January 21 - News Stories Assessment

Anyone who hasn't finished their stories should complete and export them (directions on the board) today. For everyone who has finished, you will do the following:

1. You will make a post to your blogs today that includes a self-assessment of your story (copy and paste the information below).

2. You will do peer assessments of all of your classmates' stories. You need to write down two items that were done well and one item that could be improved for each person. Post these to your blog as well.

All of the stories are located here.



Broadcast Journalism Story Self-Assessment (Copy and paste this to your blog post)

Is the topic relevant and interesting? Does it relate to our audience? 1 2 3 4

Is the story angle clearly defined? Is it unique? 1 2 3 4

Is the stand-up informative and creative? Does it lead into the story? 1 2 3 4

Are the interviews important to the story? Experts? Restate question? 1 2 3 4

Are transitions smooth and informative? Sequence makes sense? 1 2 3 4

Does the story make sense? Does the A-Roll drive the story? 1 2 3 4

Do the camera shots add to the story? B-roll? Correct shots? 1 2 3 4

Is sound used to enhance story? Music? Natural sound? 1 2 3 4

Is the editing clean? Graphics? Sound? Transitions? 1 2 3 4

Is the story the proper time length? 1 2 3 4

Total ____/40

Comments: (What was done well? What improvements should be made?)

January 5 through January 15 - Story Unit

You will work in groups of 3-4 to create a story. The entire group will use the same topic, angle, interviews and b-roll. Each person will have their own standup and segues. You will each edit your own stories. This assignment is worth 40 points.

Here's the outline:
1/5/10 - preproduction (topic, angle, interview questions)
1/6/10 through 1/9/10 - shoot interviews and b-roll for entire group
1/6/10 through 1/9/10 - each member shoots their own standup and segues
1/11/10 through 1/15/10 - edit stories

You can use this story template as a guide:
http://www.district196.org/evhs/academics/broadcast/StoryTemplate.doc

1-4-09 Editing

We will be in B128 editing our one minute video from our camera unit. Each student will edit their own version of the video.

12-20 through 12-22 Editing

We will be down in B128 learning how to edit using Adobe Premiere.