Length requirements are 2:00 to 3:30.
This is not a highlight reel. It’s a feature video about an athlete or a feature video about anything related to sports. Find a specific compelling story within the sport of your choice.
Due March 11
Directions:
- Talk with folks familiar with a sport or team. Find a unique and interesting story.
- This is not a highlight reel. It’s a feature video about an athlete or a feature video about a team. Or an unusual or interesting situation.
- Shoot strong action and reaction video.
- The interview should not dominate the piece. Weave B-Roll (natural video) in and out of your video. Show us rather than have someone talk about it the whole time.
- Choose a situation with strong characters.
- Intro should capture the audience’s attention. Shoot and edit a strong intro to grab your audience’s attention within the first ten seconds.
- Make sure your story idea will provide you with compelling visuals.
- Vary your subject to camera distance for the interview. Consider using two cameras.
- Log your footage.
- Edit your audio first. Remember, audio drives your story.
- Use a title slide, credits and lower thirds where appropriate.
- Use voice over if it helps to advance the story.
- Use cutaways to avoid jump cuts and to show us a visual narrative.
- Shoot lots of B-roll especially detail shots, wide shots and overall shots. -LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS. START EDITING WITH WAY MORE B-ROLL THAN YOU NEED.
- Make sure you have visuals that compliment the audio.
- In most cases, your B-roll should have a small amount of audio. Around -12 to -15db
- Your story must show an obvious beginning, middle and end.
- Visit and shoot the sporting event on more than one occasion if possible.
- Show your subject in different settings.
- Show relationships.
- Go behind the scenes.
- If you use music it must be neutral. In other words it should not alter the emotional message of the story. It must not be commercial. Resources: Bensound.com and https://mobygratis.com/.
Requirements:
- Stream your video on your blog before the due date
- Choose a compelling thumbnail for your video as it will appear on your screen before you press play.
- Write a 200 word short story and include it under your video on your blog.
- With a special heading, write about your experience.
- Include a compelling title both in the video and on the screen where your video resides.
Rubric:
- Compelling video and audio
- Technical quality of video and audio
- Would an online news organization publish your piece?
Examples:
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