Video Journalism for the Web: A Practical Introduction to Documentary Storytelling

ISBN-13: 9780415892674 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 156 str.

Kurt Lancaster

Opis

As more newspapers and broadcast news outlets transition online, reporters and photojournalists are being asked to provide more and more video for their stories. This book teaches students and professional journalists how to shoot better video and tell better stories on the web.

Recenzje

"Lancaster's writing, interviews, and real-world examples will give you a great launch pad for advancing your work as a documentary journalist." --Brian Storm, Founder and Executive Producer, MediaStorm, mediastorm.com

Spis treści

Introduction: What is Documentary Journalism?  1. Difference in Style: Documentary Journalism vs. Broadcast News  Interlude: Interview with Bill Gentile: On Backpack Journalism  2. Finding a Story and Shaping the Structure: Starting with Character in Jigar Mehta's The Recession Proof Artist  Interview with the Renaud Brothers: Becoming a Documentary Journalist  3. Shooting the Image: Composition and Lighting in Travis Fox's Narcorridos and Nightlife in Mexicali and Crisis in Darfur Expands  Interview with Ann Derry, video director, The New York Times: Short Video Documentaries  4. Writing a Script from Interviews: Icarus Refried: A Pro-Creative Process  Interview with Jimmy Orr, Deputy Web Editor, The Los Angeles Times: The Most Important Journalists  5. Editing for Rhythm: Travis Fox's Redefining China's Family: Women  6. Getting Clean Audio and Crafting a Sound Design--an Audio Workshop with Philip Bloom, Travis Fox, and Wes Pope  Interlude: The Importance of Blogging and the Watchdog Reporter: From an interview with John Yemma, Editor, The Christian Science Monitor  7. The Blogging Journalist: Travis Fox and the MexiBorder Stories  8. Conclusion

O autorze

Kurt Lancaster is the author of DSLR Cinema: Crafting the Film Look with Video. He is an associate professor at Northern Arizona University where he teaches digital filmmaking and multimedia journalism in the School of Communication.