Mobile Journalism Workshop Presentation

Mobile Journalism is about empowering the individual storyteller
MOBILE JOURNALISM
How to film & edit video with your smartphone

By 2020, mojo will dominate news
Says mobile expert, Glen Mulcahy
Founder of MojoCon, MojoFest
Media empowerment is a sign of true democracy and no one can deny its role in
making or breaking a society.

Information
• Object
• Image
• Sound
• Document
• Signal
Easier to Preserve
Access
Share
Digitalization
Digitalization is the process of converting

Multimedia Reporting
&the future of Journalism
Barriers
-Reported mainly through a Single platform
-Audio, Video, Photography or Print.
-Skills in only one medium
No Barriers
-Low Cost Digital audio and video equipment.
-Increasing audio and video platforms
-Communicate and narrate events to their audience

How Mobile Phone Changing Journalism Practice
-Camera Capacity -Mid 1990’s or 2000
-Video Capacity -Few Years Later

-Camera Capacity -Mid 1990’s or 2000
-Video Capacity -Few Years Later
2004 2005
2003

-Population 7.3 Billions
- Smartphone Users- 2.71 Billion

Social Media users worldwide
-Social media Users- 2.77 Billion

Revolution in Traditional Media.
 Nepal Earth Quake/(Nick Garnett-BBC)
 UK General Elecion (Nick Garnett-BBC)
 The Live on Sky News (Harriet Hadfield-SKYNEWS)
 Myanmar’s General Election (BB Media Action’s trainers)
 Covering Nigerian Election (Small Group of citizen Journalist)
 Reporting in Kashmir (Yusuf Omar Former R- Hindustan Times)

WHY MOJO MIGHT BE GOOD FOR YOU?

WHY MOJO MIGHT BE GOOD FOR YOU?
1. It's Easy
2. It's Fast (GO LIVE IN 90 SECONDS) Other
media will have to arrange a full broadcast
crew
3. Independent
4. Go Unnoticed
5. Get Closer
6. Break Barriers (get Interview Easily)
7. Save Costs

You vs Witness
You may have the same phone as your
audience
What is difference between you
and your Audience

You vs Witness
You may have the same phone as your
audience
-Skills -
Experience
-Perspective

Professionals KITS
Quality of Content

Professionals
KIT
AL JAZEERA

Professionals
KIT
BBC

Professionals KITS
Used by Journalist in different Countries

Professional
s
KITUsed by
Journalist

Professionals
KIT
Used by
Journalist

KEY FEATURES
 Good quality of Audio and Video
 It allows you to be prepared for anything anytime
 Time-saving to meet deadline
 Content- Quality & Quantity
 Avoid depending on another person and heavy
camera kits
 Can easily fit in your pockets
 Where camera cannot be used or allowed

KEY FEATURES
Mojo Kit Supports Journalist with
• Visual gathering
• As-Live recording /Live
• SOTs and VOX POPS, PTC
• interviews
• Cut-to-Cut/professional edit and Voice-over
in the field
• Sending and uploading from Mobile
• etc

Mandatory
KIT ITEMS

Checklist & Tips
Check List
 Check Battery
 Airplane Mode
 Free memory
 Clean your lens
TIPS
• Apps for manual control
• Camera setting
• Test Mic Level
• Test Light
• No Vertical Keep Horizontal
• Shots That make
Sequence
• Stabilized the camera
• Manual Zoom

Best Photo Editor Apps
ANDRIOD
• Adobe photo express
• Snapseed
• Aviary
• AirBrush
• Bonfire Photo Editor Pro
• Cupslice Photo Editor
• Fotor Photo Editor
• LightX Photo Editor
• PhotoDirector
IOS
• Adobe photo express
• Snapseed
• VSCO
• Camera+
• Cortex Camera
• Enlight
• TouchRetouch
• SKRWT
• Superimpose.

Rules of Framing
• Grid horizontal and vertical lines in the frame
• The rule of thirds. This rule divides the frame into
nine sections
• Headroom
• Everything in your frame is important, not just the
subject like ,
• Background
• Light
• Distracting, or Disrupt

Rule of Third & Headroom
Horizontal-1
Horizontal-2
Vertical-1 Vertical-2
All the things you
see in front of you,
which one is the
reason for taking
the photo?
The rule of thirds
is a guide to help
you do just that.

Rule of Third & Headroom
Emerging Form of new media StorytellingMobile Journalism is about empowering the individual storyteller
The amount of
headroom
required
depends on
how closely
you're
photographing
your subject

Centered Composition and Symmetry

Frame Within the Frame

Leading Lines
You can use
them to draw
a viewer’s
attention to a
specific part
of the frame

• Photoshop Express
• Snapseed

Video Recording Apps
ANDRIOD
• FILMIC Pro.
• Cenima FV5
• Camera 360
• Cymera ZOOM FX
• Camera FV-5.
• DSLR Camera Pro
• Vignette
• Google Camera
• Manual Camera
IOS
• FiLMiC Pro.
• Camera+
• Adobe Premiere Clip
• Camera Plus Pro
• ProCamera.
• Camera Genius.
• 8mm Vintage Camera
• Professional Camera
• Precorder:
• Camcorder Pro

