NFL Boot camp--how to use multimedia,

1. MULTI-MEDIA
OPTIONS
HOW TO USE TEXT, PHOTOS,
AUDIO AND VIDEO
DR. JIM FOUST
2015 NFL Sports Journalism & Communications Boot Camp

2. MULTI-MEDIA STORYTELLING
• Skills
• Tools for gathering and editing
• Presentation

3. STORY TYPES
• Text, or text plus picture
• Text + links
• Photo gallery or slideshow
• Audio/Video
• Interview
• Edited sound bites
• Narrative Story
• Natural Sound piece (audio audio video video)

4. AUDIO
• For studio work, choose a quality
microphone
• Don’t use computer or phone built-in mic
• USB-based options are good
Blue Icicle: allows you to
record from professional XLR
mic through USB.Blue Snowball or Yeti: USB-
based microphones

5. AUDIO
• Record in a quiet environment
• Drapes and other sound deadening can improve
audio quality
• If you’ve got a friend with a studio, use it!
• Headphones are a great idea for both studio and
field work

6. AUDIO
• For field audio, may be able to use
phone or a low-cost recorder
• Make sure recorder can plug into computer’s
USB port for file sharing
Olympus VN-702PC

7. AUDIO
• Set recorder for best recording quality
• Ideally, we want to record and edit
uncompressed formats (WAV, AIFF) and then
save finished work as compressed MP3
• Recorder >> PC (Edit >> Export) >> Web

8. AUDIO
• Get mic/recorder close to the subject (8-10 inches)
• Don’t rely on your ears
• Beware of background noise
• Quiet is best
• Relevant ambient noise is OK, too
• Hold the recorder (still)
• Don’t give the recorder to the subject
• If using a phone, put it in “airplane mode” to prevent
interruptions during interviews

9. AUDIO
• Consider the end product
• Talk to the person beforehand, but not too much
• Have person say their name and the thing you’re
interviewing them about
• (i.e., “My name is Jane Jones and I organize the BG
Labor day Parade”)

10. AUDIO
• To edit audio, can use the free Audacity program
• Finished programs can be exported as MP3 format
files, then uploaded to Soundcloud.
• Then, you can embed the audio in your Wordpress
blog

11. STILLS AND VIDEO
• Equipment: Phone v. “point and shoot” v. SLR

12. STILLS AND VIDEO
• Stills Software
• Adobe Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements)
• Video Software
• Windows Moviemaker
• iMovie
• Final Cut Pro
• Abode Premiere Pro
• Sony Vegas Studio
We want files to be as small (in file size) as
possible for use on the web.

13. SHOT TYPES
Wide Shot
(WS)
Long
Establishing
Medium Shot
(MS)
Close-Up
(CU)

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21. FRAMING PEOPLE
Eyes at or near top
third of frame.

22. SEQUENCES
• We want to vary shot types in still presentations and
video
• Make sure you have wide shots/medium shots and
close-ups
• Hold the camera steady (especially with video)
• In video, avoid panning and zooming
• Movement 2012

23. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
• Make web pages from scratch
• Use hosting/design service
• Wordpress
• Embed code is the coin of the realm

24. QUESTIONS?
• Jim Foust
• jfoust@bgsu.edu
• Files available at:
• http://jamescfoust.com/nfl