Robb Montgomery

Video Journalism (multi-day, hands-on workshop)
Instructor: Robb Montgomery

GOAL: Journalists will learn the fundamentals of producing compelling Web video journalism.

Reporters will learn how to set up their cameras and audio gear to produce professional reports from the field; How to shoot and edit sequences, conduct interviews for film and practice with the editing workflow, story editing and principal technologies.
Working in small groups and using their cameras and editing tools, students will get hands-on experience gathering the elements to put together a news video for the Web.

September 18-19
PNA Foundation Training Room
Harrisburg, PA

We cover the following in a multi-day seminar.

SHOOTING

• The fundamentals of visual reporting and filmmaking
• Basic shots and sequences
• Students shoot b-roll (wide, medium, tight) and cutaways .
• Interviews - How to prepare, shoot and edit.
• Audio: Nat sound, music, SOTs and voice over narration

EDITING
Story pacing, building sequences, sound editing, transitions, lower-thirds graphics and keys to propelling a film in the longer form.

• Students put the visual story together first - using b-roll only
• Review and check for understanding at each step
• Editing sound elements, producing voice over narration, how to write scripts and deliver pieces to camera
• How to put these elements together - editing and producing a video story
• Lab time and personal coaching, techniques for publishing video online