Archive for October, 2008

Part 3. Keeping it Simple. Editing A General Assignment Story.

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

This Route is Known for the Dogs is our story for the week.
It’s a package about dogs and postal carriers and their often lacerating relationship.  Everett McEwan shot this story and I wrote it.   In this weeks blog were going to talk about;

Breaking up SOTS with natural sound
Covering inteviews with video and/or leaving interviews full
Simple natural [...]

Part 2. Editing Under Deadline with Limited Video.

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Have you ever edited a story with a limited amount of time and a limited amount of video?  Me too!  
Please watch Where Real Democracy Occurs first.
This is a story I edited on the Sunday before the Democratic National Convention.  I only spent about an hour on it due to other responsibilities for the newscast.  Anytime [...]

Part 1. Editing A Natural Sound Story

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Run Fast, Shoot Slow …. is the first story we are going to use.   Please watch the story first. 
The beginning of the story immediately establishes several things. 

First off, I’ve established a pace.  

With a lot of natural sound pops in the beginning of guns going off you set the speed of the story.  You’ll also notice in the [...]