I will be opening up the lab today at 5:30pm so you have more time to work on your stories. PLEASE come, especially if you still have a lot of editing to do.
My aim is to have these features completed and posted on the blog by next Monday, March 17. We will begin screening them in class that day.
My videographer friend (who worked on the Brooklyn church video we watched in class) will be coming to speak to us either Wednesday, March 19, or Monday, March 24, so we need to finish up this first assignment now.
Looking forward, you should all be already thinking about your next story. Your story pitches will be due before March is over, and many of you learned with the first story that reaching people and getting commitments for interviews takes time. Start now.
POSTING:
Each story should be posted on the blog with a headline, and a written introduction that can vary in length, but should be about 250 words long. This written introduction should set up the multimedia feature, which will be embedded in the post.
For podcasts, also include a photo. To embed podcasts, upload finished MP3 file to SoundCloud and grab link.
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Please bring to class a copy of your script (audio or video) together with your story pitch from before, list of sources/questions and in the case of the video, the list of shots that you will need to illustrate the story. I will collect these from all of you at the beginning of class and will take time to go over them with you. I will use these documents to begin instituting the grading procedure I outlined last Monday. I expect even those of you who are still videotaping this weekend to meet Monday’s deadline.
We will use class time on Monday to continue production and hopefully, some of you will be close to completing your first drafts. I will likely add extra lab time next week — Wed., March 12, 5:30-7pm and Thurs., March 13, 12:30-2pm — if there are students who commit to coming during those hours. I hope to begin screening some of the first drafts in class Wednesday.
Please feel free to email me your scripts over the weekend for an early read.
I want to be clear about how I will grade your work this semester. I have already said I will be looking at the whole process, not just the final product. Here is my plan for each of four features you will produce this semester (current assignment will be your first graded assignment):
Grading Rubric for Multimedia Stories
Story Pitch – 10 points (clear description of well-thought out idea that meets standards of news; student has made calls and knows he or she can actually report the story/points lost if handed in late)
List of Sources and Questions – 10 points (Student has lined up actual people to interview and has done enough research on topic to formulate a list of meaningful questions to ask/must meet deadline)
List of shots – 5 points (Student has given thought to how he or she will illustrate the story/on deadline) NOTE: These five points will be a given if you are producing an audio podcast.
Meets deadline for shooting/collecting raw video/audio – 5 points
Script – 20 points (Turned in on time)
First Draft – 35 points (Student has completed first edit of feature on time/will be graded for content and production skills)
Second Draft – 15 points (Student has incorporated feedback from professor/guest journalists/fellow students and has made improvements to the first draft/ on deadline)
GRADING SCALE
95-100: A
90-94: A-
87-89: B+
84-86: B
80-83: B-
77-79: C+
74-76: C
70-73: C-
67-69: D+
64-66: D
60-63: D-
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We are pleased to announce that the internationally acclaimed photojournalist and filmmaker Ed Kashi will be visiting on Wed, Feb. 26, and you are all invited. The venue is Studio H (7-160), from 12:30-2 p.m. Ed will show and discuss some of his work and take questions (and he’s always open to a wide range of questions, from technical matters to his approach to covering sensitive and critical global issues). You can see some of his work at www.edkashi.com. Prof. Fran Antmann will host this visit, and we hope you can join us.
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