Chapter 4 Discussion Questions

1) List the advantages and disadvantages of using a tripod when shooting television news.
Advantages: Extreme tight shots, shooting sequences free of shakiness, and a video that requires thoughtful composition.
Disadvantages: Tripod can get wobbly and sometimes you may have to replace equipment if needed.

2) What are the most important techniques that can be used to steady the handheld camera?
Balance(s) camera, use wide stance(s), can shoot on wide focal length(s), control breathing, preplan body movement(s), walk in lockstep, avoid unplanned camera movement(s).

3) Explain the primary considerations that govern panning and zooming. 
Zoom and pans are not always necessary! Ask yourself if these shots are really needed before taking them. Remember that zooms have a purpose to reveal something initially.

4) Why is it important to establish interactive communication in the field between the photographer and reporter? 
This is important because all of the participants on the team can come up with a final and good agreement for each story that will elevate the entire story.

5) What techniques can be used to avoid the pop cut?
Remember to shoot and move. Physically move the camera to a new location and angle after every shot you make.

6)Define the term editing in the camera, and discuss situations in which the technique can be useful.
Edit in the camera is shooting sequences and overlapping action in generally the same order in which they later will be aired. This technique saves valuable editing time on stories that are being covered very close to air time and it also helps ensure that a story will be edited as the photographer wants it be aired.

Chapter 3 Discussion Questions

Chapter 3 Discussion Questions:

1) Why are the best editing techniques often invisible to home audiences?
The audience won't really understand what's really going on. So it would be pointless for them to watch something that would take their attention away from what is really going on.

2) Describe how editing can be used to help enhance the visual storytelling process.
It duplicates the manner in which the mind sees. People really edit with their eyes and minds. This is also where the audience can communicate a story's sense of experience and realism.

3) Explain why an understanding of picture editing is important to all members of the reporting team.
It's important because it helps everyone emphasize, reveal, pace and structure various elements that make up television news stories.

4) Describe the role of the cut in video editing.
The cut is the simple joining of one scene to the other. The editor can cut from any image to another and can direct the eye's attention to any detail or anything happening.

5) Explain the meaning of the phrase "pace is everything" as it applies to television news.
It means that audiences will lose interest if story development is to plodding, dull, boring or predictable. Most video editors just have the instinct feeling of a story's pace feeling "right or not".

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Chapter 2 Discussion Questions:

1) Explain the meaning of the term visual grammar.
Visual grammar are the rules that govern the visual reconstruction of events. Ex: The visual grammar of motion picture photography.

2) List the three basic shots in motion picture photography and describe their functions.

• Long Shots- or wide shot, provides a full view of the subject.
• Medium Shot- brings subject matter closer to the viewer and begins to isolate it from the environment.
• Close Up- isolates the subject entirely from its surroundings environment. 

3) Explain how the three basic shots can be joined to achieve a sense of continuity or consecutiveness in a sense.

Together in sequences the three shots in a manner roughly equivalent to how the eye works. 

4) What considerations help determine when a shot or the image size of a subject should be changed in a visual story?

Considerations that help determine when shots or image sizes should be changed are simply the different camera angles and the length of reports. 

5) Explain why it is important in film and television to have action in virtually every scene.

It's important because it's the strength of film and television. In TV news you want to make sure that movement is in every scene. 

Chapter 1 Discussion Questions:

1) What qualities separate the photographer from the photojournalist?

Photojournalist are visual storytellers, different from photographers because photographers think of their job as merely taking pictures.

2) In what sense are the camera and microphone "writing and reporting instruments"?

They are primary forms of communication, so they heighten a story's sense of realism.

3) Why can the edit console fairly be called a "rewrite" machine?

Because this is where voice-over's are tightened and sometimes rewritten after being transformed from words on paper to words in air to words in a video.

4) How does the nature of a television news report differ from a newspaper story?

Television is general information as well as conversational. As for a newspaper you'll give more details and elaborate on the story and information. 

5) What is the role of the written word in a television news?

Written word when it comes to television news is crucial to storytelling. However the process seldom stands alone but is a part of the complex process information that makes up all of the images, colors, actions, sounds, and silence. 

5 steps to giving yourself cute nails!

So here is a quick five step process for all of the girls, for cute and simple nails. This is a great and easy addition to almost any outfit, check out the details below!

Step 1:

The first step is probably the most annoying one, ladies will definitely understand.. It is simply figuring out what color nail polish you're going to rock this go round. So choose your desired nail polish color, firstly:

Step 2: 

Open the gently, you don't want the polish going everywhere and you want to make sure that too much polish is not on the brush

Step 3:

From the bottom of the fingernail, upward, apply the polish slowly for best and smooth results.

Step 4:

Let nails dry! You can either use a nail-dryer for your nails, or just go the old school route and be patient and let them air dry!

Step 5:

The last and final step is simply just showing them off every chance you get.. Wave at people, do dramatic hand gestures, point in people's face.. No I'm totally kidding, lol. Typically people are going to notice your nails regardless, so just enjoy them!

That concludes my five step method of how to polish your nails really quickly but for the best and cutest results. Hope you all enjoyed and please comment! Until next timeeeee:)