Course Overview
- Title:
- Natural Sound Packages: Video Storytelling Without Reporter Narration
- Type:
- Seminar Snapshot
- Cost:
- $24.95
- Time Estimate:
- About a hour
About Seminar Snapshots
A Seminar Snapshot captures the key learning points of a seminar presentation at The Poynter Institute or at another training event. A snapshot features edited video highlights and other materials offered during a seminar presentation.
Video stories can be especially powerful and memorable when you bypass reporter narration and let your subject become the storyteller.
Learn how to ask the right questions, prepare for unrehearsed soudbytes and avoid "writing" in the edit bay. Master key steps in the video storytelling process that will help you achieve a truly natural sound package.
This replay is from The Poynter Institute and the National Press Photographers Foundation's day-long event, Video Storytelling with the Pros, that was held on Oct. 15, 2011. It is one of four Seminar Snapshots available from the event. If you'd like to buy all four Seminar Snapshots, check out our Training Package.
What Will I Learn:
- What a natural sound package is
- How to ask questions that get the ‘nut-graf’ and other key ingredients
- How a wireless mic will help you gather your story
- Why focusing improves your efficiency
- How to “write on the time line"
Who should take this course:
Video storytellers and multimedia journalists who want to build better natural sound packages.
Darren Durlach
Darren Durlach is senior multimedia producer for The Boston Globe. Previously, he was a senior photojournalist at WBFF-TV in Baltimore, Md., and he has won the Ernie Crisp National Photographer of the Year title three times. After winning more than 80 other national and regional awards, including 11 Emmys and two b-roller of the year awards, Darren credits his success to the countless hours his colleagues and mentors have spent sharing their knowledge with him.
