Media
Productions: "The Spotlight Story"
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Premise: We have been learning how to script, shoot video and use our new Vegas Movie Studio editing software. We have been creating News Magazines for awhile now and our execution, especially on Interviews, has been poor. One of the keys to a successful News Magazine is good interviewing. This assignment will give students a chance to practice and hone their on-camera interviewing skills. Ten Rules for a Great Interview: Follow These Rules in filming your interview!
Preparation for Your Interview: A good interview does not just happen when a camera is put in front of someone who is answering questions. A good interview is the result of research into your subject, extensive planning with regards to set, lighting and sound, well-thought out questions that lead the interviewee into interesting answers, quick thinking to direct the interviewee back to the flow of a conversation and precise editing. For this assignment, you are required to interview someone outside of the school and school environment. This can be someone from your family, a community member, a sports figure, etc. You will be responsible for setting up the interview, researching your interview questions, setting up establishing shots, completing the interview and the edits. Researching your Interview: You need to go into your interview with an understanding of the background of your subject, areas of interest or expertise Editing: Once you have filmed your interview, import your footage into Vegas and edit the clips together to create your final interview. This may be more difficult than you realize, try to have each speaker on camera when they are speaking. Use whichever soundtrack has the best quality. Put in simple transitions, plus a title and closing credits. Other Types of Interview Styles: In some cases, interviews are shot with just one camera. Usually in these instances, the Interviewer uses their audio track or voiceovers to explain the questions being asked. It is also seen that the interview questions are sometimes given in TEXT format. These styles tend to work best with multiple interviewees or when the interview is part of a bigger story. Due to the static nature of these techniques, these are best avoided for extended interviews, as the viewer will quickly get very bored only watching a single shot. Submitting Your Practice Interview: Turn in your final practice interview film to the Video Drive Dropbox. This will account for 1/4 of the grade on this project! Your Final Product Interview: Follow the 10 Rules to Creating an Great Interview! Consider the following list of possible interview subjects. You must choose one of these or have Mr. B. approve of an alternate interviewee ahead of time. You are encouraged to do interviews with interesting people off campus, but you must get approval ahead of time and be diligent in your preparations.
Part of the Final Interview process is to ARRANGE a time and place for your interview. Also, please supply the person you are interviewing with a copy of the questions that you will be asking them (at least 5). Once your interview is all set up, shoot your footage. Edit your footage. Turn in your final product. Some rules for the Final Interview: 1. Your interview should be AT LEAST 3 minutes in length! GRADING: I will be grading this as follows:
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