Sunday, December 6, 2015
" Bulldog Walk" Fashion Show
In class, we were teamed up into groups to do a little project in the TV studio. We were to do something like an interview or anything of that sort. My team decided to do a fashion show instead. My team was composed of: Kyre Cox, Deliah Stroman, Mufasa Shaw, Ericka Moore, and myself. Ericka and I were in the control booth creating the wonderful show!
Chapter 7 Discussion Questions
1. Explain the essential role of the interview in video stories.
To gather facts, but an equivalent obligation is to reveal the person being interviewed.
2. Discuss ways that will help you establish trust with an interview source.
A brief chat over coffee, but it can never happen unless you have a genuine interest in people and have the self-confidence to reveal something of yourself. If you are afraid to approach people as you launch your interviewing career, remember that most people feel flattered to be on TV even if they seem nervous at first.
3. What personal conduct and manners are important to observe whenever you are in someone else's home or office?
Arrive on time and take leave before you wear out your welcome. Leave the chewing gum at home, and refrain from sitting unless you are invited. Be friendly, but not overly familiar.
5. Discuss ways to help put the interview at ease.
Interviewees are more at ease if they can focus on familiar work and surroundings than if they are forced to focus on themselves, their appearance, or their performance during the interview. Often you can interview people while they're engaged in familiar activities rather than standing them in front of a blank wall and thrusting a stick mike in their face.
6. Why is it important not to reveal the questions you intend to ask until the actual interview begins?
To help preserve the feeling of spontaneity, try not to share questions in advance of the interview. That's because subjects ordinarily put most of their energy into their first response. Once the camera rolls they may leave out the details because having told you once, they assume you already know what they said.
8. Explain why research and planning are so important to the interview process.
The more you know about your source, the more confidence you give the person and the more you can concentrate on listening without having to worry about the next question you'll ask. Anyone can ask anyone else's questions, but the interviewer can succeed only by asking informed questions that are based on knowing everything possible about the subject.
11. What constitutes a "dumb" interview question?
"How do you feel?" The question is asked of grieving parents, air crash survivors, and losers of football games. Perhaps the question is inappropriate because the answer normally is so obvious "I feel like hell/sad/miserable/alone/scared/angry."
To gather facts, but an equivalent obligation is to reveal the person being interviewed.
2. Discuss ways that will help you establish trust with an interview source.
A brief chat over coffee, but it can never happen unless you have a genuine interest in people and have the self-confidence to reveal something of yourself. If you are afraid to approach people as you launch your interviewing career, remember that most people feel flattered to be on TV even if they seem nervous at first.
3. What personal conduct and manners are important to observe whenever you are in someone else's home or office?
Arrive on time and take leave before you wear out your welcome. Leave the chewing gum at home, and refrain from sitting unless you are invited. Be friendly, but not overly familiar.
5. Discuss ways to help put the interview at ease.
Interviewees are more at ease if they can focus on familiar work and surroundings than if they are forced to focus on themselves, their appearance, or their performance during the interview. Often you can interview people while they're engaged in familiar activities rather than standing them in front of a blank wall and thrusting a stick mike in their face.
6. Why is it important not to reveal the questions you intend to ask until the actual interview begins?
To help preserve the feeling of spontaneity, try not to share questions in advance of the interview. That's because subjects ordinarily put most of their energy into their first response. Once the camera rolls they may leave out the details because having told you once, they assume you already know what they said.
8. Explain why research and planning are so important to the interview process.
The more you know about your source, the more confidence you give the person and the more you can concentrate on listening without having to worry about the next question you'll ask. Anyone can ask anyone else's questions, but the interviewer can succeed only by asking informed questions that are based on knowing everything possible about the subject.
11. What constitutes a "dumb" interview question?
"How do you feel?" The question is asked of grieving parents, air crash survivors, and losers of football games. Perhaps the question is inappropriate because the answer normally is so obvious "I feel like hell/sad/miserable/alone/scared/angry."
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Chapter 6 Discussion Questions
1. Of the various microphones, which types are most frequently used to cover news and field events? Compare the strengths and weaknesses of each type.
