Fascination : viewer friendly TV journalism
(eBook)

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Overview; Natural Sound and Articulate Pictures; Story Styles; The Role of the TV Journalist; New Options, New Challenges; 2 Sound; Natural Sound Gives Information; The Ear Expects to Hear Sound; An A-V Tease Introduces the Story; A-V Bites Reinforce Significant Points; A-V Transitions Link Points and Chapters; Natural Sound Works Well with Split Audio; Use Music to Set an Emotional Tone; Beware of Edith Piaf!; Natural Sound or Music?; Walla; Room Tone; Microphones Are Stupid!; 3 Articulate Pictures

Avoid Wallpaper VideoTwo Types of Pictures for Storytelling; Fly-on-the-Wall Photography; Visual Proof; Different Shots, Different Sizes; Primary and Secondary Motion; Use Secondary Motion Only When it Is Motivated; Editing Primary and Secondary Motion Shots Together; Different Types of Photography; CUs Need a Context for Reference; CUs as Effective Transition Shots; The Tighter the Shot, the Less Time You Can Hold It; Close-Ups (CU) or Extreme Close-Ups (XCU) of the Human Face Give Special Problems; Material Objects Take on a New Dimension When Perceived in an Extreme Close-Up (XCU)

The Relationship of Pictures to One AnotherTertiary Motion: Editing; Rules! Rules! Rules!; Hard and Soft; Fundamental Rule: OOF!; Editing Gives Energy; The Best Edits Are Invisible; Overlapping Actions; Cutaways; Avoid the Tulip Cutaway

Action/Reaction; Don't Be Lazy! Set a High Standard; What's the Essential Difference between a Hard Cut and a Dissolve?; Use a Dissolve to Show that Time Has Passed; Use a Dissolve to Cover a Jump Cut in an Interview; Respect Vectors; When Motion Vectors Distract; When Motion Vectors Allow the Viewer to Experience the Story; The Z Axis

Tempo Is Determined by Editing VO FirstEdit with Rhythm; When Interviews Are Used as VO; Don't Step on the Natural Sound Bites; When Rhythm Doesn't Matter; Color or Black/White; 4 Deciding the Story's Treatment; Reporting: Top Down, Outside Looking In; Storytelling Through People Stories: Eye Level, Inside Looking Out; Significant Vision; Choosing the Story's Treatment; How Many Minutes Should the Story Be?; Is It a Picture Story?; BBIs; 5 Top-Down Features; African Dance is Popular in Denmark; Danish Folk High Schools are Unusual; News Features; 6 Top-Down Information Stories

What About Identification and Fascination?The Storytelling Model; The Triple T Formula; T1: Finding the Angle (General); Producing the Angle; How Does Research Affect Your Angle?; Why We Don't Bury the Angle; Using a Case Study; T2: Context and Development (Specific); Fleshing Out the Model with Specific Points that Give the Details; Step by Step; Move the Story Forward!; T3: The Conclusion that Summarises the Story; Step-by-Step; Consider an AV Tag; The 70-30 Rule; 7 Eye Level People Stories; A Liberal Social Agenda; Facts Are Not the Only Way to Inform; The Narrative Model in TV Journalism