natural sound. Showing the racers emotions by hearing the cheering and laughing in the background.
Also there was some silence involved when a lady was telling the story of her mom and the lady began to cry and felt very emotional. That silence made sure to capture the emotions the lady was feeling and she was able to let them out by having that silence. Also graphics were shown. Pictures of people who of died of breast cancer in the hospital or people that have survived and where they are now. 

1. What is a "Run and Gun" interview? When can we use a "Run and Gun" interview?
Interviews that are not planned out. Usually one or two questions.


2. What is the first thing you should do BEFORE starting off for the interview?

• We test our equipment
• ask for permission

3. Why do you think we should ask for permission?
 

• because legal aspects could be going on
• to be polite

4. Why should we always ask the interviewee to state and spell their names?
To make sure during the editing process that we know how to spell it for lower thirds.

5. Where should we place the microphone?

•  don't give it to the person
• "hang loose"

6. Should we hand the mic to the interviewee?
no you should not

7. The photographer is responsible for the sound levels. What are two things the photog should be aware of?

• sound meters
• background noise

8. COMPOSITION: How we should frame our interview shot:
a. Eyes on __thirds_________
b. 2 Eyes One ___ear_______
c. Camera should be Higher, Even, or Lower than subject?  Even
d. Talking space or ____nose____ Room

BACKGROUNDS:
9. Avoid shooting in front of _____a window_______.


10. Why should we keep signs out of the background?
it is to distracting for the audience

11. If we were doing an interview about the high cost of parking at EVHS where would a good place to interview be?

The school parking lot


12. What is a demonstration interview and what are the benefits?

Doing something as you are interviewing. The person gets comfortable

Story title: Disappearing jobs: video store closes shop

Total Run Time: 2:58
Shots:

1. Angle shot: Sign of the store
2. Wide shot: inside of the store
3. Medium shot: guy sorting the video games
4. Medium shot: interview of guy
5. Angle shot: outside of store
6. Angle shot: of the video cases
7. medium shot: customer looking at games
8. Tight shot: the movies
9. Tight shot: DVD rentals sign
10. Linking shot: customer lookinf at videos then grabbing them
11. Angle shot: open sign
12. Medium shot: guy ringing up items
13. depth shot: guy lookng at videos
14. Wide shot: cases of video
15. medium shot: customer purchasing video
16. Depth shot: Customer looking at videos
17. Medium shot: customer talker with worker
18. low shot: showing the customer with stacks of video
19. Angle shot: showing DVDs $2.50 sale
20. Wide shot: outside of store showing the lights going off

Overall this story was good in showing the message. A lot of pattern was showing the customer shopping for videos and showing the videos. Also they showed a lot of people buying the videos especially with stacks of them. Something I would change about this story is the interviews. They did not really give the person a lot of talking space. The person was more in the middle of the shot. The stragies they used were showing how much the customers loved shopping at the video store. They showed the customers buying and buying videos. Also the signs really told how much the videos were bought because the prices went down and there was still a lot of people buying.

The Components of a Broadcast Story

1.Topic: Cross country and homecoming

2.Focus statement: Cross country team runs ball far

3.Sound bites:our cross country team holds traditions very dear to us

4.B-Roll: Running on the highway(over head shot), Leaving the high school

5.Stand up: telling us the team almost forgot the ball.

6.Editing

Make it Memorable #2

One thing I found interesting about the reading is how you want to make your news story interesting enough that viewers at home do not want to change the channel. Another thing i found interesting is that you want to use at active voice and not bore your audience to death. You want to make sure it is energetic enough that the viewers are engaged. Finally the last thing i found interesting is it is good to have surprises in your stories to keep the viewer watching and wanting to know what is going to happen. Something that I disagree with is being conversation 
I personally feel that's awkward and I do not really think people want to see that. 


I think in the story about the twin boys it had a lot of conversations. A lot with the dad and how the boys felt during the event. It really showed what was going on and it gave a mental picture of what was happening. Another aspect used was action voice it really had a tone that made you want to keep reading the article and wanting to know what was going to happen next. Final aspect used in my opinion is surprises, it showed how the boys got the money for winning the shot, but how later it surprised me that they wanted to give the money back to the organization.

For the news story about the football players is had the aspect of how to defeat the TV remote control. It had you engaged and made you want to keep watching. It was interesting how they started with why the mom was crying which lead you to keep watching. Another aspect is the active voice. The reporter was able to have a active voice and make things sound interesting and make you want to keep watching. He had a sense of humor that en-lighted the story. Final aspect is surprises you would of never imagined the women had 12 kids and all of them were boys, and play football. I could not believe it my self. Especially since each one of them played football at the same school from first born to last born.