Hand mike, lavaliere mike, and shotgun mike. Handheld strengths are it looks good on the camera with the logo, weakness is that you have to hold it. Lavaliere mike strength is that it is attached to your clothing and it's hidden, weakness is that it can disconnect. Shotgun mike strength is that it is long enough to be able to get close enough to your subject, weakness is that it is big and bulky.
4. Discuss the typical uses of the handheld, lavaliere, and shotgun microphones in news applications.
The handheld mic is often used for its bulletproof construction and for how they look wearing a mike flag, the little box around with the station logo around the mic. The lavaliere is often used for interviews because it is more appropriate since it is easily hidden. The shotgun mic is used in situations where you can't get close enough to the speaker.
6. When you work with news subjects, what considerations are most important to remember in concealing the miniature microphone beneath their clothing or in other personal effects?
Lavs usually sound good mounted at about sternum height; a mike mounted too high on the neck may sound muffled, with the chin blocking some sound; a mike mounted too low may sound thin and distant. If necessary, tape the mike firmly to the shirt or body to keep it from producing extraneous noise when the person moves.
7. Overall, what are the most important considerations to follow if you are to achieve good-quality sound in the field?
Achieving good sound is a matter of learning to listen for sound and to differentiate between what is acceptable and what is not. Listen to sound recordings for hiss, buzz, boomy, sound, low, volume, and distortion. Eliminate them if you hear it in your recording.
8. Explain why it is essential for the photojournalist or soundperson to constantly monitor sound in the field with earphones.
There's no other way to determine whether the sound is good enough unless you monitor it with earphones. If you can't hear it, then you won't know what's wrong.
9. Discuss the full range of techniques you can use to reduce wind noise in the field.
You can use open-celled acoustic foam. It has holes that allows the wind to pass through it. A microphone in a large mesh cage called a zeppelin is used when it's windy. You also need a filter, it sharply attenuates low frequencies and allows the highs to pass through.
13. Explain the role of nat sound in helping lend a sense of realism to television news stories.
Nat sound is a storytelling tool. All sound other than speech that occurs naturally in our environment is an expression of our desire for realism. When we hear sounds on television that imitate or draw from our own life experiences, we bring the story to a more profound and intimate depth of understanding.
Hand mike, lavaliere mike, and shotgun mike. Handheld strengths are it looks good on the camera with the logo, weakness is that you have to hold it. Lavaliere mike strength is that it is attached to your clothing and it's hidden, weakness is that it can disconnect. Shotgun mike strength is that it is long enough to be able to get close enough to your subject, weakness is that it is big and bulky.
4. Discuss the typical uses of the handheld, lavaliere, and shotgun microphones in news applications.
The handheld mic is often used for its bulletproof construction and for how they look wearing a mike flag, the little box around with the station logo around the mic. The lavaliere is often used for interviews because it is more appropriate since it is easily hidden. The shotgun mic is used in situations where you can't get close enough to the speaker.
6. When you work with news subjects, what considerations are most important to remember in concealing the miniature microphone beneath their clothing or in other personal effects?
Lavs usually sound good mounted at about sternum height; a mike mounted too high on the neck may sound muffled, with the chin blocking some sound; a mike mounted too low may sound thin and distant. If necessary, tape the mike firmly to the shirt or body to keep it from producing extraneous noise when the person moves.
7. Overall, what are the most important considerations to follow if you are to achieve good-quality sound in the field?
Achieving good sound is a matter of learning to listen for sound and to differentiate between what is acceptable and what is not. Listen to sound recordings for hiss, buzz, boomy, sound, low, volume, and distortion. Eliminate them if you hear it in your recording.
8. Explain why it is essential for the photojournalist or soundperson to constantly monitor sound in the field with earphones.
There's no other way to determine whether the sound is good enough unless you monitor it with earphones. If you can't hear it, then you won't know what's wrong.
9. Discuss the full range of techniques you can use to reduce wind noise in the field.
You can use open-celled acoustic foam. It has holes that allows the wind to pass through it. A microphone in a large mesh cage called a zeppelin is used when it's windy. You also need a filter, it sharply attenuates low frequencies and allows the highs to pass through.
