State Fair Assignment

For Blog Post 5, due midnight Sunday, Sept. 26:
Check out a camera.
Go to the State Fair.
Find a news or feature story.
Produce a 2-minute video story consisting of one or more interviews.
Include lots of B-roll shots.
Convert your finished video to QuickTime format and post on your news blog.

The State Fair begins Thursday, Sept. 16, and ends Sunday, Sept. 26, the same day your video is due. Gate admission is $8, but it's reduced to $1 on Thursday, Sept. 16, and $2 on Tuesday, Sept. 21. If any of you absolutely cannot make it to the fair, please let me know soonest.

For more information on the State Fair, see http://www.okstatefair.com/.

Photo Package Assignment

For Blog Post 4, due midnight Sunday, Sept. 19, you will post a photo package consisting of at least three photos illustrating a news event or feature subject. The three photos should include a wide-angle (establishing) shot, a medium-angle shot, and at least one close-up. Try to incorporate the photo composition techniques presented by Julie Jones. Use PhotoShop to retouch and resize your photos to 720 pixels for the longest dimension and 72 dpi for the resolution. Write a fat paragraph summarizing what the photos are about. Be sure to include cutlines and a credit line (Photos by Mr. X).

You DO NOT have to report and write a First Five Graphs news story for this blog post. Sources and quotes are optional. Photos with identified human subjects will receive higher grades than photos of buildings and unidentified people.