Videojournalism Multimedia Storytelling For Online Broadcast And Documentary Journalists | Mass Communic./Journalism

Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling for Online Broadcast and Documentary Journalists is an essential guide for solo video storytellers-from backpack videojournalists to short-form documentary makers to do-it-all broadcast reporters. Based on interviews with award-winning professionals sharing their unique experiences and knowledge Videojournalism covers topics such as crafting and editing eye-catching short stories recording high-quality sound and understanding the laws and ethics of filming in public and private places. Other topics include: • understanding the difference between a story and a report • finding a theme and telling a story in a compact time frame • learning to use different cameras and lenses-from smart phones to mirrorless and digital cinema cameras • using light both natural and artificial • understanding color and exposure The second edition of this best-selling text has been completely revised and updated. Heavily illustrated with more than 550 photographs the book also includes more than 200 links to outstanding examples of short-form video stories. Anatomy of a News Story a short documentary made for the book follows a day in the life of a solo TV videojournalist on an assignment (with a surprise ending) and helps readers translate theory to practice. This book is for anyone learning how to master the art and craft of telling real short-form stories with words sound and pictures for the Web or television. A supporting companion website links to documentaries and videos and includes additional recommendations from the field’s most prominent educators. |Videojournalism Multimedia Storytelling for Online Broadcast and Documentary Journalists | Mass Communic./Journalism