Thursday, May 30, 2013

reading 3

1.

 2. The name of the story is "Land of 10,000 Stories: Race For The Cure". It was aired on May 13, 2013.
3. The baby making noises
The runners chanting of celebration
    The band playing in the backgrod
     The bells going off for each mile they reach
4. T women's hat that says "survivor"
    W of the whole place walking
    M of talking to one runner with her mom
    M of the baby in the stroller

5.Walking for a cure

 6.  This story uses Bob Dotson's Building Blocks by the sound bites, words, silence, natural sound,  pictures, and graphics. the author used silence well in this story.  In this story silence was particularly a good thing to have to show the significance for this story to show and highlight the emotion of everything that is going on. The reporter would pause leaving silence to fill the the gap creating more emotion.  they used graphics throughout the story. They let us infer or make connections to the situations going on in the scenes. they also used a of a grandma holding a son that was pretty powerful.

mudhouse script

B-roll:
 W the coffee shop
Reporter standup
T coffee grinder
T expresso maker
M getting ice
M pouring ice in blender
M blender
T blending
T "ready"
T pouring ice coffee
M mudhouse worker


A-roll:
 Nat sound coffee shop



1.       everybody knows to come downtown to the mudhouse for a great cup of coffee, but nobody wants coffee when it's 105 degrees.



Well pretty typically I like a nice hot cup of coffee, but in the summer its really nice to come in and get a cool drink

Nat sound making iced dring

1.       You know during the summer months we ice most of our drinks. A lot of our customers still need their caffeine fixed, so you know if they usually get a latté then they will come in and get an iced latte instead.
 






Wednesday, May 29, 2013

run and gun

Run and Gun Interviews:

1.  What is a "Run and Gun" interview? When can we use a "Run and Gun" interview?
one or two questions.
2.  What is the first thing you should do BEFORE starting off for the interview?
test equment
3.  Why do you think we should ask for permission?
because possible legal issues
4.  Why should we always ask the interviewee to state and spell their names?
for our lower third
5.  Where should we place the microphone?
low in the shot and never give them the mic
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?
how loud and soft the sound is and background nose
8.  COMPOSITION:  How we should frame our interview shot:
a.  Eyes on third
b.  2 Eyes One ear
c.  Camera should be Higher, Even, or Lower than subject? even
d.  Talking space or nose Room


BACKGROUNDS:
9. Avoid shooting in front of window

10.  Why should we keep signs out of the background?
they are distracting
11.  If we were doing an interview about the high cost of parking at EVHS where would a good place to interview be?
the parking lot
12.  What is a demonstration interview and what are the benefits?

Thursday, May 16, 2013

week 3


RT: 2:58
ST: Disappearing jobs: video store closes shop
  1. L: Sign of the store
  2. D: inside of the store
  3. M: guy sorting the video games
  4. m: of the owner
  5. L: outside of store
  6. M: video shelves  
  7. M: person looking at games
  8. T: movies
  9. T: DVD sign
  10. L: customer looking at videos then grabbing them
  11. L: sign
  12. M: owner
  13. d: lookng at videos
  14. W: cases of video
  15. T: suggestion box 
  16. m: customer purchasing video
  17. L; dog shot
  18. M: person picking up videos
  19. D: Customer looking at videos
  20. M: customer talking with worker
  21. l: showing the customer with stacks of video
  22. A: showing DVDs $2.50 sale
  23. W: customer getting interviewed
  24. M: customer
  25. M: customer with video
  26. D: customer looking at movies
  27.  T: of theowner
  28. M: the owner
  29. T: candy sign
  30. M: owner checking out videos
  31. T: tight videos
  32. T: owner face
  33. D: of the store
  34. M: of the owner
  35. W: outside of store showing the lights going off
I noticed a few really nice depth shots in this story and that really added to the story. I also really liked the dog shot for some reason I thought it was clever. one thing that I noticed a lot of was medium shots while someone was getting interviewed, and not really a sequence of wide medium and tight shots. im not sure that I like that. They showed the customers buying videos to make a point about the story. they also showed the owner checking out videos like 3 times in the story. one thing that they also did was show signs about 3 times throughout the video.

