We are not meeting Wednesday because that is our “24-hours
in the Life of Winthrop” shoot. Everyone in this class is expected to
participate.
IMPORTANT – Tomorrow at 11 a.m. is our orientation meeting
for how we are going to accomplish this logistically difficult task. YOU MUST
COME TO THIS MEETING TOMORROW AT 11 A.M. The meeting will be held in 101
Johnson (downstairs).
Most of you have completed your “Reporter’s Notebook”
project, so now we’ll proceed to our first video assignment.
This will be a slideshow with natural sound.
You will conduct interview(s) and gather natural sound.
While the Reporter’s Notebook focused on sound, this combines sound with still
images. You should use Adobe Premiere to create this, as I want you to become
familiar with editing on Premiere.
Go to a visually arresting event or location within the next
week. Shoot video or stills – but video might be easier because it captures the
sound. You can pull the stills off the video if you choose this method. Or, you
could just shoot stills and capture the sound separately – with the hand-held
mics, for example.
Make sure you get a variety of shots…. Closeups, wideshots,
medium shots. Mix up the perspectives in your photos. Be creative; play with
shadows and light. Don’t be boring and shoot all faces – shots of feet or
fingers, etc., can be very effective. When you’re done you’ll choose 20-30 of
the best shots and marry them to your audio. You can add music if you like to
add drama and pace to the piece.
I’ll allow you to kill two birds with one stone for this
assignment – if you wish, you may use the stills/video you shoot for the “24
hours in the life of Winthrop.” But if you take this approach, don’t forget
that the sound is very important, so you’ll need interviews. Alternatively, you
can do something different for this assignment…. Go to a basketball game, for
example, or to the park just beginning to flower, or to a tennis match, or the
Winthrop lake, etc.
Have your material (sound and images) ready to edit by next
Monday’s class. I’ll give you time to edit these pieces and write your story.
I also want you to do a print story to go with your piece.
See examples here:
