"Unlike television consumption, which mostly happens during the prime-time hours of 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., people across all demographics are watching online videos consistently throughout the day and night, with the exception of dinnertime, 40% of young adult US households view Internet video on the TV at least once per month. 57% users at least once a month (Nielsen ‘09) Cell phone users are more likely to record video on their cell phones than they are to watch it; 19% of cell phone users now say they have recorded video with their phone.
http://money.cnn.com/video/ Dish of new videos to highlight videos. Graphics team developed it to merchandise video content better. Dynamic experience
Forrester projects that 31 percent of U.S. homes will have DVRs by the end of this year. To deal with DVRs, Cablevision announced today that it will begin rolling out interactive TV ads, allowing viewers to use their remotes to “click” on a commercial in order to get more information.
Co-watching tv Just announced. Ap you get via FB. MySpace has something like this IBM is developing a remote control that will automatically blog and/or microblog what you’re watching.
TV News Big Macs Mark Anderson, 1993 NPPA Ernie Crisp TV News POY TV News Packages Often Become “Big Macs.” Why? Time, Ease, Habit, Emulating Others, Personality-Driven Nature of TV News
Avoid reporter-centric, word-driven stories
Visual
Action
Write the story around visuals and sound!!!!!
Character
the mechanism to tell the story
Emotion
Location - No adjectives
A place or event is not a story
Video lead
You have :15 seconds
:10 - :30 ads
Drop the “talking head”
Except: quick pops
Use strongest or second strongest video first
Always use nats , especially in the beginning
And don’t forget to understand users!!!!!!!
RTNDA - Kansas City focus group – Sept 09
“Teach me something”
“Find out what is going on.”
“No to little investigative reporting.”
Guide Users
Do not overwhelm user
Next Class
Last blog post and comments
Interviews
Teams check out
Sony Handicam
Cable (to bring video into computer)
Tripod
XLR to mini cable
Handheld Mic
Wireless Mic
Battery
YOUR OWN HEADPHONES and EXTERNAL DRIVES
Groups
Jackie/Caroline
Shannon/Julia
Sheila/Danee
Gardenia/Adam
Lindsay/Jake
Zach/April
Mallory/Patrick
Dan/Dayne/Monique
Hyatt/Lacee
Exercise
6-way Kidney Transplant Involves 3 States
http://www.kpho.com/video/18743398/index.html
What “specifically” can they do to improve this story?
What visuals would have been better?
What audio would have been better?
What sidebars elements would you add if this were an online story?
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