a. Reserve a DV camcorder at the TV Studio for the time you want
tape.
b. Make arrangements with your partner as to what you will
tape and when it will occur.
c. Write a list of questions you might ask and think of
a good ending for your story standup.
d. Dress professionally for the stand-up. (business
attire or Sunday best)
e. Memorize the closing sentence and the
reporter's tag. (Reporter's tag = "Reporting for
Newswatch, I'm ….")
f. Pick up equipment from TV Studio - includes camcorder,
mike, headphones, and tripod.
(You will need a mini-DV tape.)
g. Remember, your partner only helps you with shooting - not editing.
You may not use the same interviews your partner used - so make
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4. Record your footage, soundbites, and stand-up on location.
Use a mini-DV tape of your own.
5. Record any additional footage needed as required by the professor
using your own tape
Remember you need to interview people related
to the story so you can use one of their comments as one
of the two soundbites needed for your story. Use two soundbites with a maximum of
15 secs. or less each. If you want to use more than two soundbites, keep them
shorter. Should be a maximum of 30 secs. of soundbites total. You are telling the story, not the interviewees.
6. Begin writing a script. Remember to introduce soundbites used
in the package. Don't say, "And here is so and so. . " - Introduce
the person by name and say what their title or connection to the story
is, then paraphrase briefly what they said in the soundbite. After that,
edit in the soundbite itself. (Two soundbites are required in
each project.)
The stand-up is added at the end of the story-
do not put it at the beginning.
7. After rehearsing your script, record your voiceover on the
computer using sound recording
software such as Sound Forge or Adobe Audition
to be used as the narration for the story. Save this recording
as a .WAV file. You will find a mike and mixer in each edit suite.
8. Reserve the edit suite of your choice (1 - 4) for the
time you want to edit the package. In
the edit suite follow these procedures:
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a. Begin a new project in Adobe Premiere as NTSC DV 48
kHz. This is a good time
to create a folder for yourself on one
of the data drives, not the C drive or My Documents (Name your folder yourname_coem232)
b. Capture all footage files from your mini-DV tape to your
folder located on one of
the hard drives into your project. You
only need your captured audio and video plus your project
file in your folder.
c. Drag each clip to the left monitor window for cropping. Use
the { and } buttons
to set start and end points. (If
you double click the file, it will load in the monitor.)
d. Drag the clip from the monitor window to the timeline window.
Put the track on
video 1. Keep in mind that you need color
bars, a slate, a countdown, and two seconds of black before the
project actually begins. (The pre-roll does not count toward
story time.)
e. Use the title function of Adobe Premiere to create the slate.
(File, New, Title)
f. Drag your narrated voiceover file to the timeline on to one
of the audio tracks.
(Use audio track 3) The soundbite should be
placed immediately after your narration
track ends. Use the razor blade tool to cut
your voiceover into different clips, if necessary.
g. Place footage files on the timeline to illustrate the
story narration. Shots of b-roll should be around 3 to 4 seconds
each unless a special situation.
h. Crop files as needed using monitor window. Ambient sound will
be linked to
each footage file. Do not delete these audio
files, but you may reduce their volume
if they seem loud in comparison to the
narration track. Go to the effects controls tab.
i. At the end of the soundbite, crop and drag your stand-up file.
(If you haven't
captured your stand-up from tape yet, do it
at this time. Make sure it records audio.)
j. When project is finished on the timeline, render the
entire project by hitting the Enter key.
All footage and sound should be ready to play
back. At this point you can Export to DVD or use the VCR/DVD recorder
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9. If everything looks as it should on the TV and sound is good,
export your timeline to Encore - use Burn At Once - (Look under File, Export menus.).
The DVD recorders use only DVD-R discs. After burning your disc, try it out on a video DVD player to make sure it burned properly.
Projects should be 1:30 to 2:00 in length. (min:sec)
10. Label your DVD with your name and the project title with a marker, not a pen. You should
put it in a case to protect it. Label the case too.
11. Turn the project in on the due date. Keep your files on the
computer until project is turned in. It is possible we may use your project for Newswatch and will need the original files. |