Run and Gun Interviews:

1. What is a "Run and Gun" interview? When can we use a "Run and Gun" interview?
Not planned, informal, one or two questions

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

3. Why do you think we should ask for permission?
To be polite and respectful
4. Why should we always ask the interviewee to state and spell their names?
so we can aknowledge their name in the credits, and therefore we have the correct spelling of it on tape

5. Where should we place the microphone?
Hang loose

6. Should we hand the mic to the interviewee?
Never
7. The photographer is responsible for the sound levels. What are two things the photog should be aware of?

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


BACKGROUNDS:
9. Avoid shooting in front of ______window______.

10. Why should we keep signs out of the background?
The viewer will focus on that more than the subject

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

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

The Components of a Broadcast Story
1st Topic: Cross country running football to homecoming
2nd  Focus Statement: Cross Country team runs ball far.
3rd:  Sound Bites to use in the interview: "Our cross country teams holds tradition very dear to us"
4th B-Roll to complement the sound bites: An overhead shot, of the team running with the ball
5th stand-up: The linking shot of the groups switching the football
6th: We Edit our story together adding Voice Overs as Seques between interviews: Adds more information with the voice overs.

Walldo Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrSTwkdQqsE

Reading response Dotson pages 43 thru 55

Read, in Dotson’s book, pages 43 thru 55. Respond to what you read
In this section, I learned techniques of how to engage the reader. I found it interesting how Dotson states not to just collect information but to appeal to the audience. I found his coverage of the Pearl Harbor's Untold Story very interesting, I liked how it highlighted emotions throughout the telling of the story. I agreed with him when he says "don't overwhelm the viewers with information". Because I feel like that's why in this technology age a lot of people, especially young ones don't watch the news anymore, or read the newspaper, because it's so much information people get bored and don't want to watch it. A good advice, That you shouldn't just throw a bunch of information at your audience its overwhelming.
So, Dotson highlights the following:
- How to defeat the TV remote control -
- Be conversational
- Gobbledygook and clichés
- Active voice
- Write in threes
- Surprises
Read this story and watch this one (a bit of a sports theme this week). Write two paragraphs (one about each) that explains how the story uses/handles at least three of these aspects. Give specific examples (100 words in each paragraph, so at least 200 total words).

The story certainly has an active voice all the way through, up until the end when it ends with a question. The writer of this piece was also conversational and the tone was as if the writer was talking conversationally to the reader. Since he wrote like he would speak it made the piece interesting and appealing to the reader. This piece also included surprises within. The outcome was unpredictable and riveted the viewer's attention. It lured me somebody who is not interested in sports to feel something for the events occurred in the story. While reading I never would of guessed that the boys and family would of told the officials what really happened and was surprised by the great treatment and response they received from it afterwards. 

This news piece definitely defeated the TV remote control. There was a lot of emotions showcased in this piece. Since Dotson writes "People want something from your writing. Happiness.Understanding. Insight." This piece did exactly that. Parts in this piece created vivid images for the audience such as when the mother states that when they bought their house it had a green carpet a natural playing ground for their 12 boys.The narrator of this story had an active voice and it made the story more homie, and intimate.The writer also probably the narrator wrote in threes. example, "Twelve boys -- twelve football players -- spaced out just so that at least one of them has been on every team in Cokato -- every year -- since 1989." The dashes created a natural pause as he was narrating the story. It made the couples story more dramatic to hear about.

Watch: Break In Video

Answer the following questions on your blog:
1. What is the lead in this story? Does it intrigue you to keep watching?
Its hard to image something such as that could happen in a quiet neighboorhood. You keep wactching to find out what happenned and what could be so unusual to happen in their neighborhood.

2. What are the 5W's of this story: Who, What, Where, When, Why
Who: This woman and fellow surrountding neighbors
What: A person used the back doggie door to break in and steal things in the house
Where: 33rd and Julian, in Colorado
When: One Weekday afternoon
Why: The person wants to steal things, and its an unusual way to do go about it using the doogie door.