13. Explain the role of nat sound in helping lend a sense of realism to television news stories.
Nat sound is a storytelling tool. All sound other than speech that occurs naturally in our environment is an expression of our desire for realism. When we hear sounds on television that imitate or draw from our own life experiences, we bring the story to a more profound and intimate depth of understanding.
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Chapter 5 Discussion Questions
2. What is color temperature and how does it affect the video image?
An expression of the proportion of red to blue light source radiates.
6. Describe the differing roles of the key light and the fill light.
The key light illuminates the scene and the fill lights fills in the dark shadows.
7. Describe the basic lighting patterns commonly used when shooting video.
The most frequent pattern is one dominant light source the sun or an artificial light combined with a secondary light source. The dominant source produces direct light rays that throw strong highlights and distinct shadows in an effect called specular light.
11. What minimum lighting equipment should the photojournalist have available for field assignments?
Two focusing quartz lights, one focusing mini light, and one folding fabric reflector.
13. Explain how to light a news conference or similar gathering.
Key, fill, and backlight to bring the subject out of the background.
15. What safety precautions should you observe anytime you work with lights?
When you plug in the lights, try to tilt them down to the floor, then swing them up the light heads gently so as not to blind your subjects suddenly. Another approach is to use your hand to block the light when it is first switched on, then slowly lower your hand from the light head to permit gradual, full illumination of your subject.
An expression of the proportion of red to blue light source radiates.
6. Describe the differing roles of the key light and the fill light.
The key light illuminates the scene and the fill lights fills in the dark shadows.
7. Describe the basic lighting patterns commonly used when shooting video.
The most frequent pattern is one dominant light source the sun or an artificial light combined with a secondary light source. The dominant source produces direct light rays that throw strong highlights and distinct shadows in an effect called specular light.
11. What minimum lighting equipment should the photojournalist have available for field assignments?
Two focusing quartz lights, one focusing mini light, and one folding fabric reflector.
13. Explain how to light a news conference or similar gathering.
Key, fill, and backlight to bring the subject out of the background.
15. What safety precautions should you observe anytime you work with lights?
When you plug in the lights, try to tilt them down to the floor, then swing them up the light heads gently so as not to blind your subjects suddenly. Another approach is to use your hand to block the light when it is first switched on, then slowly lower your hand from the light head to permit gradual, full illumination of your subject.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Wednesday Class Activity
In Wednesday's class, we discussed recording someone and how to get the proper lighting when outside. Our teacher showed us two shots he took; one with the sun in the shot and the other with perfect light. He explained to us about the usage of light reflectors you simply hold it up to reflect the sun out of your face to create a great shot.
We went outside by the Bank of America ATM on campus to try out the activity on our own. We used the reflectors to take either selfies or get a classmate to take a picture of us with and without the reflector. We also had to get a shot of us taking the selfie using the reflector, meaning someone else had to take that picture.
Here are my examples
Sun in
Sun out
We went outside by the Bank of America ATM on campus to try out the activity on our own. We used the reflectors to take either selfies or get a classmate to take a picture of us with and without the reflector. We also had to get a shot of us taking the selfie using the reflector, meaning someone else had to take that picture.
Here are my examples
Sun in
Sun out
Overall view
Three Point Lighting Class Activity
We went over to the studio to do the activity. The task was to take a picture without any of the three lightings, then one with the key light only, then add the fill light, and then the back light so that we could see for ourselves how the light makes a difference.
Here are my pictures.
No light
Key light
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Action Sequence Video
In class, we were to pick a classmate and shoot them walking from the classroom to outside. The sequence video was to be unedited or slightly edited. The task was to capture them from a sort of far away angle and not to follow them with the camera, but to let them walk out of the shot.
I shot Shay'auna. The scene was the classroom, hallway, and outside on our beautiful campus at SCSU. This video was filmed on Wednesday, October 11, 2015.
I shot Shay'auna. The scene was the classroom, hallway, and outside on our beautiful campus at SCSU. This video was filmed on Wednesday, October 11, 2015.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Chapter 4 Discussion Questions 1-6
1. List the advantages and disadvantages of using a tripod when shooting television news.
Tripods are used for tight shots; free of shakiness so it would be useful for the news when they are reporting from the station. It wouldn't be as useful when you would be recording something where you have to move around. You could just hold the camera.