Video Editing Apps
ANDRIOD
• KineMaster
• ActionDirector
• Adobe Premiere Clip
• FilmoraGo
• Free Video Editor
• Funimate Video Effects
• Movie Maker
• FilmmakerPowerDirector.
IOS
• iMovie
• Luma Fusion
• KineMaster
• Inshot
• Videoshop
• Splice
• Cameo
• Quik
• Video Crop
• Magisto

Video Recording/Editing Apps
ANDRIOD
• Filmic Pro
• Kine Master
IOS
• Filmic Pro
• iMovie
1. Audio gain
2. Ruler
3. Image Stabilization
4. Manual Camera
5. Flash light
6. Zoom In & Out
1. Add clip
2. Trim clip
3. Add filter
4. Add title
5. Add background
sound
6. (Voiceover)
7. Undo your edits
1. Audio gain
2. Ruler
3. Image Stabilization
4. Manual Camera
5. Flash light
6. Zoom In & Out
1. Add clip
2. Trim clip
3. Add filter
4. Add title
5. Add background sound
6. (Voiceover)
7. Undo your edits

Mobile Filming
CAMERA SHOTS
Exact terminology varies between
production environments
But, Basic principles are same.

Some
Basics Shots
Types
Wide
Mid Wide
Mid Close
Close
Cut away
Cut in
Two Shot
OTS
Point of view
Weather shot
Tilt up
Tilt Down
Panning

Five W’s
• Who
• Where
• What
• When
• Why
• How

WORL FLOW
Steps for doing a sequence:
 Brainstorm: write down all your thoughts and what you want to film.
 Create a story board: pictures or text doesn’t matter, so long as you know what each scene is going to
have, write it down.
 Filming schedule and film: make sure you keep things consistent and make time to film your scenes,
if you’re filming outside make sure you grab all the shots you need before going back inside.
 B-ROLL: remember, it’s important to get extra footage! This is to have enough footage for transition
scenes and close ups.
 Edit: now that you have everything editing is going to be a breeze! Remember that storyboard you had?
That’s going to come in handy when you start editing because you’ll already know where you want
everything to go! And don’t forget to label your videos so you know what shots you created and it will be
easier to find.

Shots Sequences
• Thinking of how the images will be used in the
finished edit
• Do not consider an individual shots.
• To be part of the story and not just a "postcard.“
• A good video needs visual variety
• Don’t use several similar shots in a row
• Edit different shots together as a sequence, such as
wide-medium-tight-tight

5 Shot Story
5 10
1. CU
2. CU
3. MID/Wide
4. OTS
5. Unusual/Alternate
what else should viewer
know
Intro (60 sec)
Duration in Sec
8

5 Shot Story

EDITING

Editing Pattern
PTC 1 Interview PTC 2
Wide CU 1 CU 2
NAR1 NAR2
Add Some MusicA2
A1
V1
V2 (B)
STORY CUT
• Using two video tracks (V1 and V2)
• V1 for story editing
• V2 leaving for B Role
This places the focus on story
Something that is difficult if all shots
are slotted into gaps
https://gijn.org/2017/08/08/mojo-workin-editing-on-a-smartphone/
By Ivo Burum August 8, 2017 (Mojo trainer; TV Prod; Columnist @gijn; Author; Speaker #mojocon,)
GLOBAL INVESTIGATE JOURNALISM NETWORK

Editing B Roll
A1
V1
V2 (B)
STORY CUT
Supplemental footage intercut with an interview grab
Cutaway or Overlay
Edited
Interview
Covers
• An unwanted zoom
• A jump cut in a shortened interview
• A fast whipping pan and mistakes in shooting
Hence B roll is used to compress and expand sequences.
B ROLL
Edit Points
By Ivo Burum August 8, 2017 (Mojo trainer; TV Prod; Columnist @gijn; Author; Speaker #mojocon,)
GLOBAL INVESTIGATE JOURNALISM NETWORK

Upload to the Social Media or
Send data to News Room
 FTP
 Dropbox
 San Disk
 OTG
 WhatsApp
 Uploading
 Facebook
 YouTube
 Instagram
 Twitter
etc.

Video and Image Specifications for
Facebook, Instagram and Audience
Aspect ratios for mobile. Design for mobile first. Vertical video (formats 4:5, 2:3 and 9:16) can be most
engaging as most people hold their phone upright.
16:9 and 9:16

Optimize for the view : The ideal length of your next video
30 Sec 45 Sec 1 Min 2 Min
Why 30 Sec ?
Instagram videos that
received the comments
averaged 26 seconds.
Our brains process visuals
60,000 times faster than the
tex. So we scroll faster on it
than other app.
KEEP YOUR VIDEO BREIF, so
they fit user expectation
Why 45 Sec ?
Twitters videos averaged 43
seconds. Twitters users are
accustomed to short
updates, like 140 Characters
tweet. The platform’s innate
brevity also applies to
videos. It’s best to keep
them short.
Why 1 Min ?
Facebook audience engages
the most with 1 minute long
videos, users like watching
snappy videos that they can
quickly like or share before
scrolling down to the next
piece of content.
Why 2 Min ?
The most engagement on
videos that are about 2
minutes. Users like
spending time on YouTube
because they can easily find
specific videos or watch
their favorite Youtuber's
content. Creating longer in
depth content is perfect for
the platform

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