Script

Hi ev, welcome to the 4cast!

Hey Rachel, aren’t you exhausted from all these tests lately?

Yes! Thank goodness the quarter is almost over.

Well here’s a class that doesn’t have any finals.

Anchor in:  I have heard good things about the Eastview acting class, so I've been interested in it for a while. Because the details of the class are pretty unknown to the Eastview population, we decided to get the scoop on the class.

Anchor out:  Thanks Lindsey, the acting class sounds pretty exciting.  I am definitely going to sign up for that next year!

I agree.

Anchor In: It's now time to take a look at something many students who attend Eastview High School do quite regularly, in an attempt to give back to their community.

Volunteering
Anchor Out: Thanks, Carrie. If you're trying to find something worthwhile to spend your time on look no further. There are plenty of opportunities one can take advantage of, so go ahead and go.

There are a lot of opportunities, and in our next story, we can see that working with people with disabilities is another way to get involved.

Anchor in:
People with disabilities have a lot of joy and can teach us all important life lessons. Christopher went to Valley Middle School to see what makes them happy, along with lessons they say can help us in our everyday life.

Anchor out:

Thanks Christopher, the positive attitudes and the impact they have on lives can truly be seen by the people that have worked with them. We should all get to know someone with a disability so we can experience the happiness and learn lessons from them.

That sounds a lot more fun than studying for these final tests.

I think I know what to do next quarter, sign up for acting and volunteer!

Have a good day Eastview, and stay tuned for the credits.

OA 1031

 Anchor: This video is about the joy of the disable people who are possibly having the hardest life time in Minnesota. And i hope people who saw this video will be encouraged by their active attitute to the difficulties of life and get to know them better.

Anchor out: Wish you having a good time during this beautiful fall and find the joy in your life just like them. Happiness doesn`t need to be special but it could erase the dark and put the sun back to your sky.

 

OA 1110

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

TUESDAY

OPENING ACTIVITY: Read the first 3 Pages of Sengstack's Video Shooting Tips

Answer the following questions on your blog:
1. List and describe two things you already knew.
get tight and wide shot, get variaty shot
2. List and describe two things you learned for the first time.
Following the action and finding unusal angle.

NAME____________________________________ HOUR________________


Video Story Grading Rubric

1. Angle (Is the angle unique? Is the angle developed throughout the story? What do you want the audience to take away from this story? )
/10

2. Interview Shots (Do the shots have a dynamic background? Is the rule of thirds followed? Is the rule of two eyes and one ear followed? Is there more space on the nose side? Is a tripod used? Is the subject 6 -8 feet from the wall?)
/10

3. Interview Quality (Are the sound bites unique? Are the sound bites concise? Do you have compelling characters? Do your interviews sell your story?)
/10

4. STORY (Why should your audience care about this subject? What will your audience remember about this story? Is there a surprise in the story to lure your audience in? Is there a strong moment of silence built in for suspense? Do you say nothing in the script that your viewers would already know or that the visuals say more eloquently? Is the main body of the story 3 points? Do you prove your main points visually?)
/10

5. FORMAT (While you may vary the format, you probably should have an opening line, Interview, Seque, Interview, Seque, Interview, Close, and one should be your stand-up, Do you avoid using 1st person in the reporter segments?)
/10

6. B-Roll/Video Footage (Throughout your story do you build your report around sequences-two to three shots of a guy and his pumpkin? Do you have wide, medium, and tight shots in your sequences? Do you follow the rule of thirds? Is it white balanced? Is the lighting correct? Do you use strong Natural sound to heighten realism?)
/10

7. STRONG CLOSE (Do you create a strong close that your audience will remember? Is the close something you build toward throughout the story? Is the ending visual as well?
/10


8. Finished Product (Is it the proper length? Was it exported correctly? Is the assignment turned in on time? Is it well produced? Is the video clean and well put together? Is the audio and video well mixed? Are the features of Premiere used to enhance the finished product?)

/10

9. Creativity (Does this project display a creative concept? Is it dynamic and original? Does the student go above and beyond to produce a quality project? Is it unique to the audience?)

/10

10. Use of Class Time (Does the student always arrive to class on time ready to learn? Does the student always use the entire hour? Is the student a good problem solver? Does the student work well with others in the class? Are all the deadlines of the assignment met?)
/10



TOTAL /100

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OA 1010

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Monday

OPENING ACTIVITY:
READ the 1st page of Story Creation, Writing and Video Production Tips.

