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Mobile Newsgathering: Maximize Your Smartphone
What do you think? Was the story well shot and
edited? Mobile journalist Philip Bromwell, RTE, Ireland
Shot on an iPhone5S FiLMiC Pro app iRig (external mic) Tripod
What can smartphones do?
Go where big cams can’t
Add another angleSpeed up the process
#1 Hold it steady Avoid “shaky cam”
Tripod preferred! Steady the camera against a wall or another solid object
Hold the camera in both hands; elbows in close to your side
Lock your focus/exposure ifusing built-in camera app
#2 No digital zoom Zoom with your feet Shoot in sequences:
Series of shots that get an object or person from Point A to Point B
Commonality of time, location, elements
No pans or tilts If motivated – go slow!
#3 Know your mic Locate mic on
phone Close all apps/get
in airplane mode Manage the sound
environment Wear
earbuds/double check
Get close!
#4 Look for the light
Be sure the brightest light source is in front of your subject
If the light is behind the subject, you get a silhouette
Consistent lighting key
#5 Hold it horizontal
We live in a 16:9 world now
Every video you just watched was shot with the camera held horizontally
Get the Gear
Unigrip Pro FiLMiC Pro iRig Pre
Doing Mobile Differently?
“We’re doing mobile journalism wrong.” -Judd Slivka, Mizzou
Mobile is: Force multiplier Single production
platform Direct to social Novel content apps
5 Ways To Do Mobile Differently
See What You Can Do Pair up to go live via Periscope! Shoot :30 live stream (or a stand-
up) Topic A: Mobile-phone study Topic B: Hotel market
One person controls the camera One person delivers the content Email to:
Mobile FirstMobile newsgathering means many things: Direct to social Ready and available tool Replacement for broadcast gear
YOUR approach is right!
