TV Journalism: Making a great TV news film

Duration: 3 days

Summary
The impact of a great piece where pictures and words complement each other still has great power. Over three days we look at how to achieve that and what to aim for in a TV News film.

Objective
At the end of the course participants should: Understand what makes a TV news film and have the skills to put this into practice.

Course outline
• The elements of a TV news story
• Preparation
• The importance of pictures and working with a camera crew
• Structure, what goes where. And why.
• Keep communicating with your newsroom
• Pieces to camera – what to do, what to avoid.
• Writing to news pictures
• Hitting deadlines
• Working with an editor
• Not being afraid to try something different.