Shooting
Reporting & Writing
Sound bites
Story building blocks
Editing
100
When the camera moves horizontally. (Don't do it!)
What is panning?
100
Asking these kind of questions will get you answers that extend beyond "yes" or "no."
What are open ended questions?
100
Best length for a bite.
What is less than 10 seconds.
100
We say these
What are words?
100
Editing with several shots together in a scene.
What is sequential editing
200
When the shot goes in tighter, or pulls out looser. (Don't do it!)
What is zooming?
200
The single most important change to improve your writing is to eliminate this kind of "voice."
What is the passive voice?
200
Leave the procedure, the mundane description for the reporter to include in track. Instead, choose bites that express this.
What are emotion and opinion.
200
Pictures... but we don't call them that in TV, because they move.
What is video?
200
Your pkg should usually start with this.
What is an establishing shot?
300
Where you should position your camera in terms of the height of the person you are interviewing.
What is eye level?
300
TV needs to be conversational. So, write the way you do this.
What is speak?
300
Use this rule to let the silence grow, and you may get a gem of a bite.
What is the rule of threes. People almost always answer the question three times: 1. They tell you what you want to hear. 2. They explain their answer 3. They blurt out a sound bite.
300
We don't use this enough. It's like "white space" in sound.
What is silence?
300
Don't do this! But it's what happens when you cut from a shot to another similar shot, back-to-back.
What is a jump cut?
400
When the camera points down at the ground and moves up toward the sky (or reverse).
What is a tilt?
400
For long-form stories, it's important to build these into the script.
What are surprises?
400
Reporter needs to be objective, but the interviewee should be this.
What is subjective?
400
Convenient for showing numbers or complex concepts.
What are graphics?
400
This shot can be used like a "Band Aid" to help you avoid a jump cut.
What is a cutaway?
500
The mantra that you should repeat in your mind while shooting.
What is wide-medium-tight, action-reaction. Hold for 10 seconds.
500
In order to write someone's name into the narration of the script, you need to have this.
What is a picture (not just the interview) of the person.
500
Shortening a bite is fine, as long as you cut from none of these parts of the bite.
What is the beginning or end. (Do not cut from the middle.)
500
Helps the viewer understand who's doing the story.
What is a standup?
500
The spoken word should peak at this number on your editing program.
What is -12.
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