For this project, our class was assigned to groups for a sound and sight production. We selected to do music and movies for our topic of choice. Each student had their own job for the project, director, camera person, and the control console.

Chapter 7 questions

1. Explain the essential role of the interview in video stories.
   - To explain a subject that went on during a certain incident or to express a opinion on something.

2. Discuss ways that will help you establish trust with an interview source.
   - Having done a little research on the source, see if they have a website, other people they have interview, and the scenery.

3. What personal conduct and manners are important to observe whenever you are in someone else's home or office?
  -Proper conduct with manners, dress nice, ask to do anything when in their presence, be humble and respectful.

5. Discuss ways to help put the interview subject at ease.
   - There's a couple ways you can do that, ask what makes them comfortable, you can start off with a couple of warm up questions to get them loose and in the groove of things. A place where they are comfortable.

6. Why is it important not to reveal the questions you intend to ask until the actual interview begins?
    -It is important not to do that because you want to get the full affect, emotional wise specially, makes the interview a little bit more realistic.

8. Explain why research and planning are so important to the interview process.
   - Research and planning are important, because you want to have knowledge of what you are doing and be organize while doing it, it can make a lot of things easier,

11. What constitutes a "dumb" interview question?
      - "How do you feel" when the situation could be grieving parents, air crash survivors, and losers of football games.

Chapter 6 questions

1. Of the various microphones, which types are most frequently used to cover news and field events? Compare the strengths and weaknesses of each type.
  - The most commonly used microphone would be Lavaliere Microphone. You have handheld microphone, lavaliere microphone and shotgun microphone.

4. Discuss the major strengths and weaknesses of the wireless transmitter-receiver system.
    -Strengths of the transmitter is that it provides speakers with great mobility and give reporters the freedom to move about, but the weakness of it is that it does not produce the sound quality of a regular hardwired mike.

6. When you work with news subjects a consideration to keep in mind, is to keep the microphone from being seen and to keep yourself mobile would be the main idea.

7. Overall, what are the most important considerations to follow if you are to achieve good-quality sound in the field?
    -The overall idea is to have the right microphone for the conditions you are in, there are many you can choose from to have good-quality sound in the field.

8. Explain why it is essential for the photojournalist or soundperson to constantly monitor sound in the field with earphones.
   - Having earphones keeps the mikes hidden so they can't be seen, also you could have someone talking in the microphone in your ear to tell you information or what to do next.

9.Discuss the full range of techniques you can use to reduce wind noise in the field.
   -A microphone windscreen is the first line of defense to help dissipate the wind, foam is one of the main source when battling the breeze.

13. Explain the role of nat sound in helping lend a sense of realism to television news stories.
     -Needn't be merely street noise recorded while the camera shoots an exterior shot of a building.

Chapter 5 Questions

2. What is color temperature and how does it affect the video image?
    -Color temperature is measured according to a scale of degrees, it messes with the red to blue light the light source radiates.

6. Describe the differing roles of the key light and the fill light.
   -Key light- for natural looking news scenes that replicate the look and feel of available light.
   -Fill light-Outfitted with dichroic filters are useful outdoor, with the sun used as the key light.

7.Describe the basic lighting patterns commonly used when shooting video.
  -The most frequent pattern is one dominant light source combined with a secondary light source.
the dominant source produces direct light rays that throw strong highlights and distinct shadows in an effect called specular light.

11.What minimum lighting equipment should the photojournalist have available for field assignments?
  - For minimum equipment the photojournalist could have a portable reflector and stand for the camera

13. Explain how to light a news conference or similar gathering.
     -The light source they could use is a large scale lighting for overhead reasons.

15. What safety precautions should you observe anytime you work with lights?
      -Make sure all lights are mounted and secure.

Lighting Blog Post

For our class assignment we had to do a photo lighting photo, which is where you stand in harsh lighting and take you're first picture without the portable reflector.

 The next picture will be with the portable reflector which will block the sun light out.

3 Shot Sequence

For my Television Production class we are working on a three shot sequence for this project. The first shot the key light, is and usually most important light that a photographer, will use in a lighting setup. Then it comes the fill light also shines on the subject, but from a side angle relative to the key and is often placed at a lower position than the key light.

Also the last one is the back light which  shines on the subject from behind, often, but not necessarily to one side or the other.

Video sequences of leaving out the classroom, a project that we are working on for class for our blogs

With the help of one of my classmate and the my teacher teaching us how to do the sequence i was able to create my very own.