Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Filming
Our group finally did some filming for the Rainman. We filmed the whole car chase scene but there is one scene we need to get done to complete the movie. Josh is going to edit the football news story and that will make 2 completed news stories. So the end is near and we have to work to complete stuff.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The Era Of Editing
The first half of the Rainman movie brought many challenges in editing. Music that suited the video was hard to find, montages were hard to edit and we faced technical difficulties in the project files. We got through it all and finished what we think will be the first half of the completed movie.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
More Updates!
Despite the lack of blogging regularly, I have been making good progress on my projects. I finished a news story about the 50th anniversary of the school division. We are half done our long project "The Rainman" also my news story which I am working alongside with Josh Giroux is almost done. It is a football story so we just need the footage for the establishing shots, edit it and it will be complete.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
News Stories & Updates
Josh Giroux and I have been gradually working on our news stories. We are going to complete 2 together, we will each appear as reporter in one of them. In the hot dog luncheon story we have completed the stand up, sign out and interviews and have the footage captured. All we need to do to complete the news story is get establishing shots from the luncheon and edit it, which is next week. In Josh's story, we got a very long interview with Mr. Diboll. We are still waiting to start filming for "The Rainman" but when we do, we will probably finish it in one day.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Well Well...
I just forgot about my blog for a while. I guess we were busy doing work for projects. We hammered out a treatment, script and we're almost done the storyboarding for our lastest project entitled "The Rainman." We also did a DVD cover for it using photoshop and pure skills. This film will be our long project and hopefully our best work yet. We should begin shooting very soon but it's hard to get everyone together since we have such a huge cast... CYA!
Friday, March 27, 2009
News Story
Because of the snow, spirit week was post-poned, I was going to film the 50th anniversary of the school division, but I did get some stuff done for it:
WHO: People from school division serving up hot dogs
WHAT: Hot dog luncheon for the 50th anniversary of Portage School division.
WHERE: PCI Plaza
WHEN: Noon hour, March 27/2009
WHY: Because it’s the 50th anniversary and it needs to be celebrated
HOW: Having a luncheon
Lead: What are all these hot dogs for? Well, we caught up with Jim Pehura, principal of PCI to find out.
I got an interview with Jim Pehura and Jeff Utioh, but I can't use those in the video until I have footage of the actual hot dog luncheon.
Therefore, we worked on a treatment and scripting for the new flick "The Rainman"
WHO: People from school division serving up hot dogs
WHAT: Hot dog luncheon for the 50th anniversary of Portage School division.
WHERE: PCI Plaza
WHEN: Noon hour, March 27/2009
WHY: Because it’s the 50th anniversary and it needs to be celebrated
HOW: Having a luncheon
Lead: What are all these hot dogs for? Well, we caught up with Jim Pehura, principal of PCI to find out.
I got an interview with Jim Pehura and Jeff Utioh, but I can't use those in the video until I have footage of the actual hot dog luncheon.
Therefore, we worked on a treatment and scripting for the new flick "The Rainman"
Thursday, March 12, 2009
WHATS THE POINT?
NAMES AND TITLES:- Do not mispronounce names when reading them out.- Let listeners know you’re giving them a name.
Bad: A man died today, his name way Jerry.Good: Mayor Jerry Simpson, died at the age of 57 today.ENDLESS TITLES:- Spread people's title throughout the sentence.- Shorten people’s titles if they are long.
Bad: Senior Executive Minister of the National Transportation Safety Board.
Good: Minister of the NTSB.FIRST NAMES FIRST:- Use first names after stating full names earlier.- State people’s address.
Bad: Jerry Bradshaw is greasy
Good: Jerry is greasy.ELIMINATE THE MIDDLEMAN:- Don't use middle names or initials if not necessary.
Bad: Larry Alfred Smith made a huge sandwich
Good: Larry Smith made a huge sandwich.IDENTIFICATION:-Give people titles instead of just saying their name.
Bad: Darcy Peters works at KFC.
Good: KFC Clerk Darcy Peters.ADDRESSES:- Giving people's addresses helps distinguish between other people of the same name.
Bad: George.
Good: George Meeches, who lives on the number 9 highway.AGES:- Don't use someone's age often, it gets annoying and is not needed.
Bad: 47 year old Cheryl, 47, who is 47 years old, had her 47th birthday yesterday.
Good: Cheryl is 47 years old.ATTRIBUTION:- Give the person's name at the start of the sentence, not dangling somewhere else.
Bad: He escaped with minor burns but was called a hero for what he did, oh his name was Ken.
