Archive for 'Videography'

Starting Video from Scratch: Equipment

Starting Video from Scratch: Equipment

Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 by .

Tweet It’s always fun to get the best and coolest gear. Any time I can lay my hands on the latest and greatest, I try to snatch it up. That said, you don’t necessarily need top of the line gear to produce quality video.

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Are you pregnant or a CNN Triathlete

Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by .

Tweet During the discussion to my last post, Holly Soboroff mentioned that “many people feel like they have nothing to contribute to the conversation, or that their comments aren’t welcome, or they just would rather not speak up for whatever reason.” Holly posed many other questions about whether people, and women in particular, might choose to [...]

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13 Steps for Creating a Student News Package

13 Steps for Creating a Student News Package

Posted on 10. Jan, 2012 by .

Tweet Each month as a class, my students and I watch our monthly television show Ladue View, to critique what we did well, and what we need to improve upon. After watching a recent show, we decided that once again there were some easily correctable, missed steps, that our students failed to prepare for, during their [...]

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Journalism Using Mobile Devices

Journalism Using Mobile Devices

Posted on 28. Dec, 2011 by .

Tweet This is an abbreviated version of a presentation I gave at the 2011 NSPA/JEA National convention in Minneapolis.  While it’s missing my verbal explanation, it still has some useful info about apps, accessories, how my staff uses Google Docs and reasons why you’d want to try doing this with your staff. Also missing is [...]

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Have broadcast students create an iAm video project using the iMovie ’11 film trailer theme

Have broadcast students create an iAm video project using the iMovie ’11 film trailer theme

Posted on 19. Dec, 2011 by .

Tweet Who are you? What do you care about? Who do you care about? What/who do love/like? What do you aspire to be? What does your digital footprint look like? Each semester I ask my broadcast technology students to create a final video project that is unlike anything they have produced so far. Yet, I [...]

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Putting Video First

Putting Video First

Posted on 01. Nov, 2011 by .

Tweet When we started putting content online, we made one of our top goals to be getting new content on the website every day.  For the most part, we did that pretty well.  We had smaller stories, a couple of decent photos, but there was one thing missing:  video.

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The reaction in broadcast journalism is just as important (if not more) as the action

The reaction in broadcast journalism is just as important (if not more) as the action

Posted on 12. Oct, 2011 by .

Tweet It amazes me sometimes how much our broadcast journalism students focus on just the action of a story. Now, don’t misunderstand me. The action certainly tells a part of the story. But it’s only a part of the story.So what is the other half? Well, the other half is the part that strikes the [...]

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How To Auto-tune Your Voice in Garageband

How To Auto-tune Your Voice in Garageband

Posted on 07. Oct, 2011 by .

Tweet CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE TUTORIAL   Recently, a number of high schools have created auto-tuned karoake style raps that are pretty fun ways to do parodies or learning activities.  Above is a JING that I created to teach a class how to auto-tune their voice. It should also be noted that there are [...]

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The No Thank You Bite: A Final Cut Pro X Review

The No Thank You Bite: A Final Cut Pro X Review

Posted on 05. Oct, 2011 by .

Tweet In our house, we have the “No Thank You Bite”. The No Thank You Bite is where, before our kids turn our noses up at what either my wife and I fixed for dinner, they have to take a No Thank You Bite.

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