Astroworld Media Newscast - ID# 376
Shepard High School
News Program
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Get the latest news in this Dec. 15th edition of the Astroworld Media newscast: Go behind the scenes with how the crew works with Palos Heights TV to produce these newscasts, and see highlights from the fall play, a forensics class special project, the Advanced Media class' movie trailers, and so much more!
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- 4/24 6:10 am - Overall good use of b-roll and most audio is clear. Good variety of segments. Field trip - People being interviewed should not hold the microphone. Once you come back from b-roll, the interviewer’s audio is not sync’d with the video. Who is Dave? Theatre- Watch how you hold the mic. The director is having to lean forward to talk into the mic. Also, watch the headroom. The shot should have been a lot more zoomed in. Forensics class - who are the students who are talking? The reporter should have used the same mic as the people he interviewed. There is definitely a difference in quality. Movie trailer segment- With the lower thirds saying who is talking, you do not need to have them say who they are. Instead of telling us what the question is, maybe say, “There were many obstacles involved with filming the trailer.” Most wanted gifts- watch camera composition and some are out of focus. People being interviewed should not hold the microphone.
- 3/4 6:38 pm - 1st story- transitions should not say "here's __ and what she had to say." First interview got completely cut off. B-roll is moving, very shakey and repetitive. Shots of anchors still have an arm of the other anchor in it. See if you can frame it better so we don't see that so obviously. Drama interview is awkward- reporter is standing there holding a mic and looking around. Camera can move in and get a close-up shot so we don't see him. News stories should not contain "we", as YOU are not part of the story. Interviews do not contain a nameplate. Stories need more substance- if you take away the interviews in these stories, what do you have? Nothing- there's not any actual news reporting, you're just introducing interviews. Those stories need more. Lots of technical issues with graphics- no nameplates, no news bug with the anchors- all could be added. Program needs some music, some personality added to it. Good story ideas, but it's packaged together in a slow paced program.
- 3/4 3:48 pm - Good open with a tease of stories. The framing of the 1-shot of each anchor had the arms of the other anchor oddly in the shot. Consider framing tighter or moving the chairs apart to avoid this. In the first story, other than doing a news story on themselves, the fact that the interviewee was talking straight to camera felt off. The audio seems un-synced at times. The interview was cut off right in the middle by the reporter track. The broll in the story is shaky and random at times. Trailers story was also halting at times didn't really have a point or flow of a news story. The play story didn't really grab me as a viewer, there was lots of strange supporting broll and the interview with the reporter in the shot was also strange. The forensics story was well told, but the first 20 seconds of video seemed unreferenced and random.
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