Good: Ken Rogerson is a hero for what he did today.SAY IT WITH SAYS:- Keep it simple when saying who said something. Use said or says.
Bad: I quote Roy Vaughn when I say this..
Good: Roy Vaughn said..REPITITION: - Don't be afraid to repeat a good word
Good: There was a large fire today; the fire lasted two hours until someone put the fire out.QUOTING:- When quoting what someone said, use phrases like: "and we quote him.." "as she put it"
Bad: Quote “I had to hammer out burgers as fast as I could” End Quote
Good: As he put it “I had to hammer out burgers as fast as I could”
CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR:- It is easy to mess up exact quotes. Just say what he said, you don't have to mention your trying to quote him.
FACTS OR OPINIONS:- Facts don't need attribution, opinions do
AIDING THE LISTENERS:- Speak so that people who are aren't paying attention, can understand you.
CONTRACTIONS:- Use "didn't" and not "did not." Use "isn't" for "is not." and so on.
Bad: I was not in my trailer last night.
Good: I wasn’t in my trailer last night.PRONOUNS:- Use "we" and "us." It makes the story more involving instead of using "you."
Bad: You Coloradoans’ are getting some bad weather.
Good: Us Coloradoans’ are getting some bad weather. VERB TENSE:- Your verbs should help state when an event took place.
Bad: Brian savagely went to the doctor.
Good: Brian recently went to the doctor.TIME ELEMENTS:- Give the time of the setting after a verb.- Use time naturallyVERB VOICE: - Say your verbs with a good strong voice, they stand out more and help people to understand.
Bad: kicked
Good: KICKED!!ORGINIZATIONS:- Say the full name of the of the orginization, then abbreviate it after.
Good: Burger King is up and running, the new BK will bring in customers from all around town.A R-O-S-E is not a ROSE:Use hyphens in between things you want to pronounce.
Bad: 1204
Good: 1-2-0-4 NUMBERS: - Spell out numbers and symbols instead of putting 6543 or 25%. It is easier to read that way.- Round off numbers like 1,252 to twelve hundred.- Use morning instead of a.m. and evening for p.m.
Bad: He got 39%
Good: He got thirty nine percent.PUNCTUATION:- Use "..." or "-" to indicate a pause to the newsreader
Bad: My mom bought a heck of a lot of bread she put it on the counter.
Good: My mom bought a heck of a lot of bread … she put it on the counter.COPYEDITING: - Use symbols to correct typing errorsSCRIPT STYLE:- 60 lines on one 8.5 x 11 page. Double spaced, proper capitals. One line equals three seconds so one page will equal a minute.
Bad: A man died today, his name way Jerry.Good: Mayor Jerry Simpson, died at the age of 57 today.ENDLESS TITLES:- Spread people's title throughout the sentence.- Shorten people’s titles if they are long.
Bad: Senior Executive Minister of the National Transportation Safety Board.
Good: Minister of the NTSB.FIRST NAMES FIRST:- Use first names after stating full names earlier.- State people’s address.
Bad: Jerry Bradshaw is greasy
Good: Jerry is greasy.ELIMINATE THE MIDDLEMAN:- Don't use middle names or initials if not necessary.
Bad: Larry Alfred Smith made a huge sandwich
Good: Larry Smith made a huge sandwich.IDENTIFICATION:-Give people titles instead of just saying their name.
Bad: Darcy Peters works at KFC.
Good: KFC Clerk Darcy Peters.ADDRESSES:- Giving people's addresses helps distinguish between other people of the same name.
Bad: George.
Good: George Meeches, who lives on the number 9 highway.AGES:- Don't use someone's age often, it gets annoying and is not needed.
Bad: 47 year old Cheryl, 47, who is 47 years old, had her 47th birthday yesterday.
Good: Cheryl is 47 years old.ATTRIBUTION:- Give the person's name at the start of the sentence, not dangling somewhere else.
Bad: He escaped with minor burns but was called a hero for what he did, oh his name was Ken.
Good: Ken Rogerson is a hero for what he did today.SAY IT WITH SAYS:- Keep it simple when saying who said something. Use said or says.
Bad: I quote Roy Vaughn when I say this..
Good: Roy Vaughn said..REPITITION: - Don't be afraid to repeat a good word
Good: There was a large fire today; the fire lasted two hours until someone put the fire out.QUOTING:- When quoting what someone said, use phrases like: "and we quote him.." "as she put it"
Bad: Quote “I had to hammer out burgers as fast as I could” End Quote
Good: As he put it “I had to hammer out burgers as fast as I could”
CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR:- It is easy to mess up exact quotes. Just say what he said, you don't have to mention your trying to quote him.