Watch KARE 11 Land of 10,000 Stories: Pumped up for Pumpkins

ANSWER the following questions regarding the story and the reading:

1. What is the angle in the Pumped for Pumpkins story?
how the farmer involve love to make huge pumpkin. The relationship between the boy and pumpkin.
2. Give two examples of short sound bites from the story.
i use fan to make sure the pumpkin has the right tempreture when it was too hot; just see it grows up one feet every morning when you wake up; I named it Tubaca. (short sound bites are used)
3. Give an example of sequenced shots.
place the camera really close to the pumpkin but far from the farmer to create a shot with bigger-size-looking pumpkin. (3 different shot) closing shot: patted the pumpkin.
DAILY ACTIVITY:

Identify Group members (POST on BLOG)
Sadie, Rachel C Chris  Rachit
Brainstorm Topic Ideas

Finalize Topic (POST on BLOG)
Halloween (like dislike)
Research

Identify 3 Experts to Interview (POST on BLOG)


Write Interview Questions (POST on BLOG)

OA 1007

OPENING ACTIVITY: We will watch Shayna's Story as a class.
Answer the following questions on your blog:

1. What is the role of the reporter's seques in this story?
to intruduce the background of Shayna. emotional feelings, additional information, 3 miles. 
2. Why do you think she did not include a stand-up in the story?
 the story is all about her, we couldn`t make one.
3. What is the biggest surprise in the story?
She survived with 2 weeks pregnent.
4. How does the story end with hope?
 The baby was born without complication.

OA 1006

Write about the Death of Steve Jobs. You can write anything that comes to mind.
He is a outstanding CEO and has a strong influence to the world. The apple company is clever since they stop the stock so it won`t be effect by the death of steve jobs.

OA 0928

Watch part 3 of Video Coach and answer the following questions:

1. What is a Wide shot sometimes called?
establishing shot
2. Give the definition of a wide shot.
establishing shot. give overall. where, it take place.
3. Give the definition of a medium shot.
details, more area
4. Give the definition of a tight shot.
close up, nice details,
Remember: The overall combination of Wide, Medium, and Tight gives the viewer the overall setting and detail of what you are shooting.
sequences

OA 0927

1. What is a sound bite?
 a very short piece of a speech taken from a longer speech or an interview in which someone with authority or the average "man on the street" says something which is considered by those who edit the speech or interview to be the most important point. It is often abbreviated with SOT.2.
 What is B-Roll?
 the supplemental or alternate footage intercut with the main shot in an interview or documentary

OA 0926

1. What is the topic?

Lady Gaga sings tribute to bullied teen at festival

2. What would you say is the angle?

the responce from Lady Gaga to the bullied teen`s death.

3. Which Criteria does the story have?

timely human interest prominity unusual

4. How would you make this a broadcast journalism piece? What footage would want to shoot?

i would took vedio from the show of Lady Gaga and her words talking about this event.
i would took pictures for the volunteer bullied teens couple and their words.
i would took more famous people`s words for supporting bullied teens and Obama`s promise.

OA 0922

 Trichomonosis is a type of deadly birds desease caused by a parasite.
Since then, the country's greenfinches have declined by 35% and chaffinch populations have fallen by 7%.
A disease that found in Finland is killing greenfinches and chaffinches in the UK has now spread to Europe.
what we could do is regularly cleaning all feeders, bird baths and feeding surfaces.

OA 0921

 Amy Sullivan is a adviser of Obama who got no responce from him. She is frustrated and pissed off as she discussing female`s invisible problem. i really do think Obama should watch out himself as he is getting trouble

OA 0920

 Ruby Bridges.
 Who is she? RuRuby Bridges is developing a new book entitled by Bridges is Through Their Eyes, meaning a look at racism through the eyes of students.
  What time frame did she grow up?
  1960
What is significant about her life?
 Ruby was a little girl who was one of the first blacks to go to an all white school

OA of 09 19

A joint effort by five major central banks to support Europe's financial system set off a rally in U.S. stocks Thursday. Gold plunged and Treasury yields rose as traders sold the safest investments. Markets in Europe soared.
This appearence will become more regularly,since as more people noticed the problem of the great economy decreases recently was because of the economic hole caused by over spending money. Bank`s role on keeping the balance of the economy systerm is getting more important.
Significant Timely



1. What is the rule of threes/filling the silence?
The methods to get more imformation by a good interviwer, a good listener.
The silence make the one being interviewed get a little uncomfortable or maybe a little upset, therefore making them rethink there answers. It`s like you give them a chance to fixed invisable problem on their answer. They will keep adding more useful imformation. In turn giving you a better, and or more useful one.

