Aim for the heart : write, shoot, report and produce for TV and multimedia /
Tompkins, Al,
Aim for the heart : write, shoot, report and produce for TV and multimedia / Aim for the heart : Write, shoot, report and produce for television and multimedia Al Tompkins. - Second edition. - xxiii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Aim for the heart -- The shape of the story -- Find memorable characters -- Write inviting leads -- Verbs and adjectives -- The art of the interview -- Why pictures are so powerful -- The vital role of lighting -- Video and visual techniques -- Caution this may get graphic : thinking visually -- The sound of the story -- Working as a backpack, vj and one-man-band journalist -- Tell the story online -- Ethics and broadcast journalists : seek truth and report as fully as possible -- Ethics and broadcast journalists : act independently -- Ethics and broadcast journalists : minimize harm -- Let's get critical -- The power of enterprise reporting -- Surviving and thriving in today's tv newsroom.
A guide to successful broadcast journalism covers such topics as shaping a story, finding memorable characters, writing leads, interview techniques, lighting, capturing sound, online storytelling, ethics, criticism, and enterprise reporting.
1608716740 9781608716746
2010051857
Television broadcasting of news
PN4784.T4 / T62 2012
070.195
Aim for the heart : write, shoot, report and produce for TV and multimedia / Aim for the heart : Write, shoot, report and produce for television and multimedia Al Tompkins. - Second edition. - xxiii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Aim for the heart -- The shape of the story -- Find memorable characters -- Write inviting leads -- Verbs and adjectives -- The art of the interview -- Why pictures are so powerful -- The vital role of lighting -- Video and visual techniques -- Caution this may get graphic : thinking visually -- The sound of the story -- Working as a backpack, vj and one-man-band journalist -- Tell the story online -- Ethics and broadcast journalists : seek truth and report as fully as possible -- Ethics and broadcast journalists : act independently -- Ethics and broadcast journalists : minimize harm -- Let's get critical -- The power of enterprise reporting -- Surviving and thriving in today's tv newsroom.
A guide to successful broadcast journalism covers such topics as shaping a story, finding memorable characters, writing leads, interview techniques, lighting, capturing sound, online storytelling, ethics, criticism, and enterprise reporting.
1608716740 9781608716746
2010051857
Television broadcasting of news
PN4784.T4 / T62 2012
070.195