2. What are the most important techniques that can be used to steady the handheld camera?
If outside, find a wall, telephone pole, tree, or whatever is handy and push the camera against this object. Indoors, a straight-backed chair is handy, sit backward on the chair and use the chair back as a camera support. You can kneel for steadier shots by sitting on your heels and resting your elbows on your knees or set it on an equipment case.
3. Explain the primary considerations that govern panning and zooming.
The primary considerations is to consider how smooth your zoom is. You don't want your zoom to be too noticeable, no one should know that you zoomed in. Also make sure you do not have too many zooms or pans.
4. Why is it important to establish interactive communication in the field between the photographer and reporter?
It is important because communication is as vital as the story. You want to make sure that everyone contributions and ideas are heard and you want to know exactly what is going to be done. Communication among the reporting team and the photographer makes a great story.
5. What techniques can be used to avoid the pop cut?
After every shot, move the camera to a new location and angle. Establish an imaginary axis line projecting from the lens through the center of the subject.
6. Define the term editing in the camera, and discuss situations in which the technique can be useful.
Shooting sequences and overlapping action in generally the same order in which they later will be aired. This technique can save time editing if the airtime is close and it can ensure that a story will be edited as the photographer wants it to be aired.
Tripods are used for tight shots; free of shakiness so it would be useful for the news when they are reporting from the station. It wouldn't be as useful when you would be recording something where you have to move around. You could just hold the camera.
2. What are the most important techniques that can be used to steady the handheld camera?
If outside, find a wall, telephone pole, tree, or whatever is handy and push the camera against this object. Indoors, a straight-backed chair is handy, sit backward on the chair and use the chair back as a camera support. You can kneel for steadier shots by sitting on your heels and resting your elbows on your knees or set it on an equipment case.
3. Explain the primary considerations that govern panning and zooming.
The primary considerations is to consider how smooth your zoom is. You don't want your zoom to be too noticeable, no one should know that you zoomed in. Also make sure you do not have too many zooms or pans.
4. Why is it important to establish interactive communication in the field between the photographer and reporter?
It is important because communication is as vital as the story. You want to make sure that everyone contributions and ideas are heard and you want to know exactly what is going to be done. Communication among the reporting team and the photographer makes a great story.
5. What techniques can be used to avoid the pop cut?
After every shot, move the camera to a new location and angle. Establish an imaginary axis line projecting from the lens through the center of the subject.
6. Define the term editing in the camera, and discuss situations in which the technique can be useful.
Shooting sequences and overlapping action in generally the same order in which they later will be aired. This technique can save time editing if the airtime is close and it can ensure that a story will be edited as the photographer wants it to be aired.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Chapter 3 Discussion Questions 1-5
1. Why are the best editing techniques often invisible to home audiences?
The best editing techniques are often invisible because the idea is for it to look natural as if you were viewing your life through your eyes.
2. Describe how editing can be used to help enhance the visual storytelling process.
You get to choose what shots you want to use, how you compose it, and what to edit out. You also get to choose how long it will be and how you will transition through it.
3. Explain why an understanding of picture editing is important to all members of the reporting team.
Various shots can be used to emphasize and reveal action and control pace.
4. Describe the role of the cut in the video editing.
A cut is the transition from one scene to the next.
5. Explain the meaning of the phrase "pace is everything" as it applies to video stories.
Pace is everything means that you basically need to get to the point and make sure that your viewers will remain interested.
The best editing techniques are often invisible because the idea is for it to look natural as if you were viewing your life through your eyes.
2. Describe how editing can be used to help enhance the visual storytelling process.
You get to choose what shots you want to use, how you compose it, and what to edit out. You also get to choose how long it will be and how you will transition through it.
3. Explain why an understanding of picture editing is important to all members of the reporting team.
Various shots can be used to emphasize and reveal action and control pace.
4. Describe the role of the cut in the video editing.
A cut is the transition from one scene to the next.
