Run and Gun Interviews:
1. What is a "Run and Gun" interview? When can we use a "Run and Gun" interview?
2. What is the first thing you should do BEFORE starting off for the interview?
Ask them to say their first and last name and spell it
3. Why do you think we should ask for permission?
4. Why should we always ask the interviewee to state and spell their names?
So you say their name correctly and you don't spell it wrong
5. Where should we place the microphone?
run it up the front of the shirt and set finger width below their chin
6. Should we hand the mic to the interviewee?
yes so they don't feel uncomfortable
7. The photographer is responsible for the sound levels. What are two things the photog should be aware of?
how high the level is
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? higher
d. Talking space or head Room
BACKGROUNDS:
9. Avoid shooting in front of boring places.
10. Why should we keep signs out of the background?
so that the people watching the interview aren't focused on that
11. If we were doing an interview about the high cost of parking at EVHS where would a good place to interview be?
outside in the parking lot
12. What is a demonstration interview and what are the benefits?
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Mudhouse Script Collumn 2
[REPORTER MEGAN]
“Everybody knows to come downtown
to the Mudhouse for a great cup of coffee but nobody wants coffee when its one
hundred and five degrees. “
[FIRST INTERVIEWER]
“During the summer months, we ice
most of our drinks. A lot of our
customers still need their caffeine fix so you know if they come in and get a
latte, they’ll get an iced latte instead.”
[REPORTER MEGAN]
“For coffee shops like the
Mudhouse, there is one way to beat the heat and that’s to offer refreshing cold
drinks.”
[SECOND INTERVIEWER]
“In the summer, it’s really nice
to just come in and get a cool drink.”
[THIRD INTERVIEWER]
“Coffee can actually cool you
down than drinking cold sodas and stuff.”
Mudhouse Script Collumn 1
“Mudhouse”
Missouri
Total Running time: 1:15
[MUDHOUSE SIGN IN FRONT, NO SOUND]
[WIDE SHOT OF THE WHOLE COFFEE
SHOP WITH PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE. SOUND OF ICE COFFEE BEING BLENDED]
[NATURAL SOUND…CARS, PEOPLE
WALKING]
[SHOT OF ICED COFFEE. NO SOUND]
[MEDIUM SHOT OF CHALK BOARD,
NATURAL SOUND]
[DRINKS BEING BLENDED, CLINKING
OF THE SPOON ON THE BLENDER, SOUND OF MILK BEING PUT INTO CUP, SOUND OF
BLENDER]
[NATURAL SOUND OF PEOPLE TALKING,
COFFEE BEING POURED]
[CUSTOMER DRINKING COFFEE,
NATURAL SOUND]
[BLENDER “READY”, BLENDER SOUND]
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Camera Shots
Story title: Disappearing jobs: Video store closes shop
Total Run Time: 2:58
Shot-by-Shot Breakdown:
1. Close up of Video Verite sign
2. Wide shot from back of the store of the whole layout of Video Verite
3. Depth shot of Marc Mohan with books in the front
4. Medium close up of Marc getting interviewed
5. Low wide shot looking up from the ground at the Video Verite sign
6. Angled shot of all the videos on the wall
7. Medium Shot of lady looking at the videos on the wall
8. Close up of a video title
9. Close up of another video title (The Beloved Rogue)
10. Low close up of sign in the window (DVD rental)
11. Medium shot of woman looking up at the store
12. Angled close up of a woman picking a movie off of the top shelf
13. Medium close up of Marc getting interviewed
14. Angled close up of the open sign with the street and cars in the background
15. Medium shot of Marc at his computer with a video
16. Depth shot with movies in the foreground and a man looking at a videos in the background
17. Wide shot of the wall of Videos and a man at the far right looking at videos
18. Close up of the tips box with "Suggestions and Comment"
19. Medium close up of Marc getting interviewed
20. Wide shot of wall of videos and man looking at them walking by
21. Linking shot from wide shot of wall of videos to angeled shot of videos
22. Low close up of dog on the ground
23. Depth shot of woman with videos waiting to purchase them and the video wall in the background
24. Close up of woman looking at videos
25. Medium close up of Julie Keefe getting interviewed
26. Angled shot of Julie looking at video wall
27. Wide shot of video store and Julie in the middle sitting at a desk talking to a customer
28. Medium shot of Julie being interviewed
29. Medium of Julie talking to a customer showing a video in foreground and video wall in background
30. Low shot of Julie looking at video wall
31. Depth shot with door panel with the sign in foreground and outside in the background
32. Angled close up of sign on the door
33. Close up Marc's face
34. Depth shot of dvd in foreground and Marc checking out in background
35. Medium close up of Marc getting interviewed
36. Depth shot of Chalk board sign in foreground and marc in the background
37. Medium wide shot of marc checking out videos
38. Close up of Videos
39. Depth shot of close up of Marc in the foreground and picture frame in the background
40. Wide shot of the workers sitting at desk with videos and whole store
41. Medium close up of Marc getting interviewed
42. Medium shot of customer putting videos into box
43. Angeled shot of worker talking to customer
44. Low shot of worker checking out customer
45. Medium shot of worker organizing Videos
46. Medium shot of working organizing Videos
47. Medium close up of Marc getting interviewed
48. Wide shot outside of the video store at night
What you noticed overall: Finally, write a summary section of at least 100 words about trends, patterns, similarities, differences or strategies you noticed in the stories (either just in the one you focused on, or between the two). You're looking for overall lessons or takeaways that you can apply to your own video shooting.
