Broadcast Journalism 1

Newsworthy News

Mr. Cohen

Fall 2017

This will help you to determine what is worth developing into a story for EOP.

Find ten news stories and determine their newsworthiness. You need to find at least one for each of the 10 categories of newsworthiness. You will need to provide the title, source of news, which category it fits into and a 1-2 sentence summary of the news article.

The news may come from a number of different sources; newspaper, magazine or digital / online.

The 10 Categories:

Proximity

Prominence

Timeliness

Impact

Conflict

Controversy

Human Interest

Uniqueness

Suspense

Update

Due Wednesday, Setpember 27

Broadcast Journalism / Video Production1 and Broadcast Journalism1 Project 1

Film Terms Demo Reel Assignment

Mr. Cohen

Fall 2017

For this assignment, we will be defining the terms below then creating individual video reels demonstrating an understanding of each of them. This will help to familiarize you with all aspects of video production from pre to post. All definitions should be paraphrased from the Yale film guide or IMDB’s glossary on paper today. We will begin shooting the video and editing next week. In your videos, all Terms should be set up with title cards. Please leave two seconds of black between each definition. We will demo this on Monday and Tuesday.

Shots: Establishing Shot, Extreme Close-up, Close-up, Medium Close-up, Medium Shot, Medium Long Shot, Long Shot, Extreme Long Shot, Zoom Shot, Crane Shot, Low Angle Shot, Shot/Reverse Shot, Tracking Shot, Pan, Tilt, Whip Pan.

Sound and Lighting: Low Key Lighting, High Key Lighting, Back Lighting, Under Lighting, Diegetic Sound, Non-Diegetic Sound, Voice-Over Narration, Soundtrack.

Editing Techniques: Cut, Dissolve, Eyeline match, Jump Cut, Slow Motion, Wipe, Text Over Images

Credits: Opening and Closing

Extra Credit: Keying

This Assignment will be turned in via the network drive from computers. Please use your last name and the assignment to name the file (e.g. “Smith Demo Reel”).

Suggestions for filming and editing:

• Work with a partner and trade off shots
• Have some fun with the assignment, introducing a narrative thread or basic story
• Be sure to follow the guidelines above. Failure to put black between shots, title your shots or have opening and closing credits will hurt your grade.
• Treat this as your first chance to show me your work ethic. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it should show that you care.

Due: September 19