MMC6936: Video Storytelling for Web, Spring 2017

Video Storytelling For Web: MMC6936

Combining sight, sound and motion for narrative storytelling – Spring Semester 2017

“We usually enter a story through a character that lures or invites us in, but one of the reasons we stay is because the world he/she inhabits is so vivid. Thus, stories are not just the different and new people that we meet, but also the worlds they inhabit: their apartments, their offices, their cities, their countries.” - The Power of Storytelling

Instructor: Gary Green, Deputy News Editor and Digital Director, Innovation News Center | ggreen@jou.ufl.edu |@garywgreen | 352-294-1502

Lecture/Labs -R | Period 7 - 9 (1:55 PM - 4:55 PM)

Welcome to Video Storytelling For Web. This course is designed to teach advanced storytelling, shooting, and editing techniques for multimedia journalism in multi-platform environments. The course will teach you to recognize and understand the technical and aesthetic aspects of visual storytelling, and how to build successful visual narratives using a combination of still images, HD video, ambient audio, and natural voices.  The course is constructed to prepare you for the “real world,” in which you will apply the journalistic standards of truth, fairness and accuracy with the tools and techniques of multimedia journalism to tell compelling narratives in a professional environment.

Professional camera gear, audio equipment, including microphones and a recorder, and photo and video editing software such as Photoshop and Final Cut or Premiere are necessary.  Use of a tripod for video is mandatory.

Before taking this course you need to have demonstrated a base level of experience and understanding of how to shoot stills and video with a professional HDSLR using manual settings. You must have experience gathering and editing audio and video using professional editing software such as Final cut or Premiere. This course will apply professional standards and practices to your work with a goal of preparing you for the next step in your careers. 

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