Total out of 360: ____________

Basic Filming Procedure for the Talent (person in front of camera)

Name: ________________________

Turn in this sheet on the due date of every project. Since the project is the culmination of an entire quarter’s work, it is worth 360 points. Staple all questions, scripts, introduction, transition, and conclusion drafts, and passes given for filming to the back of this paper.

_______/10 1. Brainstorm on various topics.

_______/10 2. Review Brainstorming and use the logical classification

system to group topics accordingly into three to five

groups. Give each group a label.

_______/10 3. Before drafting questions, develop your angle on a topic.

An angle is how you approach a topic. For the above

story, you may choose to expose the unfairness of a

policy. Please check this with teacher before writing

questions.

_______/10 4. Now that you have an angle, who will you be

interviewing?

Ø Two sources exist: primary and secondary. A primary source is the main person with whom you will discuss a topic. For instance, if you were discussing school policy, you would want to speak to the principal. He or she would be your main source because he or she may have played a significant role in establishing policy.

Ø A secondary source is minor in relation to the story, but still an important giver of information. For the above idea, a secondary source would be a teacher. A teacher is related to school policy, but may not know as much as a principal.

You must have two sources to corroborate a story. If a person is a quack, and he or she is the only source, the risk of misrepresenting a story is enormous. A MISREPRESENTED STORY IS AN AUTOMATIC ZERO because at times, you may be dealing with a person’s reputation, so YOU MUST GET IT RIGHT. You must also make sure a person is whom he/she claims. For instance, a person who said he is on the track team must actually be on the track team. Once again, if this mistake is not caught, you have A MISREPRESENTED STORY, AN AUTOMATIC ZERO.

Please list each person and schedule the interview. Have that person sign off that they agree to the interview on the provided interview sheet.

_______/10 5. Write 12 questions geared only toward angle. Please

check with teacher. Seven questions are for your

primary interview, and five are for your secondary

source.

_______/10 6. Once the 12 questions are written, use the reverse pyramid

approach (most important to least important) and

renumber both your primary and secondary sources

separately. The important material is placed first to

give viewers key information quickly, and like a triangle,

it shrinks to a point with less significant information later

on. One is your best question and seven or five is

your least important.

_______/10 7. Once you have scheduled your interview, you must

script your questions, locations, and camera angles. You

must plan specifically how you will bring these

interviews to life. Think deeply about it. Your projects

must accurately reflect your scripts. A sample is below.

(page number)

I.e. Video | Audio

1. | Please number your lines.

2.

_______/10 8. Nobody leaves room to film without a pass. Include all

passes with this sheet.

_______/10 9. Before giving the sources the questions, hand them the

interview review checklist (remember to follow it).

_______/10 10. All filming is done in school with a microphone, include

four cutaway shots at least 15 seconds in length relating to your angle. A cutaway shot is a picture of something relating to your angle, other than your primary or secondary source speaking. For example, with the school policy example, a picture of students following the policy for 15 seconds would work. In addition, a picture of the principal enforcing the policy would work. Each relates to the angle.

_______/10 11. Once you specifically know what the important facts are,

like writing a paper, compose an introduction, transition, and conclusion to address your information. Please check these with the teacher.

Ø An introduction lets a viewer know a piece’s topic.

Ø A transition takes a viewer from the first interview to the second.

Ø A conclusion sums up the piece.

_______/10 12. Edit – Final videos are to be between three and four

minutes in length. It must fade in at the beginning and fade out at the end. You may include as many editor transitions or special effects as you like in the middle as well.