Broadcast Video Exercise

Broadcast Video Exercises

Part 1

            Watch the following broadcast news packages. Identify each unique instance during which the producers used one of the three major types of footage (e.g. b-roll, interviews and on-screen talent). Did you like their use of each major type of footage? Why or why not? What other visuals would you want?

First video: They use B-roll in the beginning, interviewing middle, on screen talent end. They used all three very effectively.  They used the people chanting in the beginning as the B-roll. They also used interviewers throughout the middle of the video. Lastly, they used the male anchor at the end to end the topic.

Second video: B-roll and Interviewing. They used interviewing mostly; however, they still used B-roll in the beginning while talking about the wildlife preserve fire. Then throughout the rest of the video they used interviewers.

●     Egypt aid

●     Wildlife preserve fire

Part 2

            Watch the following news package featuring WSU and the debate over genetically modified foods. Identify the different camera shots used. Write them down in sequence. What patterns do you recognize? Did you like the way the shots progressed? What would you have done differently?

They used stand up in the beginning of the video. They also used interviewing parts throughout. The video also had B-roll it in as well which was great to see and actually understand what was happening.

They also had many shots that they used as well including:

1.      Wide shot

2.      Cut out

3.      Medium shot

4.      Cut in short

5.      Zoom in closely

6.      Zoom out

7.      Close up

8.      Wide shot: tractors worker

9.      Wheat field cut in shot

10.  WSU building wide shot