Monday, February 6, 2017

2/6/17 Camera Notes

For reading time today: Steve Hartman/Les Rose Stories: http://www.cbsnews.com/evening-news/on-the-road/

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)
C
T
T
M
H
P
L

• Shooting into a light source =

Button to adjust =


• Where do you want your light source?


• On what object should you focus the camera?


• No tripod=


• Date and Time=


• SP/EP

• Camera shoots in ________________.

• Pre-Roll-


• Post-Roll-


CAMERA SHOTS:

***BACKGROUND:

• 1 Shot=

• 1 Shot with graphic=

• 2 Shot=

• CU-

• MS-

• LS-

• ECU-

• Rule of thirds-


CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
• Tilt-


• Pan-


• Zoom-


• Dolly-

LIGHTS
• Key-


• Fill-


• Back-


MICROPHONES:
• Unidirectional-

• Omnidirectional

• Cardiod

• Lav/Lapel Microphone

• Boom Microphone

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

1/25/17 - Wag the Dog

Please write a few sentences about your experience in this class this semester.  What went well?  What would you change to make it better?




You will write 1-2 pages on any the following prompts:

1.  What does the title mean?  Who is the dog and who is the tail?
2.  "Change the story, change the lead" is Conrad Brean’s (Mr. Fix-It)  motto for how to handle the media in the midst of the sex scandal that threatens to undermine the president’s re-election campaign. What does the motto mean?


3.  What did Brean mean when he told the CIA agent that he needed a war "to preserve [his] way of life"?
4.  Explain the significance of the lines in the movie "Of course there's a war; I'm seeing it on TV" and "We remember the slogans, but we don't remember the war" in terms of the media's effectiveness.

5.  What does a movie producer do?  What was the movie producer's role in this movie?  What happens to him at the end of the movie and why?


6.  Is this movie realistic?  Could something like this happen in our world today?


7. Wag the Dog employs satire and irony to deliver its message.  What are some examples used in the movie?  How effective are they?


8.  Motss (The Producer) says of his "pageant", "It’s a complete fraud and it looks one hundred percent real.” Why did the American people accept the version of reality that Brean and Motss created?


9.  "The President is a product." To what extent does the film show this to be true about political leaders and people in public life?  How are political commercials used in this film?  Compare this movie to what's currently going on in politics.


10.  Did you like the movie? Why or why not?

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

11-22-16 - Law & Ethics

As a class, we will go to: http://splc.org/ and click on news flashes

1st Amendement Law Quiz (10 minutes): http://splc.org/falawtest/

Student Press Law Quiz: http (20 minutes): http://splc.org/hspresslawtest/

We will take notes on Broadcast Journalism Law/Ethics

1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?


2. What is the Tinker Standard?


3. What is the Frasier Standard?


4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?


5. What is the Frederick Standard?


6. What is the definition of libel?

Monday, October 10, 2016

10/10/16 Photoshop

Today and tomorrow we will learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to create basic graphics for our show.

Monday, October 3, 2016

10/3/16 Stories

We will take a quiz today on our news notes.

We will also start the pre-production process for our stories.

1. What's your topic?
2. What's your angle?
3. Who are the 3 people you are interviewing and what are the 3 questions?

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

9/20-9/22 Adobe Premiere

We are going to be learning how to use Adobe Premiere over the next 3 days.

Monday, May 9, 2016

5/9/2016 - Shattered Glass

For reading time:  http://www.ep.tc/realist/140/11.html

We will watch Shattered Glass this week.