FACTS OR OPINIONS:- Facts don't need attribution, opinions do
AIDING THE LISTENERS:- Speak so that people who are aren't paying attention, can understand you.
CONTRACTIONS:- Use "didn't" and not "did not." Use "isn't" for "is not." and so on.
Bad: I was not in my trailer last night.
Good: I wasn’t in my trailer last night.PRONOUNS:- Use "we" and "us." It makes the story more involving instead of using "you."
Bad: You Coloradoans’ are getting some bad weather.
Good: Us Coloradoans’ are getting some bad weather. VERB TENSE:- Your verbs should help state when an event took place.
Bad: Brian savagely went to the doctor.
Good: Brian recently went to the doctor.TIME ELEMENTS:- Give the time of the setting after a verb.- Use time naturallyVERB VOICE: - Say your verbs with a good strong voice, they stand out more and help people to understand.
Bad: kicked
Good: KICKED!!ORGINIZATIONS:- Say the full name of the of the orginization, then abbreviate it after.
Good: Burger King is up and running, the new BK will bring in customers from all around town.A R-O-S-E is not a ROSE:Use hyphens in between things you want to pronounce.
Bad: 1204
Good: 1-2-0-4 NUMBERS: - Spell out numbers and symbols instead of putting 6543 or 25%. It is easier to read that way.- Round off numbers like 1,252 to twelve hundred.- Use morning instead of a.m. and evening for p.m.
Bad: He got 39%
Good: He got thirty nine percent.PUNCTUATION:- Use "..." or "-" to indicate a pause to the newsreader
Bad: My mom bought a heck of a lot of bread she put it on the counter.
Good: My mom bought a heck of a lot of bread … she put it on the counter.COPYEDITING: - Use symbols to correct typing errorsSCRIPT STYLE:- 60 lines on one 8.5 x 11 page. Double spaced, proper capitals. One line equals three seconds so one page will equal a minute.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Leads
There are a few types of leads you can use when writing a news story. Here are the types:
Types of leads:
Emphasis – “Vince Li not criminally responsible.”
Blanket/Umbrella – “He got away with murder, and the victim's family wants to change that."
Verbless – “Li not responsible.”
Chronological/Narrative – “It was a normal and quiet bus ride in July; they had almost reached their destination, before someone on the bus murdered the man next to him.”
Questions – “Was Vince Li responsible?”
Types of leads:
Emphasis – “Vince Li not criminally responsible.”
Blanket/Umbrella – “He got away with murder, and the victim's family wants to change that."
Verbless – “Li not responsible.”
Chronological/Narrative – “It was a normal and quiet bus ride in July; they had almost reached their destination, before someone on the bus murdered the man next to him.”
Questions – “Was Vince Li responsible?”
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Radio Article
The class was asked to make a radio format article about a news story picked from the paper.
Here is what I came up with:
A 24 year old man was rushed to hospital today after being shot by police. At around 7 am police got a call from a woman saying she had been stabbed. When police got to the home, they saw a man trying to conceal a knife while walking away. A neighbor watched as police ordered the man to drop the knife. When he refused, they shot him. He is now in stable condition at the hospital. Charges have not yet been laid yet, but police believe the man stabbed his girlfriend and her grandma. The girlfriend escaped to a neighbor and called 911. The officers involved have been placed under mandatory administrative leave and will be cleared by a psychologist before returning to duty.
Here is what I came up with:
A 24 year old man was rushed to hospital today after being shot by police. At around 7 am police got a call from a woman saying she had been stabbed. When police got to the home, they saw a man trying to conceal a knife while walking away. A neighbor watched as police ordered the man to drop the knife. When he refused, they shot him. He is now in stable condition at the hospital. Charges have not yet been laid yet, but police believe the man stabbed his girlfriend and her grandma. The girlfriend escaped to a neighbor and called 911. The officers involved have been placed under mandatory administrative leave and will be cleared by a psychologist before returning to duty.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Job Fair Video
Last week, monday to friday the class edited clips for the job fair video that needed to be done. We took raw footage gathered by assorted people and made smaller clips. The audio wasn't needed so we did narrations on what each job was all about. Also added titles and it was overall pretty decent. I took care of 6 video clips: Computer Consultant, Network Adminastrator, Executive Assisstant, Payroll Adminastrator, Payroll Assisstant and the infamous School Psychologists. I did narrations for 3 of them.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Parts Of A News Story
The day is friday, I broke down the britain snow news story and figured out how many shots were in the story of each part (establishing shots, reporter stand-up, interviews) and this is the data i have collected:
Establishing: 28 shots (1:14)
Interview: 3 shots (0:25)
Reporter stand up: 1 shot (0:24)
Establishing: 28 shots (1:14)
Interview: 3 shots (0:25)
Reporter stand up: 1 shot (0:24)
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Thursday!