2. Explain the non-question question.
The non-question question are always like the topic of a small essay. It will leads people`s thinking to a correct direction, but, aviod being too directly. what`s more give them enough freedom to choose the best way for them to understand and response you.

openning activities 09 16

What happened?

A school shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas, kills five

Who did it?
 Mitchell Johnson, 13, and Andrew Golden,
Why?
 Students described Johnson as a troubled boy who had recently begun bragging about involvement with a gang and was upset over a breakup with a girlfriend, Kim Candace Porter, who was among the wounded. Students said he made numerous threats Monday
, he's going to come to school tomorrow and shoot  all the people who broke up with him, 
What type of angle would you do for the story?
 the relationship argue parents

opening activities 9 15

Explosions rocked 2 government security offices Thursday morning in Aden, Yemen.  One of them occurred at the city`s political security headquarters, while the other was at al-Mualla police station.

Luckily, there was any casualty. The security is weak in Yemen.

openning activities 9 14

The president of France consisted to save Greece`s.
As the economy is decreasing in a high speech.
Eourpean are planning to gather together to solve those problems that appared recently.
Today, according to the Market Data i read from BBC, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, FTSE 100,
Dax and Cac 40 are all moving up. Especially the Dax value got 3.36% increasing change.

Market Name	Current Value	Movement	Change	Percentage Change
Dow Jones	11183.91	+	78.06	0.70%
Nasdaq	2555.35	+	23.20	0.92%
FTSE 100	5227.02	+	52.77	1.02%
Dax	5340.19	+	173.83	3.36%
Cac 40	2949.14	+

openning activities of 13 09

i think this video game, Google+ is not ganna work.
My statment is that, the customer is limited applyed to this game. So it won`t last.
Google is a machine to reseach information and other serious level function not for teenages
However, it`s a pretty childish vedio game like the game in Facebook.
And there`s alots game but it`s like the copy of facebook. And, for now, facebook wouldn`t be replaced now.

openning activities of Stocks slide on worries that Greece could be close to default; Tech stocks up on deal news

http://www.startribune.com/business/129643653.html

the stock is felling. see the details. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 100 points, or 0.9 percent, to 10,891 at 12:15 p.m. It had been down as many as 135 points shortly after the opening bell. Caterpillar Inc. led the Dow lower, falling 2.5 percent to $81.The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 9, or 0.8 percent, to 1,145.
The Europe and even the world are worrying about this.

Casinos have been expanding their operations in the former Portuguese colony, considered the world's most lucrative gambling market.

Opening activities of 9/11memorial opens to public

The National September 11 Memorial opens to the public Monday -- a decade and a day after terror attacks brought down the twin towers of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan.
The family member of vitims held very high comments. For example, Iken said she comes to the site to connect with her husband. "Every time I come here, I feel the energy. It's powerful," she said.
Everyone will remember the sad day, however, i believe in the next decade, more people will go though the pain and the sky upon American gonna be filled with energy and faith.

Sadie

Sadie is an out-standing girl, with new dark brown hair, shining eyes and warm heart.
Her future has been planed pretty well and organized. She is going to own a business and for sure Business school will be her first chioce in college.
She knows French very well, since she has been knowing it for 12 years. The one month trip to France last summer was really an unforgetable experience of her.Now, she is planing to learn more about langusge, like Japanese and Chinese.
Besides, her free time is filled with fun. She learns guitar and enjoys watching movies. Her favorite movies are <Madea> and <The Devil>.

shorter stories of Sadie

Sadie has learnt French for 12 years. Sadie also planning to learn Japanese and Chinese. She is going to major in Business and study stock.

Sadie is an outstanding girl who takes Business as the career for life with 12 years French learning background.

boom boom pow, im the big sister now.

Stocks Rise After Drop in Unemployment Claims

Stocks are rising in early trading after fewer people applied for unemployment benefits the last week of August and retailers reported strong sales.
School is going to open again.
And August is the month for back-to-school shopping, which can account for up to 26 percent of retailers' annual revenue.