Feature News Story-Yearbook

The Process

     For this project, my group chose to report on the yearbook staff. We started by choosing roles. My told was to create the questions and the story. Next, we chose 2 interview subjects and 21 questions for each of them. Our next step was to film the interviews. We had technical problems with the camera and the mic, but we kept trying new settings and we figured it out. The next day, we filmed B-roll. We made sure to use natural sound so that we could use it in our news story. After we were done filming, we started editing. I sequenced my video first, and then added B-roll, graphics, and voice overs. I made sure to leave in some natural sound in the B-roll. 

What I Learned

     While doing this project, I learned a lot of new things about news writing and natural sound. In previous projects, I did not use natural sound, but I used it in this story. I approached this project differently than last time by using natural sound and doing the project quicker than previous ones due to the deadline. It was challenging to sequence this story, but it helped me learn more about sequencing. For the next project, I will film more specific voiceovers and film more B-roll shots.