Welcome

Introduction

Video courtesy of WCYB–TV News Director Keith Weiss

    Section One

    In this video:

    1. Hold the camera still.
    2. The camera should caption motion—not cause motion.
    3. Fill the screen.
    4. Think in thirds.
    5. The Z principle.
    6. Leave headroom
    7. Provide lead room.
    8. Avoid profiles.
    9. Avoid pans and zooms—unless motivated by an action.
    10. Get plenty of shots.
    11. Look for angles.

      Section One A

      In this video:

      1. Avoiding flat lighting.
      2. Using three-point lighting.
      3. Shooting outside.
      4. Using a reflector.
      5. Backlighting problems.
      6. Shooting at night.

        Section Two

        In this video:

        1. Cutaways and jump cuts.
        2. Cutaways: sequence jump cuts.
        3. Walking out of shots.
        4. Transition shots.
        5. The shooting axis.

          Section Two A

          In this video:

          1. Wide, medium, and tight sequences.
          2. Match the action sequences.
          3. Completion of an action sequence.
          4. Action/reaction sequence.
          5. Reversed point of view sequence.
          6. Shorten-the-action sequence.

            Section Two B

            In this video:

            1. Leading lines.
            2. Movement.
            3. Balance and symmetry.
            4. Foreground.
            5. Background.

              Section Three

              1. Evaluate video
              Evaluate the shooting and editing in this boxing sequence.
              What do you see regarding the following shooting and editing techniques?

              • Hold the camera still.
              • Fill the screen.
              • Wide, medium, and tight.
              • Acton-reaction.
              • Cutaways.
              • Cut on the action.
              • Pacing.

              Video courtesy of 353 Studios.

                2. Edit cuts on the action
                Editing exercise: Download the video and practice editing to match the action at the edit points.

                Editing Exercise

                3. Shorten the action edits.
                Editing exercise: Download the video and practice editing to shorten the action in a variety of lengths.

                Editing exercise: Download the video and practice editing to shorten the action in a variety of lengths.

                4. Cutaways and crossing the shooting axis
                Editing exercise

                1. Create a jump cut of one of the two individuals speaking.
                2. Cover the jump cut you just created with a cutaway shot.
                3. Cover the jump cut with a reaction shot cutaway.
                4. Choose a two shot of both individuals.
                5. Use a cutaway shot to neutralize the perspective and then choose a shot from the other side of the shooting axis.
                6. What additional edit sequences can you find and edit?

                Editing Exercise

                5. Writing and editing a news package
                At the end of Chapter 4, Storytelling and Writing for Video, on pages 86–89 in Television News, 4th edition, you will find information about developments with the EnCon Corporation. Exercise #4 asks you to use any information you need from July 28 forward for writing a news package and complete the following:

                • Write a strong lead in active voice that gives the most important and up-to-date information.
                • Choose a sound bite from Joseph May.
                • For the lead-in to the sound bite, be sure to write a complete sentence that adds important information.
                • Consider ways to conclude the story, and write the ending.

                Editing exercise:

                • Record your narration of the script.
                • Download the video clips below.
                • Edit your news package.

                Editing Exercise

                6. Edit a natural sound package

                • Create a clear narrative from the provided interview with the woodworker without the help of narration.
                • Use the natural sounds from his shop and soundbites from the interview to help tell the story with timely nat sound breaks.

                Editing Exercise