2013-14 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • The DDA (District Developed Assessment) • Questions will come from the followinG areas § Computer or Paper based exam • News OrGanization • Production Phases • News Elements • StoryboardinG § 40 questions (Over 300 possible questions in Test Bank) • News Story Types • EditinG Concepts • Multiple Choice • Camera Movements • Equipment § Will be Given durinG YOUR Exam Week • Camera Shots • Safety • Given durinG your class time, in the Media Center • Will have 90 minutes to complete • Camera AnGles • Lighting • IF you have multiple TV Classes, you WILL take • Shot Set Up • Microphones multiple tests. Each test will be different. (TV2 – TV6) 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • Jobs In A News § OrGanization Are Usually ReportinG & Divided Into Two CateGories § Newsroom Jobs News § Production Jobs OrGanization 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • Anchor / Talent: • News Director: § The face of the newscast, fiGurehead for the § Head of the newsroom station § Has final say in what the newsroom covers § Reads the newscast copy, and makes chanGes before going live • Assistant News Director: • Reporter: § Second in command § Covers a sinGle story each day § Stands in for News Director when needed § Researches, sets up and records interviews, writes/voices PKGs, presents them on-air 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 1 2013-14 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • AssiGnment Editor: • Executive Producer § Oversees several show producers and their newscasts § Covers assiGnment desk § Approves reporter scripts § Works with news directors, producers, reporters § Help producers out and photographers to get news stories § Or, in biG markets, runs the ‘biG picture’ of an entire § Monitors press releases, viewer and source newscast phone calls • News Producer § In charGe of one newscast § Stacks, writes, and manaGes the show from start to finish § Directs talent, relays information, supervises control 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015room Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • Associate Producer • Sports Anchor § Assists show producers § Usually heads up the sports department § Usually acts as a writer for the producer § Responsible for choosinG the day’s stories § Acts as the face of the station’s sports department • Production Assistant § Entry-level job on a production or news team • MeteoroloGist • News PhotoGrapher § The station’s weathercaster § Keeps up with the latest weather, creates Graphics, and § Drives the live truck, tapes video and interviews, and delivers the forecasts on-air, in front of a green-screen generally edits the PKG together with the reporter’s script 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • Editor • Can also be referred § Responsible for assemblinG raw footaGe into to as “technical crew,” the final video for broadcast on-air work is centered in the control room or studio 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 2 2013-14 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • Director • Floor ManaGer (Floor Director) § In charGe of production crew § Gives anchors camera directions and § Before the show, reviews scripts reGardinG shots countdowns during newscast, relays information and camera assignments from the control room to the studio § DurinG the show, follows the scripts, keeps an eye Camera Operator on the time • § Runs a studio camera durinG a newscast • Technical Director (T.D.) / Switcher § Sets up the shots and makes sure they’re § Operates the switcher durinG the show visually pleasing § Cues and takes shots as directed 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • Assistant Director (A.D.) • Audio Technician / EnGineer § Runs computer proGrams that control the on- § Runs the audio board air video, and complex graphics § Responsible for the technical quality of the audio • Teleprompter Operator • Graphics Operator (C.G. or Chyron Operator) § Responsible for scrollinG the script for the § Types up and airs name supers and stills that anchors run durinG the newscast 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • Lighting Director § DesiGns the lightinG plot § Determines which types of liGhts to use and their locations News Elements • Craft Services § Provides food for the talent and crew 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 3 2013-14 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • Newscast Terms • PKG – PackaGe § PackaGe (PKG) § B-Roll § Foundation of a newscast § Voice Over (VO) § Tease § Usually 1-to-3 minute edited report / story § Generally introduced and taGGed by a reporter § Sound On Tape (SOT) § Cold Open / Close § Sound Bite § Editorial § VOSOT § BreakinG News • VO – Voice Over § Natural Sound (NATSOT) § Current News § Narration done by a broadcast reporter, usually § Lead Story § StaGed News readinG from a script § § When you hear someone talkinG, but see video of § Secondary Story Feature Story somethinG else § Kicker Story 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • SOT – Sound On Tape • VOSOT § Video AND Audio of a person talkinG § B-Roll with a written VO script for the anchors, followed by relevant SOT • Sound Bite • B-Roll is VIDEO § A short audio or video clip taken, possibly from a speech or press conference, and • NATSOT broadcast during a news report § Natural, or environmental, sound on tape 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • STAND UP • Cold Open § A standup is when a television reporter § A pre-recorded seGment of VO, or VOSOT, that appears in front of the camera to narrate part airs before a newscast begins of a story – most often at the beGinninG to set up the story, or at the very end • Lead Story § The most important story of the day • LEAD-IN/INTRO § Anchor/Reporter introduces a story or PKG • Secondary Story § Any Story that is after the Lead Story • TAG § Anchor/Reporter adds information about a • Kicker Story story AFTER the PKG airs § A feature story that’s the last story in a newscast 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 4 2013-14 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • B-ROLL • GOODBYES/CLOSE § Any video that you use in a story. Usually § anchors wrap up the newscast, say goodbye used to cover your V.O. § The video that does not include the talent • EDITORIAL § On-air sharing of SUBJECTIVE views on a • TEASE story covered on the newscast, or on an § Anchor Gives viewers sneak peek of event in the community upcoming stories to keep viewers watching § Usually riGht before a commercial break 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • There are 4 cateGories of News § BreakinG § Current News Story § StaGed § Feature Types • Under the main 4, there are 2 other sub categories § Dated or Non-Dated News § Hard or Soft News 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review Current News • BreakinG News • • An onGoinG event or continuous event • This is an unplanned or unexpected event that has an impact on society § Often may be as a result of breakinG news § Examples of this § Examples of this • Clean up efforts after natural disasters • Weather Events • The Stock Market • Terrorism • Gas Prices • Accidents • Elections (CampaiGninG) • Assassinations 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 5 2013-14 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • StaGed News • Feature Story • A Preplanned event • Stories that could be of human interest or entertainment related pieces. § Know when and where an event will take § This news is interesting but not necessary place § Sports sometimes fall under this (based upon the audience) § Examples of this: § Examples of this: • A Speech • Movie Reviews or OpeninGs • A Debate • Awards Shows • People recoverinG from health issues • Ribbon CuttinG • Good Samaritans • SportinG Event 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • Example of how each of the 4 basic stories • Dated or Non-Dated News can relate to each: • Dated News § Tornado sets down in Oklahoma; destroys town § Information that must be presented at that § BreakinG moment to have any relevance § Clean up of town the week followinG the tornado § Current • Non-Dated § Press Conference about where the displace town will § A story that could be played at anytime and move still have the same importance § StaGed § Return to the town for the openinG of the rebuilt library 2014 - 2015 § Feature 2014 - 2015 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • Hard or Soft News • Hard News § This is news that MUST be known Camera • Soft News § News that is Nice to know, but is not as important Movements • may be interestinG, but not necessarily vital: feature stories, sometimes staGed news 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 6 2013-14 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • 5 Types of Advanced Shots/Camera Moves: Truck • Pan • Tilt • Dolly • Truck • Zoom 2014 - 2015 2014 - 2015 Television Production DDA Television Production DDA Review Review • Pan • A Good Pan has a distinct beGinninG and end § A smooth, riGht-to-left or left-to- • A rapid, blurry pan is called a Whip Pan or a riGht camera movement Swish Pan § The camera stays in one place, but turns