Stand ups

1. What is the lead in this story? Does it intrigue you to keep watching?
Something strange could happen in a quiet neighborhood

2. What are the 5W's of this story: Who, What, Where, When, Why
Who: Neighborhood
What: Someone broke into her house through dog door
Where: A quiet neighborhood, 31st and juilian
When: about 2 weeks
Why: To rob and steel things

3. Give an example of the reporters Voice over or seque (Write it down word for word)
 When the house is being shown in the begining he is talking. When anything is being showed like the dog door he is being voiced over.

 4. When do we see the reporter's stand-up? Beginning, Middle, or End?

 Towards the end

5. What is the purpose of this reporter's stand-up?Showing that he is  moving to another spot.


Stand up

• Move story forward
• reporter becomes B-roll
• take me to the scene
• use props
• be creative and surprise us

 

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm9bU_gJrfI
 

Make It Memorable by Bob Dotson

1. What do you notice about the way he writes? Use specific examples, please. (75 words)

I noticed that he adds in a bit of humor in his writing to entertain the reader. Also he is straight about what he is talking about. He does not confuse the reader in his writing.It is a very easy read. you can understand everything. And he uses great detail and visual detail to explain what he wants.


2. What did you learn from reading pages 9 to 27? (75 words)

I learned you have to remember the rules of three which is when interviewing frist of they tell you want you want to hear. Second they explain their answer and third they blurt out a sound bite. I also learned that silence is okay it makes the person unccomfortable that the continue to talk and that is when you get the most out of an interview. Finally I learned non- questions and questions where you ask question and you also answer them as the person is talking.


3. With the scripts: What do suppose is described in each column? Why would it be split like that? What else is interesting about the scripts? (50 words)
  

One the side of the scripts is what each shot is going to take place and also what will be in the footage. I think it is spilt like that to show how long each thing is before moving to the next thing. To give you different shots of everything. I think it is interesting that they have that to guide them as they film and interview. It really comes in handy when you are interview. And also that they have a varity of things like showing pictures, talking to different people. It is all different and moves smoothly.


4.On Page 34 (and to the end of the section), Dotson writes about a long-form feature. Find one of these (a story at least 4 minutes long) on a TV news magazine such as Rock Center, 20/20 or 60 Minutes. Then, give and explain examples of how the storyteller uses the five bulleted traits Dotson gives on Page 34. (200 words)

• Scene ~In the scene it takes place in California. They way they show it is by doing a wide shot of the new reporter infront of the beach. They set the scence by explaining what happened. The shots consited of pictures of the wowmen and the family
• foreshadowing~ They showed foreshadowing by telling what happned to the women. but they left you thinking of why she went missing.
• conflict ~ The conflict is a women is found after 11 years . Peoples though she was dead and  turn to be not true
• character growth ~ For Character grownth was the woman came back after 11 years to return with her family
• resolution ~ The Resouluting is tbe women returned home after traveling with the homelesss for 11 years.

Changing Identity

1. Identify and explain as many WALLDO shots as you can.

• angles shot~ of the piano
• low shot~ playing with the dog,walking down the stairs
• depth~ the toaster
• linking shot~ the windchine
• oposite~ him behind the toaster

2. What is Natural Sound?
what we naturally hear in the enviornment


3. Identify several examples of Natural Sound in this story?

• Scraping of the knife
• dog backing
• toaster
• leaves crunching
• wind

4. How does Natural Sound enhance the story?

makes it feel like you are there with the person

Walldo notes

• wide shot...set the scene  
• angeled shot...make your eyes go somewhere else
• low shot...get down
• linking shot... can tell two storied in one shot
• depth... Making somthing 3d
• opposite... action/reaction

Madison's Story

1. The camera work flows very well. Each clip fits in and moves smoothly. There is no choppy clips and does noy jump around. It tells the story very well.


2. I really liked the story because it tells a great message. That no matter how you look, even with a missing hand you are still the same as others.  And capable of doing anything you want.


A-roll~ Anything in the story that you hear(interview)

Segues~ Reporter voice over and natural sound

B-roll~ The video footage that compliments the story

Land of 10,000 stories: A Publishers Dream

 
1. What is the focus statement of this story?
How he powers his building and car with a solar panel

2. Give examples of W-M-T sequences
Wide- showing the office
Medium- showing the people around the office
Tight- showing his books

3. Give examples of The Rule of Thirds
 He is always lined up with the top and middle line

4. Give examples of Eyes on Third
 When he is looking into the rear view mirror of the car

5. Give examples of Talking Space
When he would explain anything he would either be in the left side or the right which gave him enough room to talk and not look awkward.

