Like doing TV news VO narration, sound bites, b-roll, cutaways, stand-ups. Beginning, Middle and End Extension:  Open—overview, tease, attention-getter, thesis, specific purpose  Segments—Main ideas with evidence  Climax and denouement Pull together open, ‘kicker,’ resolution, action

How do you collect content? Subject research Create shot lists & interview scripts Gather b-roll Interviewing  Designed for sound bite content  Further research for the story  Who? ‘Connected to the topic’ – experts, MOS, people once removed

Field shooting – lighting On camera light Available light Color temperature -- auto / indoor /outdoor Never point a camera toward a light 2-point / 3-point lighting Low lighting situations -- iris / gain “The art of capturing and controlling light”

Field shooting – audio Close (isolated component) vs. distant miking Foreground audio (narration, sound bites, stand up) Managing distant action that needs to be close- miked Nat sound (in camera mic) Lavaliere, boom / shotgun, ‘stick’ Other equipment  High pass, low pass, band pass, notch filters  EQ, compressor, other processing equipment

Shooting in segments First research -- contacts, other sources What happened, is happening, will happen What ‘about this’ topic -- evergreen Storytelling -- beginning, middle, end  Focus of production – thesis, purpose  Who, what, when, where, why, how, so what Balance of narrator and sound bites

Framing shots Rule of thirds WS/MS/CU variations Eye line, look space, lead room Cut off lines Depth of field / focus variations POV Angle variations Steady shots

Camera moments Pan, tilt, truck, dolly, arc, boom, zoom Tracking shot (dolly moves—portable) Steadicam / body brace Handheld shots Beyond our ability…  Crane, jib, GoPro, Copter, etc.

Transitions One shot Fade, Cut, Wipe, Dissolve Snap zoom Whip pan / swish pan Invisible transition DVE

Graphics Lower Thirds FSG / FSS Opening titles Credits  Motion vs. FCP

Shooting a news story Shooting the b-roll  Matched action sequences (WS/MS/CU)  Master scene shooting method (ST: ENT)  No zooms. No pans.  Motivated moves

Effects Kulechev effect  Each shot has a relationship to the shot that precedes it and the shot that follows it  You determine the meaning of the shots Ken Burns effect  How do you show ‘video’ of historical events?  Zoom, pan and sequence from still images  Smoothly done--invisible

Shooting the interviews Objective POV, look space Scripted, ad-lib, semi-scripted News interviews vs. talk shows ‘Multi-cam’ interview from single camera Lighting and miking Change the shot as the interview progresses

Planning for Editing Task oriented sequence Script, Logging / EDL Recording ‘track’– making skeleton Capturing clips Lay down audio / video & audio clips Lay down b-roll Adjust each clip’s audio level Export final, final script