Today and yesterday I worked on an the assignment of reverse storyboarding the snowmobile tragedy story and I hammered out a script for the story. Also yesterday, I updated my blog and gave it a whole new look and layout. It's a cool crisp light blue. Sort of a frosty look :)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Tuesday...
Given the assignment, I just edited my post from Thursday, February 12th. It is very handy editing posts.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
CBC Local Newscast Assignment
CBC Local News Analisis
It took a long time to break down the newscast and split it into different stories, after reviewing and calculating this is what I got:
32:51 News
5:29 Weather
3:35 Sports
= 43:10 Total running time
= 16:50 Commercials
There is a pattern in the way a newscast is ordered. After the preview and lead story, it pretty much goes short news stories, weather, preview of what's after the commercial and then commercial break. Each weather segment that is done gives away a better look at weather, with the final weather forecast showing the long range forecast. I found news stories to be around 40 seconds long, with the reporter news stories being around 2 minutes. The longer stories use reporters where as the short stories, the anchor tells the story with background footage. Sometimes, even the anchor starts and then introduces the reporter.
In comparison to Mr. Nutbean’s list of times for all of the stories. I was fairly close, this is what I got: (click on the image to view enlarged)
It took a long time to break down the newscast and split it into different stories, after reviewing and calculating this is what I got:
32:51 News
5:29 Weather
3:35 Sports
= 43:10 Total running time
= 16:50 Commercials
There is a pattern in the way a newscast is ordered. After the preview and lead story, it pretty much goes short news stories, weather, preview of what's after the commercial and then commercial break. Each weather segment that is done gives away a better look at weather, with the final weather forecast showing the long range forecast. I found news stories to be around 40 seconds long, with the reporter news stories being around 2 minutes. The longer stories use reporters where as the short stories, the anchor tells the story with background footage. Sometimes, even the anchor starts and then introduces the reporter.
In comparison to Mr. Nutbean’s list of times for all of the stories. I was fairly close, this is what I got: (click on the image to view enlarged)
1.5 Day week
Its Thursday, and it has been a week of bad weather that made it hard for me to come into school. I did come on tuesday and got alot done on editing the CBC local assignment. That is also what I did last Friday. Tomorrow, again there is no school. Also no school monday.. So cya Tuesday!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Learnin' To Blog
I made a blog roll on the side bar of my page. It shows the people in my class' sites. I also started to watch the newscasts. I noticed a few things: It must be a more complex editing system because the titles and syle i've never seen anywhere else, you can usually tell if it's movie maker. The camera shots were mostly still, with some panning. Narrations were done over top of the story footage by the reporter.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The History Of Newscasts
NEWSCAST HISTORY
WHO: The people who participate in newscasts are the cameraman, editor and the news reporter herself/himself. Also the people who make up the news and find the facts.
WHAT: Here is an example of a newscast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dZ8PXABC30
WHERE: Newscasts can take place pretty much anywhere. It all depends where the story happens.
WHEN: Newscasts started on the radio in 1916 by Dr. Frank Conrad. Near the end of the war, they started experimenting with television newscasts. In 1941, television had it’s first newscast. Both CBC and NBC started up and newscasts were born.
WHY: To inform people of what’s going on in the world and locally. It’s also a way of documenting history.
HOW: There are lessons available and lots to learn on the making of newscasts. I hope to learn that this year
http://www.newslab.org/articles/wbbm.htm
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/tv/tvhistory.html
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/secondary/broadcast_news/television_newscasts.cfm
WHO: The people who participate in newscasts are the cameraman, editor and the news reporter herself/himself. Also the people who make up the news and find the facts.
WHAT: Here is an example of a newscast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dZ8PXABC30
WHERE: Newscasts can take place pretty much anywhere. It all depends where the story happens.
WHEN: Newscasts started on the radio in 1916 by Dr. Frank Conrad. Near the end of the war, they started experimenting with television newscasts. In 1941, television had it’s first newscast. Both CBC and NBC started up and newscasts were born.
WHY: To inform people of what’s going on in the world and locally. It’s also a way of documenting history.
HOW: There are lessons available and lots to learn on the making of newscasts. I hope to learn that this year
http://www.newslab.org/articles/wbbm.htm
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/tv/tvhistory.html
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/secondary/broadcast_news/television_newscasts.cfm
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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