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Video Journalism Training

VIDEO JOURNALISM

3 Days

Increasingly journalists are being asked to shoot professional video footage to accompany reports - often working alone.

Day one teaches the basics of planning a production and shooting content, based on producing talking head interviews, news stories and promos. It covers using video camera technology, framing shots, recording good sound and using basic lighting / using existing available light. There is also advice on interview techniques and formulating good questions.


Day two is a hands on day shooting content.


Day three is focused on editing the footage shot on day two.

The course includes a  introduction to either Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro with the emphasis on ingesting and editing footage and preparing video for broadcast or for the web.

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Please not we also offer a 4 day version of this course with more comprehensive editing training. training

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Any one wishing to use a video camera to shoot interview or short news items & factual content, then edit the footage to obtain professional looking results.

PREREQUISITES

No previous knowledge of video production or camera skills are required.

OUTLINE

Day 1: Video Pre - Production  & Production


Pre Production

  • Pre-production thinking & the paperwork that you produce from it

  • Outline, treatment

  • Shooting script

  • Storyboard

  • Production schedule


  • Production checklist


Interviews:

  • Skill of the Interviewer

  • Closed & Open questions

  • Best Practice


Production:

  • Importance of technical quality:

  • Good sound

  • Good lighting

  • White balance

  • Using a tripod

Good Shots

  • Framing Shots

  • The Rule of Thirds & Balance

  • Shot Composition


Acquiring appropriate Illustrative Material

  • Shooting B Roll, GV’s / Cutaways

Camera

  • How to Use the Manual Focus

  • Depth of Field, Pull focus

  • Controls: Iris, Shutter
, Gain
, Lens angle

  • White Balance


Setting up for an interview


Basic Lighting Set-up

  • Best Prtactice

  • Shooting outdoors

  • Shooting Indoors

  • 3 point lighting set up

Sound

  • Using Different mics

Best practice


Day 2

  • Shooting a news story

  • Day spent externally on location

  • Shooting interview / Vox Pops

  • Shooting BRoll and GVs

  • Focus on the practical side of shooting content

  • Practice of Interview technique

  • Practice of setting up a shoot,

  • Framing shots

  • Acquiring good quality audio

  • Using available light


Day 3

The third day of the course will be spent editing and preparing your footage for broadcast.


Introduction to editing digital video
• Shooting terminology
• Understanding non-linear editing
• Setting up a project
• Understanding the Editing Package’s interface

• Choosing preference settings
• Working with bins
• Transferring your footage from the camera to the desktop

Reviewing your footage and making editing decisions
• Viewing and marking clips
• Working with your story
• Selecting footage to use
• Creating a piece with a start, middle and end

Editing your footage
• Understanding the Timeline
• Editing in the Timeline
• Viewing edit points
• Inserting clips
• Deleting clips and gaps
• Trimming, dragging and fine-tuning edit points
• Editing for impact
• Using the trim edit window
• Adding video transitions

 Adding Audio
• Adjusting audio in the timeline
• Editing sound clips
• Creating Voice overs
• Combining location recordings and voice-overs
• Making audio-only edits
• Applying audio transitions

Incorporating still images
• Adding logos, maps, diagrams and other items
• Incorporating still images

Working with titles
• Adding titles
• Animating titles

Finishing your project
• Exporting your sequence and clips
• Preparing video for broadcast
• Preparing your video for the web
• Compression issues

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