Broadcast Journalism and Video Packages

Largely taken from a list of terms sent to my class by my professor for my Intermediate Digital Journalism class at Stony Brook University

Nearest, Furthest, Focus

Depth of Field in photography is the distance between the______and the_____objects that give an image judged to be in______in a camera.

NAT Sound

Environmental/ambient sound of a video that the microphone picks up. Example: Including sound of a rally with video of a rally.

Descriptive, Longer, Concise, Point, Simpler, Present, Ear

The differences between writing for text and writing for broadcast in journalism include that text generally describes the event in a way that is more_______and can be_____in length, whereas broadcast writing is more______and to the________, that broadcast journalists need to use language and terms that are more______for the audience than in writing for text, that writing for broadcast should be in the_______tense, and that writing in broadcast should be written “for the____.”

Anchor, Narration, Voiceover, News

Sound On Tape (SOT) is a recorded comment, usually audio and video, from a news source other than the_____,______,or______, played during a____story. Usually an edited portion of a larger statement.

10, 15

According to various sources, including Yorkshire Radio, the length of a soundbite is usually____to____seconds in journalism.

Rule Of Thirds, Decisive Moment, Unusual Perspective, Negative Space

The four “chief rules” of photo/video composition according to the Intermediate Digital Journalism class at Stony Brook University that are highlighted are….

B-Roll

Supplementary footage used to support and enhance the main footage, also known as the A-roll.