Exam:
1.What are the advantages of using the two cassette system on VO/SOTs?
VO- Using an announcer or performer's voice over visual material, so that the speaker is not shown on camera.
Many news operations place the VO and SOT on separate tapes that’s gives the director a little bit more latitude for dealing with discrepancy in how long it takes to read the VO by putting the sot on a separate tape we can weigh into the anchor and finish reading the VO and then transition to the other tape.
2. What are the three things that the lead-in to a sound bite should accomplish?
The lead into a sound bite should identify the person that’s about to speak by the name and the title
3. Define SOT. - Interview Sound recorded on tape deck to be used in broadcast news story.
4.What is unique about putting together a TV newscast, related to other forms of journalism?
- Television Newscasts" helps students develop a critical awareness of how television news is shaped and manipulated and how they, as audience members may be affected by this. Students learn to conduct a survey about media sources of news; keep a "news log" throughout the unit of study; identify and discuss how a TV newscast is constructed; identify and discuss the use of entertainment in TV news; identify, discuss and compare the values and ideologies presented in a variety of TV newscasts, at the local and national levels; produce a complete school newscast, as a team; and identify and analyzes the processes involved in their production and how these relate to the key concepts studied in this unit. What unique abou it too is that you learn to
- demonstrate critical thinking skills by identifying bias and by analyzing explicit and implicit messages in television news
- analyse the relationship between television newscasts and their audiences
- identify the characteristics of a television news broadcast
- analyse how the language and visuals used in television news influences the interpretation of messages
- compare their own and others' responses to television news
5. What are the two parts of a standard lower third super?
Lower thirds are animated elements using alpha channel transparency that commonly server as anchoring elements for text, nameplates and logos at the bottom of the screen. Lower Third: Refers to a graphic placed on the bottom third of the TV screen which generally givesinformation about the individual on screen (name, title, etc.) or provides specific information about theimage that is on currently on the screen.
6. Define outcue. - The final few words of a story element not being read by an anchor bite package wrap and so forth
1.What are some problems that can arise when you’re writing to file footage?
File footage- noun-Television.
film footage already on file; stock footage of crowds, cityscapes, football games, etc.
It can freeze, it can overwrite your original footage while editing.
2. List two reasons for airing a story as a VO rather than in a lengthier format.
VO works very well when covering events and a comment from someone from the event that really wouldn’t add much to the story when there is no real issue involved or when there is a limited amount of interesting information to impart to the viewers.
3. Define "hyperkinetic." - Main Entry: hy·per·ki·net·ic Pronunciation: \-ˈne-tik\Function: adjective Date: 1888
1 : of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity <the hyperkinetic child>
2 : characterized by fast-paced or frenetic activity <a hyperkinetic movie>
4. Define “reader.”- A short television story read by an anchor with no accompanying video or full screen graphic and sometimes called a tell story. In radio copy read by an anchor.
5. Define “slug.” -Brief title assigned to a news story
6. Define "reader/actuality."- Sound or sound bite in radio
7. Define "wrap." A type of radio story that includes the anchor lead and a voiced report form a reporter along with an actuality the radio equivalent of a news package in television.
1. List four tips to keep in mind when conducting (not shooting) an interview.
Before conducting the interview, gently prepare your subjects by telling them the general focus of the documentary you are shooting. Unless it is the President of the United States, do not give your subject your questions in advance. Cinéma Vérité depends on the reality of true unrehearsed answers. Work with your camera operator to establish some different possibilities in framing the shot. During the interview, the camera operator listens intently to the questions and answers and adjusts the shots to emphasize the emotions of the moment. If possible, establish some kind of signal, so that the camera operator knows when you are moving to a new subject and can compose a new shot.
Always try to interview your subjects in their natural environment. Do not shoot all of the interviews in the same location. Vary it. Let the audience see a little bit about the subject. If possible, take the subject to the site of the event you are covering. This will often evoke powerful feelings and memories of the actual event.
When setting up for an interview, choose a place with little ambient noise, so you can use the interview for either an on-camera or voice-over interview. If there is too much noise in the background, you will want to see the subject of that noise, so you can identify the sounds you are hearing in the background.
The first thing you need to do at the beginning of your conversation is coach your subjects so that they become comfortable with providing complete statements that will stand alone in the editing process without an interviewer's questions to prompt them. To do this, ask your subjects to repeat in their own words the question that you ask. For example, if you ask them, "What went through your mind when the winds and water of Katrina came roaring through your neighborhood?" they will answer, "When Katrina came, I thought the wind was going to blow us away!" When you get back to the editing suite, you will be able to use that sound bite anywhere, because it is a complete statement.
When finishing your interview, ask your subject if there is anything you didn't ask them. This will sometimes provide a very powerful and personal story or response
2. In an interview, save the tough questions for later. False, but you want to make your interviewee comfortable too so it is best to start with an easy one.
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1. First Amendment expert Gregg Thomas says a news operation that liberally uses the word alleged” is practicing condom journalism.
A. safe c. traditional
B. responsible d. condom
2. What is an alternative to using the word “alleged?”-
A parent
3. What is required for a journalist to be able to correctly use the word “suspect?”
Only if the person is identifiable – Drop the word come from behind the cover. Spell out who the accusers are with specific attribution it’s fair and socially responsible thing to do. If alleged is the single most abused word suspects has to be a close second. A suspect is a specific named individual who is charged jailed or wanted in connection with a specific act.
1. Define IFB.- an acronym derived from the phrase interruptible feedback it refers to the communication system by which an anchor or reporter can hear some or all of the television stations programming the word is often interchangeably with other form audio signals
10. What is the broadcast rule regarding the subject and the verb in sentences?
The basic rule states that a singular subject takes a singular verb, while a plural subject takes a plural verb.
The first step is checking for an agreement problem is to identify the subject and the verb.
Example:
Right- Rescue workers pull victims from the icy water.
Wrong - Rescue workers pulls victims from the icy water.
11. What is a “super?”
Graphics information superimposed over video. A typical identifier super contains a person’s name and title
12. Why do broadcast writers spell difficult words phonetically?
Although broadcast writers are supposed to spell correctly under most circumstances there are times when spelling a word correctly might result in its being pronounced incorrectly on the air. You should spell any uncommon word the way it sounds.
Although broadcast writers are supposed to spell correctly under most circumstances there are times when spelling a word correctly might result in its being pronounced incorrectly on the air. You should spell any uncommon word the way it sounds.
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