story for krebs

topic: hall of fame athletics and their teachers

angle: what were they like?

questions: work ethic?
good student?
any certain memories about them?

Cross Country Girls Win Invitational

Last weekend, on a gray day in Burnsville Minnesota, Blaze Cross Country Girls readied themselves for a 4k race at the Nicollet Junior High School. A 4k is a 4 kilometer race, or roughly 2.5 miles. The race consisted of a two loop course around the back baseball fields, soccer fields, trails and playground equipment at the Nicollet Junior High. At 3:45 J.V. (Junior Varsity) lined up to the starting line and ran at the sound of the official race gun firing off. Following the Varsity girl runners at 4:30, each race consisted of 9-10 other teams competing for the winning spot of the Burnsville Invitational. Results showed that the Blaze Cross Country Girls obtained first in both Junior Varsity and Varsity races. This victory was huge success to the team, coaches and the families of the runners. 

The team looks forward to their next race at Prior Lake on Thursday, September 26.

10 steps to writing a story

10 Steps to Writing a Story – Broadcast Journalism

1. Find a topic_.
-  eyes and ears open
- timely, major event, local
- interest story
2. Find an angle.
- make it different if it's too broad
- makes it more meaningful
- you choose the angle
3. Collect data.
- find out the five W's
- this adds research
- find out who you can interview, what you will record etc.
4. Conduct the interview.
- interview three people, each three questions
- questions will be based on angle
- interview three experts on your topic
5. Shoot your reporter stand up.
- should appear in the middle of the story
- should be a transition
- be the one time you appear
6. Organize your sound bites.
- a piece of audio that can stand by itself
- open ended questions
- which interview in which order
7. Write transition in your story.
- simple direct small words
- write the segways
- write around the interviews
8. Write the introduction and conclusion of your story.
- create the middle first
- save your best sound bites for the end
- attention getter in the beginning!
9. Write the anchor ins and outs(if necessary).
- have the reporters write starters and enders for the anchor
- helps the flow of the story
- adds pzazz
10. Collect B-roll to add to your story (throughout steps 4-9)
- matching B-roll. interview should match footage
- cut aways add stuff to look at
- be creative with shots, don't just pan!

*Steps 4-8 in your story are called the A-roll. (REPORTING FOR BLAZE WEEKLY I'M ...) tagline

Camera Notes

Notetaking on Camera Techniques

INTERVIEWING:
• What seven items should you bring with you when you are shooting an interview?
(Clocks Tick Tock Making Heads Pound Loudly)
Camera
Tape
Tripod
Microphone (heard not seen)
Headphones
Power source
Light source

• Shooting into a light source =
- Shooting into the light cause a silhouette

Button to adjust =
- back light button to change light setting

• Where do you want your light source?
- always behind the camera.

• On what object should you focus the camera?
- middle of the face, nose

• No tripod=
-bad shot

• Date and Time=
- do not want that for blaze weekly

• What's the difference between SP/EP?
-standard play vs. extended play

• Camera shoots in the highest possible setting.

• Pre-Roll-
- two to three seconds before you start your interview

• Post-Roll-
- three to five seconds after interview

CAMERA SHOTS: 6-8 feet away from the wall

***BACKGROUND: dynamic, depth

• 1 Shot= frame with eyes and armpits

• 1 Shot with graphic= across the shoulder

• 2 Shot= a reason for a two shot, only at the beginning and the ending for banter

• CU- close up, details

• MS- medium shot, upper body

• LS- long shot

• ECU- extreme close up

• Rule of thirds- frame with lines


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt-
- up and down

• Pan-
-left and right

• Zoom-
- in an out

• Dolly-
- on wheels
LIGHTS
• Key-
-main light from side

• Fill-
-fills shadows

• Back-
-separates the person from the back ground

MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional- one direction
• Omnidirectional- all directions
• Cardioid- sound comes from the front, one direction
• Lav/Lapel Microphone- clip on the collar, cardioid
• Boom Microphone-unidirectional, hold on a pole

Journalism

News Notes

Define “Broadcast Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.

Broadcast Journalism is informing the people a story of or about the truth, both sides and no emotional attached to said story. To tell people simply because it is the right to inform the public. To braodcast then through television, radio, computer, phone, newspaper or other means of device ot turing journalism into broadcast juornalism.

List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.

TITLE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
1. proximity- whether something is close to us or now (weather)

2. timeliness- current and now (old records)

3. promience- famous or status (demi lovato)

4. unusualness- odd or strange (brittney and her bald head)

5. significance- (war, natural diseaters)

6. human interest- (feel good)

What are the differences between print journalism and broadcast journalism?
 1.print goes into much more detail.

2.broadcast is much more current.

3.print you can control what you read.

How is the Internet impacting broadcast journalism?
The internet contains the best of broadcast and print.