[Imc] Workshop Proposal

[Brian Hagy]

this is really cool!  now, to see how to fit it into the workshop
structure.  to update folks, what is currently being bantied about:  the
idea of the friday nite workshops is to offer people hands-on training in
audio/video equipment and editing, internet posting, and interviewing
(especially toward labor).  the current thinking is that those interested
in audio will create a short feature for the Newshour show, those
interested in video will create a short feature for Free Speech TV
network, and those interested in print will learn posting and possible
newspaper layout.  this is not set in stone, of course, and how it works
is not figured out completely, but hey, we've got a week!

brian


On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Paul Kotheimer wrote:

> hi all
>
> At Brian Hagy's invitation, I'd like to propose a workshop for next
> weekend's Regional IMC pow-wow.  I hope that it'll be salient for all
> audio and video producers, regardless of the gear they use to turn out
> broadcast-ready product.
>
> It's tentatively entitled: "SO YOU'VE GOT 3 HOURS OF FOOTAGE FOR A
> TEN-MINUTE PIECE...NOW WHAT??!"
>
> listed below is a run-down of the section headings.  i invite input. also,
> i'm thinking that it might be best to offer a workshop like this only ONCE
> during the weekend, but i'm open to advice from all sides.  check out the
> headings below and let me know what you think...
>
> ******
>
> 1. START WITH your own interest in the subject matter, plus your
> intellectual curiosity and intuition for well-phrased statements on the
> topic at hand.  ADD TO THAT a clear statement of what the piece will say
> or narrate and to whom.  WRITE THE STATEMENT DOWN!
>
> 2. ROLL THROUGH your footage in real time or less. (I'll tell you how I do
> it...)  Document quotes/content and their location on the tape/disc.  Let
> intuition be your guide as to how complete a transcript, as necessary.
> (I'll tell you what I mean by that...)
>
> 3. Looking at your transcript, DIVIDE YOUR FOOTAGE INTO A MANAGEABLE
> NUMBER OF SUB-SECTIONS (ex.: speakers, by name; times, locations;
> "chapters" of an event--i.e., before, during, after--etc.).  Then ask the
> question:  "What clip best illustrates this sub-section?"
>
> 4. THINK IN TERMS OF QUESTION AND ANSWER, even when your footage is not
> necessarily structured that way.  (I'll tell you what I mean by this...)
> Then ask, "Where are my questions best answered by the footage?"
>
> 5. As you read footage into your editing software, FEEL JUSTIFIABLY GREEDY
> ABOUT YOUR PRODUCTION TIME-BUDGET.  Ask "Is this footage worth the time it
> takes to read in and tweak?"  Use this feeling to guide your
> wheat-from-the-chaff decisions.
>
> 6. Once footage is loaded into the editor, CHECK LENGTH AGAINST FINAL
> ASSIGNED RUNNING TIME.  Do the math and figure how much will still need to
> be cut out.
>
> 7. DO FINE-TUNING EDITS.  Go for splices which are "natural-sounding,"
> not phony or abrupt or machine-like.  I'll tell you how.
>
> 8. LISTEN TO ALMOST-FINAL version and ask "What won't the audience
> understand without some set-up?" then script and record voiceovers.
>
> 9. VOICEOVERS AND TWEAKING... Sorry, but that's a whole 'nother workshop.
>
> ---hope this is what folks will want from me.
> paulkotheimer:)
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