BROADCAST NEWS PRODUCTION
UPDATE COMING SOON - BELOW IS 2019 INFO
STUDENTS WILL TAKE A KNOWLEDGE BASED TEST ON JANUARY 10, 2019.
BROADCAST NEWS PRODUCTION PROMPT
1. CREATE A 2.5 - 3-MINUTE NEWS OR FEATURE REPORT FOR BROADCAST OR WEB USE.*
2. IF A NEWS STORY, IT SHOULD BE OF IMMEDIATE INTEREST AND UTILITY.
3. A FEATURE STORY IS NOT DEADLINE DEPENDENT. IT CAN INVOLVE A SERIOUS TOPIC, BUT DOES NOT NECESSARILY INVOLVE A BREAKING NEWS BANNER OR ‘THIS JUST IN’ BLURB.
4. PROVIDE A PRÉCIS OF 25 OR FEWER WORDS AND THE SOURCE FROM WHICH THE STORY IDEA ORIGINATED.
5. THE PIECE MUST CONTAIN AN ON-CAMERA REPORTER AND AT LEAST ONE INTERVIEW SUBJECT.
6. ANY SPEAKER MUST BE IDENTIFIED, INCLUDING POSSIBLE AUDIO-ONLY CLIPS, WITH A NAME SUPER (LOWER THIRD).
7. ALL AUDIO AND VIDEO MUST BE ORIGINAL MATERIAL UNLESS IDENTIFIED AS TO DATE AND SOURCE AS OTHERWISE.
8. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL CAN NOT BE USED (E.G. MOVIE CLIPS) WITHOUT DEMONSTRABLE PERMISSION. [JUST BECAUSE IT MAY BE ON THE WEB, IT IS NOT YOURS TO USE.]
9. THE ENTRY MUST BE WRITTEN, SHOT AND EDITED BY CONTEST TEAM MEMBERS ONLY.
10. :10 BLACK BOOKENDS THE PIECE (NOT INCLUDED IN THE REQUIRED LENGTH)
11. SUBMISSIONS MUST BE .MP4 FILE COMPRESSED USING THE H.264 CODEC.
12. CONTEST DRESS: NEWS ANCHORS (NOT REPORTERS) SHOULD BE IN OFFICIAL SKILLSUSA CONTEST CLOTHING.
THE LINK TO SUBMIT THE VIDEO WILL BE SENT OUT JANUARY, 7TH. YOU MUST PROVIDE YOUR SCHOOL NAME AND REGION NUMBER (3).
UPLOAD YOUR SUBMISSION TO FILE #1, THEN CLICK UPLOAD FILE. STAY ON THE UPLOADER PAGE UNTIL IT TELLS YOU THE UPLOAD IS SUCCESSFUL.
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