Friday, April 21, 2017

News Package Step-by-Step

1. Complete the News Story Worksheet

2. Assign Jobs: 
Reporter, Interview Camera Op (must use handheld mic & earbuds) Activity Camera Op (person who can film after school), Producer, Editor  

3. Schedule Interviews with Teacher. Schedule Activity filming.  

4. Interview your subjects during lab time. COPY SHOTS to iMac THE SAME DAY. 

5. Reporter LOGs the Interview - watch it and mark each one with the name of the person WITHOUT deleting the shot number.  

6. Reporter decides which answers will be included in timeline and which answers will NOT appear but will be written as the Reporters LEAD and V/O - also known as the 'Reporter Track'.

7. Editor pulls Interviews to timeline & Creates Lower 3rd titles: Name , Grade, Position

8. The best B Roll shots are Logged by Producer & Editor. Editor uses 'Mark In' to add them in above the Video 1 track. Then lower the B roll audio to desired levels. 

9. Reporter watches the sequence, writes his her script for the Lead (Intro), is / her V/O, and his/her Close (Outro). Then - Reporter parts are filmed ALL IN ONE LAB SESSION. 

10. Reporter V/O is added by marking it and dragging it an empty space on timeline, UNLINK, Delete Video, place audio track under B roll shots in the middle of the story.  

11. Add Lead and Outro. 

12. Producer checks the segment against the News Rubric. Export to .mp4