Description:
Learn the fundamentals of story structure to produce compelling journalistic video stories. Character development, narrative and story arc fundamentals will set the foundation for your first shoot. As you prepare for your first assignment, you will learn basic interviewing techniques for video; getting the five shots; composition; and fundamental shooting techniques.
Presenter: Amara Aguila
Two elements of good storytelling: the anecdote and the moment of reflection.
The power of anecdote is so great, no matter how boring the material is, if it’s in a story form, there is suspense in it, it feels like something’s going to happen.”
Take people on a destination and raise questions.
The Anecdote:
1. Raise questions: -Provide the bait -The anecdote should raise a question right from the beginning. -Implied in any question that you raise, however, is that you are going to answer it.
2. The moment of reflection or the WTF factor. You want to be like what?
-What is the key point? What does this all mean? Why have I asked you to sit and listen for 1, 2, 10 min. etc.
STORY ARC
The inverted pyramid versus documentary story arc. Inverted pyramid states most important facts at teh beginnning, least important at tthe end.
WIth video storytelling, you want to grab the viewer’s attention, but also leave them with a strong ending.
Develop Characters -Viewers connect with people, not concepts -Character driven, narrative stories are essential -Use a character to build the larger story
ELEMENTS OF GOOD VIDEO -Strong characters -A good story, unique angle
AUDIO -Bad audio makes video seem worse than it is. -Good audio makes still photos and video seem more intense and real. -Get close. Audio is an intimate medium.
-Keep it simple.
AUDIO STORYTELLING -Don¹t tell me. Show me. -Observe, analyze, listen and feel. -Make your listeners feel like they¹re wherever you are, not reading a postcard you have sent. -³If you don¹t want panting dogs in your video, wear the headphones.²
TIPS: -Take good notes -Stop talking -Ask warm up questions. Test your audio. -Don¹t say uh-huh, or yeah, or anything encouraging, Use non-verbal feedback. -Let people complete their sentences. And don¹t be afraid of silence. -Record ambience. -Don¹t be afraid of silence.
Audio Storytelling