Elf Movie Remake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMikLMpwPx4

Tuesday, May 14, 2013


1st We come up with a Topic:
cross-country homecoming
2nd We decide on a Focus Statement:
cross-country team runs ball far
3rd:  We Conduct Interviews to get Sound Bites to use in the interview:
"our cross-country team holds traditions very dear to us"
4th We Shoot B-Roll to complement the sound bites
overhead helicopter shot. linking shot when they passed the ball off, tying the shoe for a run
5th  We Shoot our stand-up
the runners run past the interviewer and then the camera focuses on him
6th:  We Edit our story together adding Voice Overs as Seques between interviews.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

reading week 2

Dotson used the connection of stories and onions on page 43. He said they were like onions not because they make you cry, but because they have many layers. that really reminded me of the first shreck movie for some reason. I thought that was quite witty. one thing that caught my eye was how he wrote for people to be conversational when you write. He said to write the way you speak and make it more believable to yourself. That is great advice to me and I will take that in the next time I am writing. the last thing that stood out to me was how he explained that you can bring a story back that is like half a century old by connecting it to present day events. That way it can give people a little insight of history while they are checking up on the everyday news events. I think that is so true because you know what they say history repeats its self, so it might change a little bit but its pretty much the same thing.
 defeat the TV remote control was used at the beginning of the article, so the author could set up a scene in our heads to keep getting us hooked and keep reading. he did so by telling the reader little things in the story that wouldn't normally be told, but because the author told them it really enhanced the story. like how the dad couldn't tell the kids apart, or why nate didn't just write his name on the ticket. another thing that I noticed was that the author was really being conversational in his writing style. it made us feel like  we were right there when the boy was taking the shot. it made it really exciting and fun to read. another example of when the author was being conversational is when the boys told their parents that they wanted to give the money back.

the video really expressed the conversation between Steve Hartman and all the parents and boys talking, because they talked to the mom and dad about their sons and how long they have been going to these football games. This story uses active voices between most of the people it talks about how they speak about watching all of their sons football games has been a great experience and that it was almost coming to a sad, tragic end. now the poor mother has no other chlidern to come and watch play football anymore. It pointed out that these kids have been going to those football games for about 24 years now. A good thing I noticed in this video was that the journalist didn’t use any clichés or gobbledygook’s, but I thought that was a good idea because it wouldn't really make sense in the context of this story.

stand ups

1.  What is the lead in this story?  Does it intrigue you to keep watching?
something happening in a quiet neighborhood, yes because you ask yourself if that could happen to yourself
2.  What are the 5W's of this story:  Who, What, Where, When, Why
 heather berg,house robed, Denver, during the day, to tell about the crimes
3.   Give an example of the reporters Voice over or seque (Write it down word for word)
"heather stepped away for a moment while her kids were away"
4.  When do we see the reporter's stand-up?  Beginning, Middle, or End?
at the middle to takes us to another spot where a break in happened
5.  What is the purpose of this reporter's stand-up?
move story forward, reporter becomes b-roll, take us to the scene, use props, be creative and surprise us

Thursday, May 2, 2013

changing identity

1.  Identify and explain as many WALLDO shots as you can.
low shot with the dog, medium when he is getting interview, transition panning on to Noah

2.  What is Natural Sound?
sound that would come from what you are filming

3.  Identify several examples of Natural Sound in this story?
the sounds sounds in the kitchen, the toaster

4.  How does Natural Sound enhance the story?
in this story it doesn't have much effect on the story 

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

walldo notes

wide shot- simply that wide shot all subjects in shot, and set the scene
angle shot- the shot is filmed at an angle
low shot- get down
linking shot- linking two subjests
depth- shot with dimension to it
opposite- opposite of what you would normally shoot, action reaction  

reading week 1



What I learned from the passage 9 to 27
I learned that we all can tell better stories immediately by remembering. By the he meant that telling a story from sheer memory is a lot easier than remembering hazy parts of the story. Some things that Dotson went into detail were: The rule of the threes, Filling the silence, and the non-question/question. Those are three suggestions that Dotson gave us to make our stories better even under the tightest deadline. and how to properly interview someone. One of his big rules for interviewing is rule of threes. yes it sounds like rule of thirds but it is nothing like that at all. the rule of threes is that you need to get the person your interviewing to respond to the question three times. the first time they will respond how they think you want them to respond, then the second time they will explain the answer more in depth.
The way he writes
I agreed with you that the writer of the book had a certain kind of spark that made it very easy to read. I thought it was cool how he would build off of every comment he made. He wouldn’t just say something and not back it up. Something else that Dotson did to make it very easy to read was use examples. I saw it as an attempt to help you understand what he was talking about.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

fran story

1. I thought the way they shot the story was good. when they interviewed someone they always used rule of thirds. and they had a nice mix of action shots to go with the interviews so, it wasn't boring that way. one thing that i didn't like was the background that they used when they interviewed the girl it wasn't a good background, but when they interviewed the dad it was a nice background.

2. the story was inspirational how she can do all those things with only having one arm. it really makes you think about your own life and how petty some of our excuses are. when she is going out and starting on the volleyball team with only one arm, and she dosnt make an excuse for when she messes up.

A-roll; interviews, voice overs, and natural sound

B-Roll; footage that compliments the story

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

1.  What is the focus statement of this story?
man with love for earth.

2.  Give examples of W-M-T sequences
when we saw his car they went from wide to tight shot where they just showed the logo.

