Recording video has never been easier. You can do it on your smart phone, iPad, SLR camera or camcorder. This book is about understanding how to be a good videojournalist, a storyteller who can skilfully combine recording pictures and words. Whatever your objective in recording video, this book will help you: whether as a professional to produce reports and films for news networks and programmes; for your organisation’s website – a charity or council or business ; or as an amateur for friends and family footage. The author details the key skills you need will for a career as a digital multi-skilled journalist, media officer, communications or social media manager- whatever the job title.
As well as practical tips, Vivien Morgan shares the background story on how the discipline of videojournalism evolved. It is a fascinating tale on how in one year changes in video technology, the ending the union grip on the TV industry and the dramatic political re-shaping of Eastern Europe and the USSR all came together – offering opportunities for a new way of filming and reporting the news.
As well as practical tips, Vivien Morgan shares the background story on how the discipline of videojournalism evolved. It is a fascinating tale on how in one year changes in video technology, the ending the union grip on the TV industry and the dramatic political re-shaping of Eastern Europe and the USSR all came together – offering opportunities for a new way of filming and reporting the news.
