Video Journalism

Synopsis.

For my 60 second video, I will advertise a winter or festive location and/or event in London aimed at families.

Video examples.

In this video, attractions are showcased in a mostly informal manner. It advertises certain rides, market stalls and the ice rink. It shows a range of attractions that appeal to all age groups, making sure to attract and inform as many people as possible. It does a good job of advertising Winter Wonderland to an audience who is interested in visiting. There is no commentary or additional music added to this video.

This video is a miniature tour around the centre of London, showing some iconic landmarks and the immediate things people think of when they think of London. This video is also informal but features background music to accompany the short clips. This video features some editing of a white outline around citizens to add to the aesthetic.

This video is much more formal and informative to an audience interested in visiting Manchester. It contains a voice over explaining things such as best travel, restaurants and some history of Manchester. This video appeals to a wide audience as there are so many topics covered for all ages, genders and interests.

Camera angles & shot types. 

In my video, I will use a range of camera angles and shot types to allow the audience to have the best idea of what I am advertising and presenting. To start my video, I will use an establishing shot to give the reader an immediate idea of where the video is set. During the video, I will use a mixture of wide shots, close ups and POVs.

A POV shot is used to represent what the subject is looking at/ their view. It can make an audience feel more involved and as if they were there; making it a more immersive video.

A close up shot is a shot that frames a person or object tightly. It allows the viewer to focus on more intricate details and allows a better understanding of what the detail on the object or person is like.

A wide shot shows an entire object or human, usually relating it to the background. This shot is used quite often in videos to present a lot of information in one shot whilst simultaneously focusing on one subject.

An establishing shot sets up and establishes the context and setting of the current scene. This shot can be used to present landmarks to allow the audience to identify where the scene is set, and can be used to show weather, time of day based on the colour of the sky, how busy the setting is, etc.

A high angle shot is used to show the subject from above. In a cinematic environment, this can be used to make the subject seem weak/ less powerful.

A low angle shot, or worm eye shot, is used to show the subject from below. This can make the subject seem more powerful and daunting and is the opposite to a high angle shot.

My own photos.

Worm eye shot.

Tilt.

Extreme close up.

Close up.

Wide Shot.

Extreme wide shot.

High shot/ birds eye shot.

 

Video Interviews.

Outdoors

For the outdoor interview, I used a window as a background as it wasn’t busy and easy to focus on the subject. I placed the camera in a position so Ellie would be between the centre and far right third of the shot. The lighting here was good as the shot wasn’t over or under exposed.

Indoors

I chose this place to film the indoors interview as there was a large window next to the table and chairs we used to provide ideal lighting to highlight the subject. The background of the indoors interview was slightly more busy than the outdoors interview but the subject was still in focus. There isn’t too much headspace in this shot and the subject is placed between the centre and right third of the shot. The eyes are slightly too dark so would need more light (natural or artificial) to brighten that area.

 

Storyboards.

Although this storyboard doesn’t contain shot descriptions, it has good illustrations and captions of what the scene contains. This storyboard would be useful to refer back to as the illustrations are detailed and therefore helpful when shooting the video, and the descriptions contain a nice amount of information to remind the director what the mood of the scene is, and what is planned to occur. The 12th scene shows arrows pointing towards the subject implying there will be a zoom in resulting in a extreme close up.

This storyboard contains the length of the shot which is useful when referring back to the storyboard when editing the end result. The captions on this storyboard are brief but informative nonetheless. It provides enough information for the director to understand the scene. This storyboard does not contain the shots in the caption but the illustrations provide an idea of what the shot will look like. In the caption of the first shot,