Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Deb Wenger
As the saying goes, sometimes the best camera for the story is the one in your hand. Yet, when it comes to shooting video, some still photographers seem to avoid using their digital SLR cameras.
Jeff Achen is an interactive media strategist for GiveMN.org. He recently wrote a column for Quill magazine on using still cams for video storytelling.
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Posted on February 8th, 2010 by Deb Wenger
Sometimes it’s fun to poke fun ourselves and British humorist, and journalist Charlie Brooker is particularly good at it. In the following segment, he explains how to put together the essential elements of a TV pkg.
The truth can be painful, can’t it? In doing a search for the video, I also stumbled across a couple [...]
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Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Deborah Potter
Some of the strongest stories that ever make air or the Web rely exclusively on pictures and sound, with no reporter track. Putting a great nat [...]
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Posted on January 14th, 2010 by Deb Wenger
As promised, here’s a bit more from VJ Patrick Farrell on how to tell strong, visual stories. Farrell says the best storytelling starts with a hunt for information.
“Do as much research as possible about what visuals are available,” Farrell said. He routinely goes online and makes multiple phone calls before shooting the first frame of [...]
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Posted on January 11th, 2010 by Deb Wenger
Patrick Farrell is enthusiastic about what the future may hold for video storytelling. As a video journalist for the New York Times, Farrell is certainly working for one of the most robust online sites in the world.
“Especially if you’re working in journalistic video right now, the doors are kind of open,” Farrell said. “It’s unlike the [...]
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Posted on December 9th, 2009 by Deborah Potter
You’ve heard it before: avoid backlight, hold the camera steady and for goodness’ sake, don’t zoom! But sometimes, telling is less effective than showing. This short piece from Videomaker does a good job of showing what doesn’t work, as well as how to fix it:
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Posted on November 4th, 2009 by Deb Wenger
“A video should be as long as it needs to be absolutely compelling.”
Andrew Fitzgerald oversees the online news efforts for Current TV. His view on video for the Web was echoed by the AP’s Kevin Roach and YouTube’s Olivia Ma. All three took part in RTDNA’s “Video-Free-For-All” webinar.
One of the fundamentals expressed is that the [...]
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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by Deb Wenger
Our text, Advancing the Story, details strategies for solo journalists who need to shoot their own stand ups. One approach involves using your light stand as a stand-in for your body as you frame your shot.
Bob Kaplitz of the consulting firm of AR&D has created a short video explainer of the technique, along with an example [...]
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Posted on September 28th, 2009 by Deb Wenger
We’ve written here in the past about traditional TV journalists finding Flip cams useful for certain types of newsgathering. The lack of an external mic creates challenges, but the video quaility is quite high. However, the camera was not designed for getting sweeping, panoramic wide shots by any means.
As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention [...]
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Posted on September 4th, 2009 by Deb Wenger
OK, this is our second year of tracking this and the question still remains: Why are local TV stations nowhere to be found on the list of Online Journalism Award nominees? I mean really, when the AARP is winning more awards for great video than local TV stations, it may just be time to hang it [...]
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