Comments on: Learning to tell stories in video http://curtfranklin.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/learning-to-tell-stories-in-video/ Curtis Franklin's Weblog for Graduate School at the University of Florida Sun, 11 May 2008 19:13:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: amescua http://curtfranklin.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/learning-to-tell-stories-in-video/#comment-94 amescua Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:25:39 +0000 http://curtfranklin.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/learning-to-tell-stories-in-video/#comment-94 Um... interesting, I do believe that the best way of learning the use of any new tool, or any new process is repeating it or using it. That's why I don think that having your own camera, even if it is an old one or an old one, helps you a lot when you try to learn. The same with video. If you have your video camera hanging from your neck day and night, you will get use to it, you will learn to be faster and skilful with it and you will be able to play with it and try different ideas or concepts. Um… interesting, I do believe that the best way of learning the use of any new tool, or any new process is repeating it or using it. That’s why I don think that having your own camera, even if it is an old one or an old one, helps you a lot when you try to learn. The same with video. If you have your video camera hanging from your neck day and night, you will get use to it, you will learn to be faster and skilful with it and you will be able to play with it and try different ideas or concepts.

]]> By: Curt Franklin http://curtfranklin.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/learning-to-tell-stories-in-video/#comment-93 Curt Franklin Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:58:32 +0000 http://curtfranklin.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/learning-to-tell-stories-in-video/#comment-93 <i>Question for you: Do you use your own equipment on assignment, when you’re story-telling?</i> I've invested in my own equipment for use on assignment, or have had clients invest for me. My publication has a few video cameras, but they're in a pool (and the pool is located 2,500 miles from my house), so getting my hands on the video cameras is tough. I'm much happier with my own gear -- I can practice, practice some more, use it for multiple projects, practice a bit more, and finally feel like I have some facility with their use. Your concern about equipment barriers is valid. When I look in my bags, I see equipment that is far from being the most expensive, but still represents thousands of dollars in investment. I'm not sure there's a good way around that, since I'm convinced that most of us are going to be living the (mostly) free-lance lifestyle from now on. It requires you to invest in yourself, and that can be tough when there are other things (like house payments and food) that are demanding your financial attention. Question for you: Do you use your own equipment on assignment, when you’re story-telling?

I’ve invested in my own equipment for use on assignment, or have had clients invest for me. My publication has a few video cameras, but they’re in a pool (and the pool is located 2,500 miles from my house), so getting my hands on the video cameras is tough. I’m much happier with my own gear — I can practice, practice some more, use it for multiple projects, practice a bit more, and finally feel like I have some facility with their use.

Your concern about equipment barriers is valid. When I look in my bags, I see equipment that is far from being the most expensive, but still represents thousands of dollars in investment. I’m not sure there’s a good way around that, since I’m convinced that most of us are going to be living the (mostly) free-lance lifestyle from now on. It requires you to invest in yourself, and that can be tough when there are other things (like house payments and food) that are demanding your financial attention.

]]> By: britr http://curtfranklin.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/learning-to-tell-stories-in-video/#comment-92 britr Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:13:08 +0000 http://curtfranklin.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/learning-to-tell-stories-in-video/#comment-92 I couldn't have put it better myself. I don't have a good, hard grasp of story-telling process with video, but I do have skills that will enable me to learn more. I even have enough motivation to get my hands on my own camera. Like you said, we just need to fiddle with it a little more. Question for you: Do you use your own equipment on assignment, when you're story-telling? Or do your employers provide your story-telling equipment? Sometimes I worry that equipment barriers (whether they're corporately enforced or enforced by an slow-to-change university system) are what's keeping journalists from truly mastering the art of news story-telling. I couldn’t have put it better myself. I don’t have a good, hard grasp of story-telling process with video, but I do have skills that will enable me to learn more. I even have enough motivation to get my hands on my own camera. Like you said, we just need to fiddle with it a little more.

Question for you: Do you use your own equipment on assignment, when you’re story-telling? Or do your employers provide your story-telling equipment? Sometimes I worry that equipment barriers (whether they’re corporately enforced or enforced by an slow-to-change university system) are what’s keeping journalists from truly mastering the art of news story-telling.

]]> By: floraxu1220 http://curtfranklin.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/learning-to-tell-stories-in-video/#comment-91 floraxu1220 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:19:34 +0000 http://curtfranklin.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/learning-to-tell-stories-in-video/#comment-91 This semester, I always struggle with what we learned about story arc and story telling for documentary and our own video projects. I always try to find a great story during interview, but it really difficult to tell a compelling story in 150 seconds.I always expect too high for my video, but find it usually disappointed me in the end. I feel the skills I learned this semester are really useful in my future career if I can fully develop those skills and apply them to my job. However, I still try to find out the best direction I want to lead my career to. I still cannot see the whole picture of the future role of new media in communication. I know that be able to tell story in different ways can add me a lot of points in future career, but my problem now is that, I am interested in all these new technologies I am not familiar with, and I am kinda lost my own direction. This semester, I always struggle with what we learned about story arc and story telling for documentary and our own video projects. I always try to find a great story during interview, but it really difficult to tell a compelling story in 150 seconds.I always expect too high for my video, but find it usually disappointed me in the end.

I feel the skills I learned this semester are really useful in my future career if I can fully develop those skills and apply them to my job. However, I still try to find out the best direction I want to lead my career to. I still cannot see the whole picture of the future role of new media in communication. I know that be able to tell story in different ways can add me a lot of points in future career, but my problem now is that, I am interested in all these new technologies I am not familiar with, and I am kinda lost my own direction.

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