Total Run Time: 2:58
Shot-by-Shot Breakdown:
1. Close up of Video Verite sign
2. Wide shot from back of the store of the whole layout of Video Verite
3. Depth shot of Marc Mohan with books in the front
4. Medium close up of Marc getting interviewed
5. Low wide shot looking up from the ground at the Video Verite sign
6. Angled shot of all the videos on the wall
7. Medium Shot of lady looking at the videos on the wall
8. Close up of a video title
9. Close up of another video title (The Beloved Rogue)
10. Low close up of sign in the window (DVD rental)
11. Medium shot of woman looking up at the store
12. Angled close up of a woman picking a movie off of the top shelf
13. Medium close up of Marc getting interviewed
14. Angled close up of the open sign with the street and cars in the background
15. Medium shot of Marc at his computer with a video
16. Depth shot with movies in the foreground and a man looking at a videos in the background
17. Wide shot of the wall of Videos and a man at the far right looking at videos
18. Close up of the tips box with "Suggestions and Comment"
19. Medium close up of Marc getting interviewed
20. Wide shot of wall of videos and man looking at them walking by
21. Linking shot from wide shot of wall of videos to angeled shot of videos
22. Low close up of dog on the ground
23. Depth shot of woman with videos waiting to purchase them and the video wall in the background
24. Close up of woman looking at videos
25. Medium close up of Julie Keefe getting interviewed
26. Angled shot of Julie looking at video wall
27. Wide shot of video store and Julie in the middle sitting at a desk talking to a customer
28. Medium shot of Julie being interviewed
29. Medium of Julie talking to a customer showing a video in foreground and video wall in background
30. Low shot of Julie looking at video wall
31. Depth shot with door panel with the sign in foreground and outside in the background
32. Angled close up of sign on the door
33. Close up Marc's face
34. Depth shot of dvd in foreground and Marc checking out in background
35. Medium close up of Marc getting interviewed
36. Depth shot of Chalk board sign in foreground and marc in the background
37. Medium wide shot of marc checking out videos
38. Close up of Videos
39. Depth shot of close up of Marc in the foreground and picture frame in the background
40. Wide shot of the workers sitting at desk with videos and whole store
41. Medium close up of Marc getting interviewed
42. Medium shot of customer putting videos into box
43. Angeled shot of worker talking to customer
44. Low shot of worker checking out customer
45. Medium shot of worker organizing Videos
46. Medium shot of working organizing Videos
47. Medium close up of Marc getting interviewed
48. Wide shot outside of the video store at night
What you noticed overall: Finally, write a summary section of at least 100 words about trends, patterns, similarities, differences or strategies you noticed in the stories (either just in the one you focused on, or between the two). You're looking for overall lessons or takeaways that you can apply to your own video shooting.