3. Give an example of the reporters Voice over or seque (Write it down word for word)
"Heather says she's going to keep a closer eye on her back doggie door and what crawls in"

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

5. What is the purpose of this reporter's stand-up?
Taking the viewer to another spot in the neighborhood when there was a break-in. It gives the audience a chance to see a face of the reporter.
Move the story forward
Reporter becomes B-Roll
Take me to the scene
Use Props
Be creative

Make it Memorable book Assignment

Handout Make It Memorable by Bob Dotson

ASSIGNMENT FOR FRIDAY: 
Regarding the book by Bob Dotson, Make It Memorable: Please read the introduction and Section One (pages 3-41). Then, answer the following questions and be sure to exceed the requested word counts:
o What do you notice about the way he writes? Use specific examples, please. (75 words)
  He uses a lot of example to back up his advice's helping the reader make connections. for example when he talks about the Non-Question/ Question he tells the reader who he learned it from, explaining what the technique consists of by bringing up the boy whose father was the leader of the Iranian government and how this technique of the Non-Question came into use. He really addresses the reader really well saying "You" a lot instead another pronoun, I found this more interesting to read.(78)


o What did you learn from reading pages 9 to 27? (75 words)
I learned different techniques of how to catch a good sound bites in an interview. One technique that really stood out to me was the Filling the silence. Let silence grow during interview and making people uncomfortable, making them broaden their answer. A technique to use when having trouble staring to write the piece is to start the middle of the story first. I learned that its also important to fill your story with details, not to waste time pointing out the obvious. (83)


o 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)
The left hand side is a description of the image of what the viewer should be seeing, while the right hand column is the dialogue to go this the image on the left hand side. This Kinda reminded me of a theater script there are stage directions and the dialogue and its split, to keep it separate and faster when reading or acting out the script. (59)


o 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)

 I watched "Bringing Lincoln to life" by 60 minutes. They first set the scene by introducing late president Lincoln and showing a clip from the movie, and commenting on how accurately the scenes of movie depicted Lincoln's actual life. There was no foreshadowing in this long form feature. The Conflict was whether or not the movie truly depicted the real life of Lincoln. So in this news story, they interviewed historians to compare and contrast how accurately the movie corresponds with Lincoln's life. Character growth is shown through the feature. They show clips from the movie and Lincoln's character growth through his president is shown and talked about. For example they talked about how Lincoln aged by the end the presidency and how his walked changed and this was shown by a clip from the movie, instead of just having the Historian comment on it. The resolution was basically proving that the movie did do a very accurate job of depicting Lincoln's life to life through the movie. This was resolved through interviewing Lincoln historians and other personnel that were involved in making the movie. Showing that the people involved in the movie did extensive amounts of research to make the movie so accurate. (203)

Answer the following questions on a blog post about the story:

1. Identify and explain as many WALLDO shots as you can.
Angled shot of him playing the piano, Low shot of him coming down the stairs with his dog, when he was spreadign jam on his toast. Linking shot when they showed the windshime.  Depth shot when he is sitting on patio talking. Opposite shot when he was pulling out his toast from toaster showed both sides of it. Wide shot of their house/backyard.

2. What is Natural Sound?
Sound that makes the viewer feel as though they are at the scene. Example basketball game, sound of shoes squeaking, ball dribbling.

3. Identify several examples of Natural Sound in this story?
The dog barking. Toaster pops up when toast was ready. The Wind in the background.


4. How does Natural Sound enhance the story?
It makes the story feel more personal, and the interview feel more homie and not staged, makes the news story more intimate!

Walldo
 

wide shot: to set the scene of the story

angled shot: shoot subject not always straight adds 3D affect to video

low shot: gives audience a new perspective, get down low with camera

linking shot: can tell two stories with one shot

depth shot: Is important to show creativity

opposite: film apposite sides of subject, action/reaction