Archive for the 'Deadline Editing' Category

Part 12. Natural Sound Logic

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Our story for this post is
It’s Just a Drill.
We’re going to talk about the logic of natural sound. 

Natural sound helps with action and reaction
Natural sound can help grab the viewers attention

Natural sound can act like an adverb

Natural sound can act like punctuation

Natural sound at the beginning of reporter track or sound bites can help change location

Natural [...]

Part 4. Movement in your Edits.

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

It’s Bad is our story for the week.
This is a spot news story edited in about an hour.  This week we are going to talk about movement. 

The shots you choose

When you choose to start your edit (The IN point)

Keeping as much moving in the frame as you can

This is a spot news story about a hit [...]

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 [...]