6. What did you like about story?
I like that he powers his building with the sun.

The Rule of Thirds
Be on the third line of the grid

Eyes on Third
Eyes are on  the top line on the grid

Talking Space/The Nose Know
allowing space to move around and not be awkward

Camera Notes

1. What is a Focus Statement? Define   

One sentence that is specific about the topic

2. Why do we need a Focus Statement?  

You need to have a central idea

3. Give an example of a Focus Statement sentence.

Some girls are making their homecoming dresses

4. Give an example of a Focus Statement in 3 words: (Subject-Verb-Object)

Girls make dresses

5. What are the 6 Essential Equipment items you need with you when shooting an interview?

• camera
• tripod
• mircophone
• headphones
• batteries
• media

6. Why is a tripod important?

 

Keep shots perfecctly still and clear.

 

7. The Tripod is my ___________

 

Friend

8. Define: Pan

 

Moving the tripod horizonally

9. Define: Tilt

 

Moving tripod vertically

10. Why are headphones important?

So you can hear the person that is talking better

11. Why is it important to TEST YOUR EQUIPMENT BEFORE YOU GO ON SHOOT!

 Because you do not want to find out during the shoot or even days later during editing

12. Define Wide shot:
Overall feel of the setting and surroundings

13. Why do we need a wide shot?
So we can now where the shot is

14. Define Medium shot:
It is less setting,more detail focus on specific area

15. Why do we need a medium shot?
To give the rich detail and natural

16. Define a tight shot.

Give a lot more detail than a wide shot

17. Why do we need a tight shot?

To have something easier to work with when edititng

18. What is a sequence?
Series of connected shots that tells a story that makes sense

19. Why do we need a sequence?

To understand the story

1. Identify, define, and give an example of the 6 criteria of newsworthiness.

Criteria 1:Unusualness
Definition:The new is different, out of the ordinary
Example: Plane crash


Criteria 2: Significance
Definition:Important events, ones that affect many people
Example: Scienctific discoveries, the economy


Criteria 3: Timeless
Definition: New that is shown at the moment it is happening
Example:flood while happening


Criteria 4: Proximity
Definition:Nearby events
Example:local schools, new state laws, regional highway


Criteria 5: Prominence
Definition:when well know things are involved
Example:, movie star arrested


Criteria 6: Human interest
Definition: Personal appeal that draws our attention
Example:sand castle competition, veterinarian who specializes in elephants



 2. On page 23 it discusses the differences between print journalism and broadcast journlism. Please describe 3 ways they are different and explain.

News papers provide the fuller coverage of more stories than other media. News magazines provide in-depht coverage. Radio new is sometimes called headline news because the reports are usually very limited. Television news is moew dramatic news coverage.

3. List all the criteria the story we watched at the beginning of class fits under and why.

• Unusualness: you do not see many crashes envolving pigs
• Human interest: many would like to know what happened to the people in the car or what happend to the pigs

 4. List all the criteria the 2nd story we watched fits under and why.

• Unusulness: There are not many dogs who need each other because of blindness or deafness
• Human interest. People would like to know what will happpen with the dogs

5. List all the criteria the 3rd story we watched fits under and why.

• Prominence: many know the stars that were being announce in the awards.
• Human interest:Would like to know who won the awards.

Classmate Story : Work hard and have fun

 

Many of us have experienced times where we cannot take it anymore, so we give up and not continue on. Not for Anna Schoonover she has always lived to her motto work hard and have fun. The way she got this motto is from her dad.  She always tries to keep in mind to never give up.  Anna has used it in many ways, but the one that stood out the most is when she is playing lacrosse. Lacrosse can be a tiring sport where it gets the point you do not want to continue.  Anna once was at her lacrosse game and she was playing hard. Then it got to the point where she could not continue. But she remembered what he dad said work hard and have fun.  Anna states “I always try to remember it and keep it in mind when it get She tries her best to not give up and continue in what she is doing, but most important she remembers to have fun.  We should all find that motto in life, so no matter what we need to work hard and remember to have fun.

Interview of a classmate

Anna Schoonover:
 
 

1.   What is your goal in life?

Her goal is to graduate high school. Also start a family,and have a good job

2.      Is there anything that has impacted your life in a positive or negative way?

Something that has impacted her life in a postive way is having her teamates and friends around to talk to them about anything. Negative thing that has happened in her life is the death of her grandma. It impacted her because she was really close to her.

3.      What are you plans after high school?

 

go to college,but she is not sure what she wants to major in yet.

4.      Who is the most important person in your life and why?

Her lax coach , inspire her to do bigger things, told her that she can go to any school

5.      What is one special thing about you?

Her Family owns a body shop, and she sometimes works there.

6.      Is there anything that makes you different from your friends or family?

 

She is a lot louder and more outgoing then her friends and family.

 

7.      What skills do you have?

her skills are hockey, lacrosse,babysitting,and academics

 

8.      What are some challenges you have gone through?

Grandma dying

9.      What is a motto you have?

Work hard and have fun

10.  Any good advice for others?

Always strive to be your best, have no regrets