Our class has been continuing our interview unit and we are about to make a full length news story. To make sure we are ready to make a news package we watched stories by Steve Hartman and analyzed tactics he uses one of which is called hey, you, see, so. This tactic first, gets the audience's attention, (Hey) then it explains why it is relevant to the viewer, (you) and lastly, the tactic gives more of the story (see) and tells why it all matters (so). For example, in his story "Middle school football players execute life-changing play" they grab the audience's attention by describing an amazing play but not revealing what that play is. The reports then explain the play and details about it and mention the kindness involved giving the audience a personal connection. Lastly, they show a kid explaining how the play changed his life which shows the "so" or why it matters. In another one of his stories, called "Soul Food" he grabs the audience's attention by claiming that he randomly picked a person to interview and saying that the audience wouldn't believe what he found because it was to good to be true. The story covers a women's tradition of feeding her entire church on Sundays. The story goes into detail about her history and family. The story also describes her generosity to help the audience feel connected through her kindness. The tactic of Hey, You, See, So seems to be used frequently in media and I am excited to get to try it out myself.
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Recently my class started a new unit about interview strategies. I learned a lot and wanted to share some of them with you. First of all, I learned not to ask yes or no questions and instead ask my subject to tell me about things. I also learned how to set up microphones. Lastly, I learned how to compose a shot for an interview. You want to put your subject in a third in the video and have the interviewer diagonal from them. You also want the shot set up so only the subjects shoulders and head show in the video. Lastly, I learned that as the camera operator to never look at the subject. The new unit has taught me a lot about interviews.
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