The document provides an overview of video basics for multimedia journalism. It discusses that a video journalist fills five roles: journalist, director of photography, cameraperson, sound engineer, and editor. It also outlines that good video requires strong preproduction and production skills like planning. A typical news video includes a script, b-roll footage, and interview soundbites. Shots are framed using both the field of view, which is how much is seen, and camera angle, which is the viewpoint. Common shots types and angles are defined. Strong planning is emphasized through creating a shot sheet of specific visuals and interviews needed.

1. VIDEO BASICS
multimedia journalism

2. THE V-J (VIDEO-JOURNALIST)
•THE V-J IS 5 JOBS IN ONE:
•The Journalist
•The Director of Photography
•The Cameraperson
•The Sound Engineer
•The Editor

3. VIDEO BASICS
VIDEO 101:
- A good video requires strong
preproduction and production
skills
- Better Planning = Better Video
- Use your “Multimedia Mindset”
to its full advantage

4. •WHAT GOES INTO A TYPICAL
NEWS VIDEO?
SCRIPT (facts/text to be
delivered)
VIDEO (b-roll footage of scene)
SOUNDBITES (footage of
interviews)
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5. •THREE PIECES OF THE
PUZZLE:
SCRIPT (facts/text to be
delivered)
VIDEO (b-roll footage of scene)
SOUNDBITES (footage of
interviews)
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6. •SCRIPT
•Be certain you’ve gathered all
the facts you need at the scene
(Who, What, When, Where,
Why)
•GET CONTACT INFO!
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7. •VIDEO
•Two major kinds of video:
•INTERVIEW FOOTAGE
•B-ROLL VIDEO FOOTAGE
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8. •INTERVIEW FOOTAGE
•On-Camera interviews with
subjects in which the audio
takes precedent and is the
most important aspect of the
footage
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9. •B-ROLL VIDEO FOOTAGE
•Everything else you shoot
besides the interviews!
•Essential to editing – you
need lots of visual choices to
convey your story
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10. •B-ROLL VIDEO FOOTAGE
•B-ROLL footage should always
include “Nat(ural) Sound” – sound of
the scene itself
•For instance, the sound of cheering at
a game or chanting at a rally
•Also essential to editing – using “Nat
Sound” can really improve your video
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11. •EVERY SHOT HAS TWO
FRAMING ELEMENTS
•THE SHOT FIELD OF VIEW (how
much do you want to see)
•THE SHOT ANGLE (from what
view do you want to see it)
VIDEO BASICS:
FRAMING THE SHOT:

12. •Basic Types of Shots
•You’ll be asked to deliver these
shots
•You’ll want to ask for these
shots
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13. THE SHOT FIELD OF VIEW
•Extreme Wide Shot (XWS)
•Wide Shot (WS)
•Medium Wide Shot (MWS)
•Medium Shot (MS)
• Two-Shot
• Over the Shoulder
•Close-Up (CS)
•Extreme Close-Up (XCS)
HOW MUCH YOU
SEE IN THE
CAMERA FRAME!

14. THE SHOT ANGLE
•Bird's-Eye View
•High Angle
•Eye Level
•Low Angle
•Canted Angle (Tilted/Oblique)
HOW THE
CAMERA IS
TILTED!

15. •YOU ACHIEVE
VARIETY BY MIXING
SHOT ANGLES AND
FIELDS OF VIEW!
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16. • CAMERA ANGLES
• Bird's-Eye View
• High Angle
• Eye Level
• Low Angle
• Canted Angle
(Tilted/Oblique)
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• FIELD OF VIEW
• Extreme Wide Shot (XWS)
• Wide Shot (WS)
• Medium Wide Shot (MWS)
• Medium Shot (MS)
• Two-Shot
• Over the Shoulder
• Close-Up (CS)
• Extreme Close-Up (XCS)

17. MAKING YOUR SHOT SHEET

18. •Preproduction Planning
•ALWAYS MAKE A SHOT SHEET – a list
of interviews & SPECIFIC visuals you
know you want to get while you film your
video – you should check them off as
you get them!
•Be open to new visuals and sounds that
reveal themselves!
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19. •IN-CLASS PRACTICE
•We’re going to watch a
newscast/news videos and you’re
going to tell me three things about the
framing of the shot:
•SUBJECT
•FIELD OF VIEW
•CAMERA ANGLE
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20. •Take VIDEO BASICS QUIZ
by next class
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