5. Explain the meaning of the phrase "pace is everything" as it applies to video stories.
Pace is everything means that you basically need to get to the point and make sure that your viewers will remain interested.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Condensing Videos: Students in their downtime
In class, we are learning how to edit videos that are long and turn them into a shorter version. For my video, I chose to do students in their downtime. We students are constantly in class so we do need a break sometimes. This video is showing what students do when they're not in class.
I shot these videos at the Student Center and in Hugine Suites at South Carolina State University. It was a rather dreary Friday, but these students found a way to have fun. I shot some local students and also some of my friends.
60 second video:
I shot these videos at the Student Center and in Hugine Suites at South Carolina State University. It was a rather dreary Friday, but these students found a way to have fun. I shot some local students and also some of my friends.
60 second video:
30 second video:
Being a full time student is no joke. Working and studying everyday can be tiring, so we need to take a break and just, unwind. I hope you enjoyed my video.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Video Sequence Example: Opening a door
We have been learning about sequence shots and how to edit videos in class. So I took the time to record my friend Kayla in her dorm opening her door. This video was shot on the campus of SC State University .
Here is a demonstration on How to open a door .
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Chapter 2 Discussion Questions 1-5
1. Explain the meaning of the term visual grammar.
Visual grammar is the reconstruction of events from raw material shot in the field, rather than on the re-creation of events. And in television, just as in theatrical filmmaking, photographic reconstruction works best when it embodies a sense of continuity or consecutiveness to help heighten the viewer's sense of experience.
2. List the three basic shots in motion picture photography and describe their functions.
Long shot, medium shot, and close-up. The long shot provides a full view of the subject. The medium shot brings subject matter closer to the viewer and begins to isolate it from the overall environment. The close-up shot isolates the subject entirely from its surrounding environment.
3. Explain how the three basic v can be joined to achieve a sense of continuity or consecutiveness in a scene.
These basic shot functions together in sequence in a manner roughly equivalent to how the eye works. Whenever we first encounter a situation, we normally make a visual overview to acclimate ourselves to the surroundings. When we first walk into an airport, we see the crowds of passengers and long rows of ticket counters(long shot). Once we have taken in the full view and oriented ourselves, we begin to inspect the environment more closely, through medium and close views, for an overhead TV monitor that displays flight departure information. For detailed visual inspection, we may walk closer to the monitor for very close-up views.
4. What considerations help determine when a shot or the image size of a subject should be changed in a visual story?
One should use camera perspectives to determine how they want the shot or image to be. The zoom shot can be used to focus in on a specific subject and the aerial shot can be a shot from above that is of course, farther away and not as specific.
5. Explain why it is so important in film and television to have action in virtually every scene.
Action flows across the edits from one shot to another to create the illusion that viewers are watching a continuous, uninterrupted action. Sequences help a viewer feel he or she has experienced an event because they represent the activity much as eyewitness observers would experience it.
Visual grammar is the reconstruction of events from raw material shot in the field, rather than on the re-creation of events. And in television, just as in theatrical filmmaking, photographic reconstruction works best when it embodies a sense of continuity or consecutiveness to help heighten the viewer's sense of experience.
2. List the three basic shots in motion picture photography and describe their functions.
Long shot, medium shot, and close-up. The long shot provides a full view of the subject. The medium shot brings subject matter closer to the viewer and begins to isolate it from the overall environment. The close-up shot isolates the subject entirely from its surrounding environment.
3. Explain how the three basic v can be joined to achieve a sense of continuity or consecutiveness in a scene.
These basic shot functions together in sequence in a manner roughly equivalent to how the eye works. Whenever we first encounter a situation, we normally make a visual overview to acclimate ourselves to the surroundings. When we first walk into an airport, we see the crowds of passengers and long rows of ticket counters(long shot). Once we have taken in the full view and oriented ourselves, we begin to inspect the environment more closely, through medium and close views, for an overhead TV monitor that displays flight departure information. For detailed visual inspection, we may walk closer to the monitor for very close-up views.
4. What considerations help determine when a shot or the image size of a subject should be changed in a visual story?
One should use camera perspectives to determine how they want the shot or image to be. The zoom shot can be used to focus in on a specific subject and the aerial shot can be a shot from above that is of course, farther away and not as specific.
