RTV 440 News footage and interview shooting requirements:
1. You must shoot and edit sequences. If you are not certain you understand the
concept, come get training. Your VO and VSV stories must have ‘pad shots’ as
assigned. If your project does not show clear indication of frequent sequencing,
and/or has pop cuts and/or jump cuts, and/or has fewer than 3-4 shots per ten
seconds of story content, or does not have pad shot(s) as assigned, it will be rejected
and you will have to start over.
2. You may not use a zoom or pan shot, except in rare occasions for follow shots. In
this case the zoom or pan must be ‘invisible.’ You must fade in and out, but have
only cuts inside the story as transitions. If you do not follow any of these
requirements, the submission will be rejected and you will have to start over.
3. You may not have any ‘hand-held’ / shaky camera shots. If you submit a story
with any ‘non broadcast quality’ shots, the submission will be rejected and you will
have to start over.
4. You must take and use a camera-mounted light each time. B-roll may be lit with
available light; an interview must have the camera-mounted light turned on, or
other clear indication of an acceptable key light on the subject. If you submit a story
with any ‘non broadcast quality’ lighting situations, the submission will be rejected
and you will have to start over.
5. You must take and use a lavaliere mic for every interview. To start the interview,
you must start the camera recording, then have the subject say and spell his / her
name. You must ask each interview subject a minimum of five questions and must
end with a question that says essentially ‘what else about this should the audience
know?’ Your produced foreground audio must be throughout at -12 and your audio
mix must be broadcast quality. If you submit a story with any ‘non broadcast quality’
audio situations and/or without all required raw footage content, the submission
will be rejected and you will have to start over.
6. You are required to make advance arrangements with someone in charge of the
event for every event you shoot. If you do not, then you arrive and cannot shoot the
event, your project will be graded as not meeting the deadline and have grade
reduction accordingly. Likewise, when you have an event planned to shoot, always
also have a back-up event planned in case your event is canceled, so you can still
meet deadline. In news, deadline is deadline—there are no extensions.
7. You must set up your Final Cut Pro scratch discs settings and file location only as
demonstrated in class. If you are not certain you understand the concept, come get
training before it’s time to edit. If you do not follow this requirement, the project
will be rejected and you will have to start over.
8. You ‘submit’ your project by exporting it into your Project Folder and then
making a duplicate copy to put on the desktop of your log-in. Not done like this or
by the deadline, the project will be rejected and you will have to start over.