On camera : how to report, anchor & interview / Nancy Reardon ; with Tom Flynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reardon, Nancy, author.

Contributor:

Flynn, Tom.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television broadcasting of news--Vocational guidance.

Television broadcasting of news.

Interviewing on television--Vocational guidance.

Interviewing on television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Want access to the best-kept secrets and tips for sounding and looking professional while presenting on-camera for television? This is your toolkit. Reardon's On Camera: How to Report Anchor and Interview teaches you how to become professional and effective on camera. Learn how to appear, and feel, at ease-whether doing an interview or reporting in the field, or whether reading copy from a prompter or giving a video presentation. Read about what tricks the pros use to get the best interview answers from their subjects. <BR id=""C

Contents:

Cover; On Camera; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Writers' Biographies; 1 On Camera; Interviewing; 2 Interviewing; Prepare; Communicate; Listen; To Pre-Interview or Not to Pre-Interview?; Be Polite; Hard News Interviews; Soft News Interviews; The All-Important First Question; The Shape of an Interview; Time is of the Essence; Answers that are Toooo Long; Questions that are Toooo Long; Yes or No Questions; Anecdotes and Stories; Have more Questions than You Think You Will Need; Where Do You Look When You are Interviewing?; Your Voice

Whose Interview is it Anyway?The End of the Interview; The Difference Maker; Checklist; Are there any Exercises I can Use?; Exercise for Interview Variety; Exercise for Questions; Exercise for Listening; Exercise for Flexibility; One Last Exercise; Practice, Practice, Practice; 3 The Interviewee; Know How You Appear; Prepare; Nerves; Monotone = Boring; Know Your Audience; Have a Good Time; Checklist; On-Camera Reporting; 4 Gathering the Facts; Nancy's Accident Story; It's Television. Get Video.; See It. Shoot It; Establish the Scene; Cut-Aways, Reverses and Jump Cuts; Jump Cuts

Reverse QuestionsMore Tricks of the Trade; How to Start Your Taped On-Scene Interviews; Live Interviews for On-Camera Reporters; Checklist; 5 Writing the Script; Nancy's Class Fire Story; On-Camera Field Interviews; Let's Write the Script and Make a Package; This is a Visual Medium; Pace; Language is a Tool; Hard News/Light News; Use of "We" Versus "You" in Your Script; Reporting from the War Front; Fat Head Advice; Finding Your Stories and Developing Your Sources; Conclusion to Writing the Script; Checklist; 6 Presenting the Report on Camera; Studio Lead or Studio Throw; The Open

Beware of the Same CopyThe Package; Stand-Ups; Be Creative But . . .; Wallpaper; Bridges; Graphics; File Tape; The Close; The Tag; The Sign Off; Q and A; Reporter's Notes and Notebooks; Microphone Position; Where Do I Look?; It's All in How You Ask the Question; Intention; Some Final Notes for On-Camera Reporter Interviews; The Five Ws and the Dreaded H; One Question at a Time; Think of Your Priorities; You are Going Live; Stay Calm in a Crisis; Don't Give Up; Substitutions; Crowd Control; How do You Handle Disagreements with Your Boss?; Conclusion; Checklist; Reporting Exercises

Beat Reporting7 Sports Reporting; You're Still a Reporter; Breaking In; 8 Weather Reporting; Watch the Over-Hype; Trust Yourself; Be Fast on Your Feet; Details; Airtime; Signature; Geography; Weather-Speak; Getting it Wrong is Not a Mistake; Don't Hide Your Inner Ethic; 9 Medical Reporting; Do I Need To Be a Doctor?; You Need to Know Both TV and Science; TMI; Don't Worry; Legalities and Permissions; Getting Started; Where the Stories Are; Sum Up; 10 Legal Reporting; Skills for a Legal Reporter; Advice for Students; Listen Up, You Idiot!; 11 Entertainment Reporting; Are You the One for MTV?

Making a Reel for MTV

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-136-03394-7

1-280-63681-5

9786610636815

0-08-046493-9

9780080464930

OCLC:

476020092

Publisher Number:

9780240808093