Sports and In Depth Profile
Length requirements are 1:30 to 2:30.
You may go over the 2:30 mark but your video must hold your viewers attention in a compelling way. Otherwise, you will lose points.
Each are worth 200 points.
Directions:
- Research your stories appropriately.
- Choose strong characters.
- Intro should capture the audience’s attention
- Make sure your story idea will provide you with compelling visuals.
- Shoot and edit a strong intro to grab your audience’s attention within the first ten seconds
- Longer videos that should be shorter, will hurt your grade.
- Interview one or more subjects. Vary your subject to camera distance. Consider using two cameras.
- Make sure you have visuals that compliment the audio.
- Log your footage.
- Cut your audio first. Remember, audio drives your story.
- Use title slides, credits and lower thirds where appropriate.
- You must include voice over in one of your four videos. Use it to advance the story.
- The interview should not dominate the piece.
- Weave B-Roll in and out of your video.
- Use cutaways to avoid jump cuts and to show us a visual narrative.
- Shoot lots of b-roll especially details.
- In most cases, your b-roll should have audio. Around -12 to -15db
- Your stories must show an obvious beginning, middle and end.
- Visit and shoot your subject on several occasions.
- Show your subject in different settings.
- Show relationships.
- Go behind the scenes.
- If you use music it must be neutral. In other words it should not alter the emotional message of the story. It must not be commercial. Resources: Bensound.com and https://mobygratis.com/.
Requirements:
- Put your videos on your blog before the due date.
- Use Youtube or Vimeo to host your video. Use that embed code in your assignment blog post.
- Choose a compelling thumbnail for your video as it will appear on your screen before you press play.
- Include a compelling title in the video and a headline in your blog post on the screen where your video resides.
- Include your credit at the end of your video.
- Write a 200-word short story adhering to AP Style and include it under your video.
- Write conversational 200-word essay about your experience and post under story.
Rubric:
- Compelling video and audio
- Technical quality of video and audio
- Shoot over several visits and not just one or two shoots.
- Would an online news organization publish your piece?
Profile Examples:
https://blog.joemcnally.com/2012/01/23/nikon-d4-video-the-blues-in-his-shoes/
https://seibelhayley.wordpress.com/2019/05/01/beyond-male-and-female/
https://mpatinojrn.wordpress.com/2019/03/11/your-choice-2-step-by-step/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycbErwdjxEY&feature=emb_logo
Sports:
https://codyscanlanblog.wordpress.com/2019/05/01/video-story-3/
https://rileymcavoyphotojournalism.wordpress.com/page/1/
https://jrn423calajames.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/the-only-place-where-good-girls-steal/
http://marylewandowski.samexhibit.com/pages/video
