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Lesson Structure

Questions you need to ask yourself.


Pre-film Scripting..

 

 

Planning a Story

You have just been asked to cover an earthquake, which has taken place a few hours back causing massive destruction and death. On reaching the spot you find lots of shots to be taken. Your Cameraman is on a filming spree. He films whatever he sees. On the editing table when you return you find lots of footage - many repetitions. But some important shots and crucial sound bites missing.

Questions that can help your reach the answers....

So how does one overcome this problem? The answer is planning.

Three vital questions:

Just before you go out to shoot, give some time to yourself to plan for it.

There are three vital questions which when answered will help you in planning your story. viz.

i) What is the story?

ii) What are the Sound Bites needed and from whom?

iii) What are the visuals needed for the story? What is the story?

This is one of the most basic and important questions that helps in carving your story. The answer to the question focuses the Reporter to what he should be looking for.

However, the skill of knowing the story comes mainly with experience.

Before answering the question the following aspects should be kept in mind.

a) What kinds of stories are welcome in your programme?

b) Who is your audience and what is their awareness level?

c) How many minutes can your story be?

A news story generally is between one to two and a half minutes. Whereas, a story for a Current Affairs Newsmagazine can be 5 to 10 minutes long.

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In the next chapter we attempt to answer the above questions based on examples

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