3.  Give examples of The Rule of Thirds
throughout the story they used it, but one specific example is when they were showing the meter at the end of the story.

4.  Give examples of Eyes on Third
When he was on the roof they used the rule of thirds.

5.  Give examples of Talking Space

At the start and throughout the story they were using the rule of thirds and giving him talking space.

6.  What did you like about story?
I like that the story tried to show his whole life story and how he ended up with all this green technology.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Camera notes

1.  What is a Focus Statement?  Define
is the thing that directs your story.

2.  Why do we need a Focus Statement?
to Chanel our ideas for a story

3.  Give an example of a Focus Statement sentence.
the lacrosse team is playing a game in bad weather today.

4.  Give an example of a Focus Statement in 3 words: (Subject-Verb-Object)
lacrosse plays in rain

5.  What are the 6 Essential Equipment items you need with you when shooting an interview?
camera, tripod, microphone, headphones, batteries, media

6.  Why is a tripod important? 
keeps image steady

7.  The Tripod is my
friend

8.  Define:  Pan moving tripod
 horizontally

9.  Define:  Tilt
 moving tripod vertically

10.  Why are headphones important?  
to make sure the sound quality  is good




11.  Why is it important to TEST YOUR EQUIPMENT BEFORE YOU GO ON SHOOT!
so that you know it is working right before you go out and use it.


12.  Define Wide shot:
overall setting and surrounding.

13.  Why do we need a wide shot?
to establish location

14.  Define Medium shot:
less setting and more detail.


15.  Why do we need a medium shot?
be more specific

16.  Define a tight shot.
close up

17.  Why do we need a tight shot?
to create maximum detail

18.  What is a sequence?

19.  Why do we need a sequence?

Monday, April 15, 2013

criteria of a news story

Criteria 1: unusalness
Definition: out of the ordinary
Example plane crash

Criteria 2: significance
Definition: it is important to many people
Example: a new president

Criteria 3: timeliness
Definition: the news is being told while it is happening
Example: story on a snow storm during spring time

Criteria 4: proximity
Definition: near by events
Example: car crash in Kansas

Criteria 5: prominence
Definition: when well know people are places are involved
Example: if the eprire state building is involved in a news story

Criteria 6: human interest
Definition: emotional and personal appeal that draws our attention
Example: a small baby fighting cancer, and winning.

2. On page 23 it discusses the differences between print journalism and broadcast journlism.  Please describe 3 ways they are different and explain. print journalism provides a more full coverage, but broadcast journalism provide more dramatic stories. the three differences are dramatic, in depth, and readers act as their own editors. 

3.  List all the criteria the story we watched at the beginning of class fits under and why.
unusalness, prominence, and human interest, because the story involved a major highway I-94, you dont normally see pigs in a crash, and because it peaks human interest or at least it got mine.

4.  List all the criteria the 2nd story we watched fits under and why.
unusalness, human interest, and significance, because you dont normally see two dogs that are together for their whole life, and its even more rare that one gets blind and the other gets def. it has the human interest because a lot of people have dogs that they love, and thats also why it is significance.

5.  List all the criteria the 3rd story we watched fits under and why.
significance, prominence, because lots of people go out and watch movies so knowing about their favorite actors is important to them. the story had prominence because their were a lot of famous movie stars that were in that news clip. 

Thursday, April 11, 2013

story on David Haeg


 Connor Mills
Hour 1
4/12/2013

Focus: how David Haeg is making a difference.

In a world filled with hate, and wrong doings it is great to know that there are people out there that are trying to combat that, and trying to make the world a safer place for us all. Take David Haeg for example. David is shining light in this often dim world, and I say this because of his work as a police explorer. Now for those of you that don’t know what a police explorer is it is pretty much a police stations subdivision, and the whole goal of the explorers is to train teens to become future law enforcement officials.
                Every year the police explorers hold an annual competition between all the different explorer divisions. Last year the competition was held in Denver, and while they were in Denver the batman premiere shooting happened. Now david’s subdivision took this shooting to heart and decided to raise money for the victims. He and his fellow explores did so by standing on a street corner for hours upon hours collecting money from people who passed by. They ended up raising fifty eight hundred dollars for the victims, and they were the first people in the nation to donate to the victims.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

interview of a classmate.


What do you do in your free time?
          -Avid hunter. Duck, deer, turkey, grouse, quail.
                    -Law enforcement explorer (1.5 years)
     
What sports do you like to watch or be a part of?
              - Just started rugby. Friend got him to go out 
                            - Runner. Run 6 5ks 

Are there any events in your life that has changed you? 
                           -   Denver shooting happened while they were in Denver for a police explorer event. And they went out and raised money for the victims.

Its 225 and school is over, so what is the first thing that you do?
                -homework, or study for emt class.