5. Explain why it is so important in film and television to have action in virtually every scene.
Action flows across the edits from one shot to another to create the illusion that viewers are watching a continuous, uninterrupted action. Sequences help a viewer feel he or she has experienced an event because they represent the activity much as eyewitness observers would experience it.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Chapter 1 Discussion Questions 1-5
1. What qualities separate the photographer from the photojournalist?
According to Larry Hattenberg, a KAKE-TV video journalist, anyone with a camera can be a photographer. No one is a photojournalist until they learn how to tell the visual story. Whether you work alone, in a crew, or even with just one other person, Hattenberg's definition of the photojournalist extends to everyone involved.
2. In what sense are the camera and microphone "writing and reporting instruments"?
The camera and microphone are considered "writing and reporting instruments" in the sense that in media that contains moving images and sound, we are always writing with one instrument or another. Camera, microphone, sound, silence, actions, behaviors, video editing, and the spoken word. In the end, all those instruments come down to this: In video media you can only communicate in two ways; one is with images, the other is with sound. So the camera and microphone are instruments because the camera captures the pictures and the microphone captures the sound.
3. Why can the edit console fairly be called a "rewrite" machine?
Editing is the field search for building blocks of visual communication, the equivalent of a mind's eye storyboard that begins to take shape even before you arrive on location. When you edit, you are beginning the deliberate process to your visual and also changing things and making it better.
4. How does the nature of a television news report differ from a newspaper story?
News reports commonly emphasize just the facts. They may show people in interviews, walking here and there, and sometimes doing interesting things. In the end and with exceptions, however, they highlight facts and information more than they use video and field audio to help communicate a sense of experience or to introduce interesting people to viewers. Newspaper stories reveal someone's goals and actions as they unfold sequentially, along a timeline. They use moving images an sound to mimic how viewers experience the world in their personal lives. Images and sounds are different tools than words on paper or even words spoken aloud. Typically, print informs or reports first to the intellect. Visual stories commonly report first to the heart.
5. What is the role of the written word in television news?
The role of written words in television news is to connect the pictures and sounds just in case you are unable to understand. The words are like a guide so you can read along, because when the anchor is reporting the story, they often read faster.
According to Larry Hattenberg, a KAKE-TV video journalist, anyone with a camera can be a photographer. No one is a photojournalist until they learn how to tell the visual story. Whether you work alone, in a crew, or even with just one other person, Hattenberg's definition of the photojournalist extends to everyone involved.
2. In what sense are the camera and microphone "writing and reporting instruments"?
The camera and microphone are considered "writing and reporting instruments" in the sense that in media that contains moving images and sound, we are always writing with one instrument or another. Camera, microphone, sound, silence, actions, behaviors, video editing, and the spoken word. In the end, all those instruments come down to this: In video media you can only communicate in two ways; one is with images, the other is with sound. So the camera and microphone are instruments because the camera captures the pictures and the microphone captures the sound.
3. Why can the edit console fairly be called a "rewrite" machine?
Editing is the field search for building blocks of visual communication, the equivalent of a mind's eye storyboard that begins to take shape even before you arrive on location. When you edit, you are beginning the deliberate process to your visual and also changing things and making it better.
4. How does the nature of a television news report differ from a newspaper story?
News reports commonly emphasize just the facts. They may show people in interviews, walking here and there, and sometimes doing interesting things. In the end and with exceptions, however, they highlight facts and information more than they use video and field audio to help communicate a sense of experience or to introduce interesting people to viewers. Newspaper stories reveal someone's goals and actions as they unfold sequentially, along a timeline. They use moving images an sound to mimic how viewers experience the world in their personal lives. Images and sounds are different tools than words on paper or even words spoken aloud. Typically, print informs or reports first to the intellect. Visual stories commonly report first to the heart.
5. What is the role of the written word in television news?
The role of written words in television news is to connect the pictures and sounds just in case you are unable to understand. The words are like a guide so you can read along, because when the anchor is reporting the story, they often read faster.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
5 Shot Sequence Shooting Method : Opening the Door
Unusual shot: I was standing on a chair, therefore it is an aerial shot of her closing her door.
Close-up of the face: Here she has shut the door and is about to lock it.
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