Tuesday, January 21, 2014

TCF 444 January 22, 2014

Return producer reel and website critiques, vo and vo/sot scripts, and producer ethics test.


Welcome: Janie Wallace-Producer/Anchor/Reporter at WVUA-TV

Homework:

A. Producer Test #2 - Due Monday, January 27th

B. Start the process in class to make sure you can all access the newscast rundown on Google docs and then go to Newsource for the explanation of how you access the information. Danielle, Katie, Bronwynn, and possibly others in class have done this before. They are good resources.

1. Go to newsource.cnn.com. The username is "uoal". The password is "boast".  Go to see all videos to see the rundown of stories that CNN is offering up for the day.

2. Pick two stories from CNN Newsource and watch the videos so you know what you are writing to for the script.  Pick a vo and a vo/sot to write up. It can be local news, national news, weather, sports, or a feature.

3. Put the full story script in the script column of the newscast rundown in the template located at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsVOidwP1_1bdFVscU54V0lVa051ZnR2OUJnS2hseEE&usp=sharing. (Best practice: Write your script in a word document for safe keeping, then copy and paste it into the rundown in the Google spreadsheet. That way if someone overwrites it in the spreadsheet you still have a copy.)

4. Decide if the story should go in the A Block (local and timely), B Block (national news, health), C Block (feature/weather video), D Block (sports), E Block (kicker, feature to end the show).  Paste your story in the block that you feel it fits the best.

5. Fill out all the necessary information associated with that story in the rundown. Fill in the slug, type, director cue, outcue, TRT, camera, CG's, source, anchor, script, and writer.

6. If for some reason, you can not access the newscast rundown, let me know. I have given you access to edit it so you can make changes. I can change the settings if necessary.

7. This is due to be done by Monday, January 27th. I can access this file at any time to see if your work is entered. I will pull it up in class Monday to illustrate several points.

Newscast Rundown
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsVOidwP1_1bdFVscU54V0lVa051ZnR2OUJnS2hseEE&usp=sharing
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Monday, January 13, 2014

TCF 444 January 13, 2014

New Atlanta Date in Progress: February 21


Eeeewwww but yea!
http://www.myfoxal.com/story/24424355/pinal-county-girl-2-nearly-drowns-in-septic-tank?utm_content=buffer6a2c1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The Feel Good Stories

Producer Expectations

Producer Cheatsheet


Review Homework from 1/9/14:
Assignment #1: Producer Website & Producer Reel Critique
1 page, single spaced, 12 pt size font, only student name, class name, and date at the top of the page.
*Critique what you think is good about the website making suggestions about what you think it needs.
**Critique the producer reel and talk about what the pros and cons you liked about it that the producer is trying to showcase to get his next job.
Producer Website

Producer Reel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN7M2htP1es

Homework for 1/11/14:
Assignment #2: Producer Test #1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8VOidwP1_1bWFVjRDlWTkRDa2M/edit?usp=sharing

Write a :25 second VO and a VO/SOT from this USA Today story using my VO template and my VO/SOT template.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/13/cnn-chris-christie-sandy-relief-funds-ad-tourism-probe/4451263/
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Thursday, January 9, 2014

TCF 444 Producing for the Newsroom Welcome

TCF 444 Spring 2014 Syllabus Producing for the Newsroom
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwPwimCu_uBhd2xnOHRqNXFOaHc/edit?usp=sharing

What we want to avoid:
http://deadspin.com/brent-musburger-welcome-everybody-im-kirk-herbstrei-1495942057

What we will learn:
      Clanton House Destroyed
http://www.clantonadvertiser.com/2014/01/07/blaze-destroys-home-as-exploding-gas-containers-limit-firefighters/
      Utah Avalanche
      10 essential skills for journalists
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/10-key-skills-for-digital-journalists-to-hone-in-2014/s2/a555503/

Discussion:
Birmingham, Atlanta, Fox 6 Bureau Field Trips

How This Class Will Work:
Documentary Producing vs. Line Producing vs. Field Producing

     Communicating SuperStorm Sandy: New York City
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuobKma_GqE

     The Unorthodox and Controversial
     http://www.upworthy.com/bully-calls-news-anchor-fat-news-anchor-destroys-him-on-live-tv?c=reccon1

     The Feel Goods
      http://www.upworthy.com/a-boy-was-born-without-a-hand-i-couldnt-have-guessed-what-his-dad-made-for-him-mind-blown

Assignment #1: Producer Website & Producer Reel Critique
1 page, single spaced, 12 pt size font, only student name, class name, and date at the top of the page.
*Critique what you think is good about the website making suggestions about what you think it needs.
**Critique the producer reel and talk about what the pros and cons you liked about it that the producer is trying to showcase to get his next job.
Producer Website
http://ablong89.wix.com/producer-manual

 Producer Reel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN7M2htP1es


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