Tuesday, May 18
- introduction to course
- syllabus and course policies
- lecture - multimedia reporting + examples
- the demo site
- sign up for accounts
- tour of functionality
- create profile addressing:
- skills and relevant experience
- skills you want to learn/improve on
- interests and career or academic direction
- introductions/survey (long form)
- department and year in school
- why you're taking this class?
- skills/experience
- video
- directing
- shooting
- editing - what programs?
- audio
- recording
- editing - what programs?
- photography
- image manipulation
- interactive multimedia or animation
- documentary production experience
- journalistic writing experience
- web development
- HTML (hand-coding)
- Dreamweaver
- back-end development: PHP, mySQL, etc
- social media experience
- facebook
- twitter
- blogging
- other
- break into groups
- shoot profile photos
- shoot 10 second video clip
- resize/crop photo to 200 x 300
- upload to your profile
- publishing on the web
- client-server
- uploading content
- file types
- content management systems
- LEGO-ized development
To prepare for Thursday's class:
1. read the article "Multimedia Storytelling" by Jane Stevens
http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/starttofinish/
2. Stevens writes that "the key is using the media form - video, audio, photos, text, animation - that will present a segment of a story in the most compelling and informative way."
Find one example of online multimedia journalism that the author DOES NOT mention. Evaluate it in terms of the author's criteria. Is the information presented in video, text, still photos, etc complementary or redundant? Are the different media used (video, text, etc) to their best advantage?
Bring in the url and notes about your reflections and be prepared to discuss in class.
Tuesday, May 20
- equipment room orientation
- small group discussions:
- response to "Multimedia Storytelling"
- ...and examples of multimedia reporting that students bring in
- course theme
- group reading... paper route selections from Studs Terkel - Working
- handout selection from Studs Terkel - Working
- polyvocal
- This American Lide segment on Studs Terkel
- lecture: UB campus as a site of labor
- small group breakout - brainstorming
- work that happens at/on/through the campus
- list 1: all examples of jobs/employers/labor
- list 2: topics, issues, themes, angles
- report back on brainstorming session
- first assignment - research and story development
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small group fieldwork
- walk around campus
- look for evidence of work in all its manifestations
- take photos as research notes
- note location of each photo and why you took it
Tuesday, May 25
- photos from last time - share and discuss photos
- refer to article on what stories lend themselves to photos and slideshows
- what makes a strong image?
- for each idea represented, how might it be developed as a series of images?
- close-up, mid, long
- sequence of events
- detail vs context
- using captions - to describe image AND advance the story
- caution not to suggest connections between individuals and issues that are not substantiated
- working w/ images:
- Photoshop, Gimp
- cropping
- color and/or contrast adjustment
- looking toward 2nd assignment - tips for conducting the interview
- context
- vox pop/man on the street example
- oral history
- the recording, preservation and interpretation of historical information, based on the personal experiences and opinions of the speaker. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_history)
- This American Life - #368 (link)
- Time Out NY's Public Eye feature (link)
- evaluate - what does this series say?
- evaluate - what is the format - what stays the same from profile to profile?
- evaluate presentation - what makes a good photo?
- interview/profiles for advocacy (link)
- evaluate - oral history, journalism, public relations?
- evaluate presentation - what makes a good photo?
- approaching subject of interview
- explaining what it's for
- ...and what kind of questions you'll ask
- ...and how long it will take (suggest allotting 15-20 minutes)
- set an appointment
- or do it now
- preparing
- camera/recorder charged and disk space available?
- questions prepared
- establish facts
- what's your job title?
- how long in this position?
- open-ended questions
- what do you do on a typical day?
- what's your commute like?
- what's the difference between working in the summer and during the school year?
- contrast w/ leading questions which are generally to be avoided (link)
- following up on things they tell you, prompt with more open-ended questions
- what was that like?
- how did that feel?
- can you tell me more about that?
- DON'T come in with an agenda or try to put words in their mouths
- so, you must hate your job...
- avoid leading questions (link)
- release form
- avoid ambient noise
- taking notes
- ending interview - thanking them
- transcribing - do it while the experience is still fresh
- editing
- keep their comments in context
- suggest, where possible, to edit out your questions
Thursday, May 27
research/writing assignment is due
- post your story ideas to the Demo Site blog (as comments to the post "Story Ideas").
- small group discussion of story ideas
- read them all and discuss with each other. Are there some that you think would make especially good stories? Are there some stories that you think could be developed in a different medium than the one suggested by the person who came up with the story? For instance - a story that is suggested as a slideshow that you think would work better as a video? Discuss why.
- report back
- hand out copies of release form
- INTERVIEW TECHNIQUE OVERVIEW
- Small Groups
- brainstorm interview questions
- evaluate interview questions
- post Qs to blog - everyone read them
- write down ones you think are useful
- BREAK
- practice interviews
- practice interview technique, practice using recorder
- in pairs - then switch with another group
- keep track of time... 10 minutes...?
- looking ahead to the next assignment: PHOTO ESSAYS
- review: Picking the Right Media for Reporting a Story (Photos)
- reflection
- emotions
- central characters
- showing place
- +evidence?
- The Americans
- Robert Frank - b 1924
- The Telegraph (UK): "Melancholy and menace"
flags, loneliness, divisions between rich and poor, race
- The Americans - 1958
- Movie Premiere—Hollywood, 1955
What is the story? What's the focus?
- http://www.metmuseum.org/special/robert_frank/images.asp
- Untitled
- Parade - Hoboken, NJ 1955
- image manipulation
- editing - what to present - objectivity...
