A-Z process to complete a :90-2:00 student news package.

1. Broadcast Journalism
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2. Goals today
• 1 method
• Ideas
• A-Z

3. Think about
• How would you adapt
• What makes sense
• What needs clarity
• Am I willing to try

4. click the image to view the video

5. Project workflow
• :90 - 2:00 video
• 2-3 weeks
• 55 min/90 min blocks
• 6-9 classes

6. Pre-production
• Staff meeting
• Pitch ideas
• “Must-Have’s”

7. Pre-production
• 48 hour deadline
• Have a back up plan
• Contact more than 1 idea

8. Story selection
• Brainstorm
• no bad ideas
• provide feedback
• focus and plan

9. Essential Questions
• What are some cool ideas people will want to know more about?
• Who is the target audience?
• How long does the project need to be?
• Note: It’s better to create videos that make people think and
have more questions than answers about the subject being
discussed.
• What are your initial goals?
• Is it clichéd? Have others done it? Is it anything new?

10. Essential Questions
• How do you plan to shoot it?
• Who would be great to interview?
• Where would it be ideal to shoot?
• Do you need to get any permissions before or during the shoot?
• What equipment do you think you will need?
• What are your other needs: music, other media assets (pictures,
additional footage, graphics)?

11. 5 W’s & H
• Address each “who, what, where,
why, and how to.”
• You should have a list of
schedules, production needs, and
team responsibilities for each
video.

12. Pre-production

13. Collaborative Google Doc

14. Production schedule

15. Storyboard

16. XWide Wide Medium
Tight XTight Bird
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Shot sheet

17. Interview compostion

18. • Location scout
• Create “Tell me about’s…”
• “Hire” a classmate
Final steps

19. • PRACTICE!
• Confirm production date and
time
• Know how to troubleshoot your
equipment

20. Production

21. • Deadline 1: Raw footage
Multiple deadlines

22. Equipment
Camera
Microphone
Tripod
Headphones

23. • Properly check out equipment
• Test your equipment at school
• Get to site early

24. Search for light

25. • Set up
• Test equipment on site
• “Tell me about…” interview
• Playback and check audio
• Shoot BRoll = Say it, Show it

26. Shoot WIDE - MEDIUM - TIGHT

27. Shoot alternate angles

28. 2 Establishing shots

29. Capture NAT sound

30. Playback footage

31. • Ask for materials - images, video
• Shoot more than you need
• Clean up all equipment
• Leave site better than you found it

32. Post - Production

33. • Deadline 2: First edit
• Deadline 3: Final edit
Multiple deadlines

34. Log all footage ASAP

35. Edit interview first

36. Add BRoll

37. • Color correct
• Sweeten audio
• Add titles/text
Final steps

38. • Export
• “3 before me”
• Revise
“I think I’m done”

39. • Upload to SchoolTube
• Embed in website
• Write a news brief
• Blog

40. Digital Portfolio

41. Class critique
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42. Teacher critique

43. Teacher critique

44. • All 3 phases
• Time management
• Mini-deadlines
• AoC’s
• Completion
• Revisions
• Personal website
Assessment

45. www.jeadigitalmedia.org
search “mini lessons”
www.slideshare.net/dgoble

46. Broadcast Journalism
Workflow
Twitter: @dgoble2001
email: goblemedia@gmail.com