I watched the video about the video store closing down and one trend I saw was they made sure to show the workers working to customers looking at the videos to the Videos themselves. They made sure to always have a Video in each shot no matter if it was a poster on the wall, or a video on the table, they always had one. They had fifty different shots in this three minute clip and not one of the shots was boring or too long. They held it at that shot for a couple seconds and then went to the next one. I also liked how they made sure to get a reaction of the owner, Marc, and get his words and thoughts about how he felt about his store closing.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Cross Country Story
1st We come up with a Topic: The cross country team running the football from the opposing team to the home field
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: interviewed the seniors- talking about it being tradition, the football coach talking about almost forgetting the football,
4th We Shoot B-Roll to complement the sound bites: them running down the highway - the overhead shot when the helicopter was following them, them starting the run,
5th We Shoot our stand-up: the linking shot of the girls team handing it off to the guys team,
6th: We Edit our story together adding Voice Overs as Seques between interviews: The reporter tying what the interviewees say to information about it
Monday, May 13, 2013
Dotson Reading #2
- Read, in Dotson’s book, pages 43 thru 55. Respond to what you read, and use these questions if you get stuck: What strikes you as interesting? In what ways do you agree or disagree with him? How does this fit where you are as a writer, and how will it help you become a better one?
(100 words minimum)
I think it was very interesting reading about the script itself. I never knew the Americans put immigrants in camps because they felt threatened by them. It amazes me that to this day, those three men still love America and don’t feel hate towards us for what they went through. I liked how he commented on gaining an emotion from the story and really emphasizing it. Not having to many emotions where the audience/viewers feel like they cant relate or follow because the story is all over the place. I also liked how he said to put words in three. I think it catches the viewer's attention much more if they can say it out loud and it's easy to remember.
- 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).
Paragraph #1: The number one thing the hockey story emphasizes from the one of the aspects is the surprise. It builds us up to something we never expected. It surprised us at first when they switch places and the wrong twin goes out to shoot it and ends up making it but it leads up to surprising us when the next day, they end up giving the half a million dollars back. They also built up the story’s natural drama well. They played out every part, from when they’re playing outside to when he makes the shot and the crowd goes wild, to when his brother jumps up and down. They don’t cut out the after parts of when he makes it. “When a farming family that could really use the money turns down the money because of their own morality? That's news. That gets rewarded.” That is an example of how to defeat the remote control. They add that little sentence and it gets people wanting to know more and being more interested in what’s going to happen next.
Paragraph #2: This was a very interesting and unique story. One of the aspects it uses if "Be Conversational." They sit down with the reporter and before getting into the focus of the story; the reporter makes little conversation with them and talks about their family and the way their home looks. Another aspect is "How to defeat the remote control" because it starts out with talking about it being cold and then it makes a comparison to the mother's eyes watering because of the cold weather but because it’s the end of her youngest sons season after twenty-four years of being a fan. One last aspect it emphasizes is "Surprises." At the end, the audience expects the story to just end because the youngest boy is done but instead it continues on to say that there is 49 grandchildren and they will continue the rein of the football era.
(100 words minimum)
I think it was very interesting reading about the script itself. I never knew the Americans put immigrants in camps because they felt threatened by them. It amazes me that to this day, those three men still love America and don’t feel hate towards us for what they went through. I liked how he commented on gaining an emotion from the story and really emphasizing it. Not having to many emotions where the audience/viewers feel like they cant relate or follow because the story is all over the place. I also liked how he said to put words in three. I think it catches the viewer's attention much more if they can say it out loud and it's easy to remember.
- 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).
Paragraph #1: The number one thing the hockey story emphasizes from the one of the aspects is the surprise. It builds us up to something we never expected. It surprised us at first when they switch places and the wrong twin goes out to shoot it and ends up making it but it leads up to surprising us when the next day, they end up giving the half a million dollars back. They also built up the story’s natural drama well. They played out every part, from when they’re playing outside to when he makes the shot and the crowd goes wild, to when his brother jumps up and down. They don’t cut out the after parts of when he makes it. “When a farming family that could really use the money turns down the money because of their own morality? That's news. That gets rewarded.” That is an example of how to defeat the remote control. They add that little sentence and it gets people wanting to know more and being more interested in what’s going to happen next.
Paragraph #2: This was a very interesting and unique story. One of the aspects it uses if "Be Conversational." They sit down with the reporter and before getting into the focus of the story; the reporter makes little conversation with them and talks about their family and the way their home looks. Another aspect is "How to defeat the remote control" because it starts out with talking about it being cold and then it makes a comparison to the mother's eyes watering because of the cold weather but because it’s the end of her youngest sons season after twenty-four years of being a fan. One last aspect it emphasizes is "Surprises." At the end, the audience expects the story to just end because the youngest boy is done but instead it continues on to say that there is 49 grandchildren and they will continue the rein of the football era.
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