- cropping - as long as it does not misrepresent the situation
- image adjustment (contrast, saturation, brightness, etc)
- do NOT move pixels, ie "Photoshop" something out of the image
- web slideshows (sense of place, reflection?)
- SLIDESHOW STORY IDEAS:
- show a time of day on campus
- the early commute
- 1. early morning sky on south campus (list time in caption)
- 2. longshot - waiting at bus stop (list time in caption)
- 3. close-up as people get on the bus
- 4. get quotes from bus driver
- 5. talk to passengers get quotes
- 6. empty bus after passengers are off (list time in caption)
- 7. the early morning line to get coffee at N campus Tim Hortons
- show a time of day on campus
- late shift on campus
- make arrangements ahead of time
- 1. maintenance?
- 2. police?
- 3. ub it?
- 4. RA (dorms)?
- 5. any people walking around on campus?
- 6. late night studying?
- 7. people coming back to dorms after an evening out?
- 8. switchboard?
- show a particular process
- library, food service, human resources, grounds?
- Tech lab: using Soundslides
To prepare for next Tuesday:
Read
Putting a price on Words NY Times Magazine article about online journalism entrepreneurs
To prepare for next week:
Work on profile project which will be due on Thursday.
Tuesday June 1
- Handout: Embedding Soundslides in Wordpress
- Handout: assignmmet 3 (slideshow project)
- topic: current state of journalism
- Discuss reading: Read Putting a price on Words NY Times Magazine article about online journalism entrepreneurs
- economic presures on what is covered
- corporate news
- internet / "unbundled" - each article is accountable for advertising revenue - how many views it gets is tracked
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- video: DOES PRINT JOURNALISM HAVE A FUTURE? (5:03)
- more news conversation (blogging/interpretation) / less news information (investigative reporting)
- topic: Citizen Journalism
- Demo: Embedding Soundslides in Wordpress
- Activity: thinking visually
- tell a story - take photos wide, medium, close, extra-close
- post and discuss
Thursday June 3
- reporting opportunity: UB Partners Day
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Whether you work in industry, a nonprofit community organization or an entrepreneurial enterprise, discover the benefits of a UB partnership.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
- 8:30 a.m. to noon - Workshops and Exhibits
- Free and open to the public.
- Find the workshops that suit your needs: www.buffalo.edu/partnersday/workshops
- guest speakers: Mia and Chris from GSEU
- turn in profile assignment to demo blog
- discuss
- as a set - title, consistency?
- make logins for howthecampusworks site
- TOPIC: video
- interviews?
- voiceover?
- how many shots?
- coverage
- how long to shoot when collecting shots
- examples CNN Living
- Women in a new era on Wall Street
- how many shots?
- how long is each shot?
- what do they leave out about the issue?
- when do they use text on screen?
- Women in construction
- Ford's 'green' team of female engineers
- how many shots?
- how long is each shot?
- what do they leave out about the issue?
- when do they use text on screen?
- CNN iReport
- user-generated content?
- citizen journalism?
- crowdsourcing?
- who benefits, who gets paid, why participate?
- what is the role of professional journalist?
- editorial / letter to the editor - http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-454424 Israel's Overkill Policy vs Hamas
- documenatry footage - evidence - tar ball http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-453442
- human interest connected to current news event - Hearts of Plaquemines Parish http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-452732
- personal account - http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-453595
- car review related to current event - PR piece? - http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-445298
Tuesday June 8
- turning in slideshows
- shooting exercise - gathering interveiws and b-roll
- using iMovie
- new assignment: video project
Thursday June 10
- ONLINE NEWS circa 1981
- TURNING IN VIDEO PROJECT-PLANNING WORKSHEET
- TERMS
- LOWER THIRD
- B-ROLL
- CUT-AWAY
- VIDEOS
- 1. LAST CALL FOR HAIRCUTS
- 2. A PEOPLE TORN: LIBERIANS IN MINNESOTA (PACKAGE)
- KEEPING THEIR FAITH
- average length of cut?
- how does the piece use cutaways?
- how does the piece use sound effectively?
- what could be better about the sound?
- how does the piece communicate w/out a narrator?
- BONDING AT THE BARBER SHOP
- use of lower-third text
- b-roll/variety of shots
- MAKING MINNESOTA HOME
- attention to the gaze of interviewees - direct at camera / slightly off
- 3. DIGITAL SNIPPETS
- Q: how could this material be edited into a video news story?
Tuesday June 22
guest - Yuichiro Yamada - documentary filmmaker
course evaluations
post your videos to howthecampusworks
discussion - where to?
multimedia stories
watch/view
360 degrees
Touching Hearts
screening: experimental non-fiction
Europlex
Spanish - Moroccan Border
shows connections ... complexity
traders, nomads, military, scientists
uses - maps, anmiations
video w/ annotation (5:35 approaching border to Spanish Cueta)
more on editing, b-roll and cut-aways
Michael Moore vs UPS
B-ROLL raw examples...
easter egg
sonoma
finding public domain images
archive.org
how to fly
Use of Map w/ audio program...
Where We Live
Explore MAP - then click through to radio show...
what works..?
why?
when?
1. compile research
facts
background information
previous stories
identify existing photos, maps, logos, etc that may be helpful
example of what you might find...
"A study of the quality of university life: SUNY at Buffalo"
2. create a fact sheet based on research
3. create a rough multimedia storyboard
http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/starttofinish/storyboarding/
- non-linear
- not redundant
list the possible parts of the story that you could cover
- which parts for which media?
Web Journalism site
http://jrn264.wordpress.com/