Deutsche Welle, 04/10/23

DW AkademieWorkshop

Convergent Journalism

Storytelling with video

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2 / 10 Storytelling with video

• If you want to use video to tell a story, first of all have a story

• Stories are about people, emotions, hopes, dreams…

• A video that only relates facts and information may be breaking news, but it‘s not a story.

• To find stories, go where the people are. Care about them and be curious. Talk to them. Ask them ‚why‘, and ‚how‘ like a child.

• Don‘t expect the camera to find the story for you. It won‘t.

• First go in without your camera. Look around. Don‘t record anything yet. Find the action and activity that will make interesting video images.

• Shoot first, then conduct and record your interviews (you will ask questions about what you saw, not film what you talked about -> the visuals will drive the story)

3 / 10 Shooting video for your story

• Don‘t pan (move the camera horizontally)

• Don‘t tilt (move the camera vertically)

• Don‘t zoom

4 / 10 The five shot method

• Extreme close-up of action detail

• Close-up of the face of the person doing the action

• Medium shot (face and action together)

• Over-the-shoulder view of the action (point of view of the

person doing the action)

• Another angle (be creative)

5 / 10 The five shot method

• Extreme close-up of action detail

6 / 10 The five shot method

• Close-up of the face of the person doing the action

7 / 10 The five shot method

• Medium shot (face and action together)

8 / 10 The five shot method

• Over-the-shoulder view of the action (point of view of the

person doing the action)

9 / 10 The five shot method

• Another angle (be creative)

10 / 10 The five shot method

For more information see

http://www.jou.ufl.edu/faculty/mmcadams/video/five_shot.html