| VR-Reporter CD ROM MAC (One Year License)
The VR-Reporter Has Several Important Educational Features: Students must explore the entire scene since no single character provides all the pertinent facts necessary to tell a full and accurate story. Students cannot simply paraphrase other media versions of the story. Students must consider ethical issues such as off-the-record information. Students gain crime scene experience, which would otherwise be difficult to assign or stage as an ENG exercise. The simulation provides an introductory news gathering experience without straining video production resources and eliminates tape logging to shorten the editing time.
PC and MAC versions available for a 1 year or Unlimited License.
The V-R Reporter is designed to provide a simulated television news reporting situation for college students in broadcasting programs. Students use this interactive simulation maneuver around a 360 degree crime scene where an assault has occurred to interview various individuals and capture B-roll footage. Clicking on any one of over a dozen people at the scene lets a student interview the individual. During the investigation, students can take notes and make follow-up phone calls. Not all the information is easily obtained. Of the three uniformed officers at the scene, only one will provide information and that is only given "off-the-record." Additionally, only some bystanders provide valuable information while others turn out to be a waste of time. Follow-up telephone calls to the hospital and the police station are accessible to supply additional story facts. After completing the investigation, notes and a tape log of interview and B-roll footage are saved to disc. Using the accompanying video clips supplied on CD-ROM and a nonlinear editing system, students re-write the story, record voice-overs and edit their news package. The VR-Reporter package includes over 60 video clips of interview questions and B-roll shots. The shots also serve as a model for the types of questions a reporter should ask and the type of shots and compositions they should try to capture.
Program Highlights: A photographic 360 degree panorama is used to navigate through the scene. Students can click on more than a dozen people at the scene to interview or record B-roll shots. Follow-up telephone calls to the hospital and to the police station are available to gather additional story facts. Video clips also serve as a model for the types of questions a reporter should ask and the type of shots and compositions a reporter should try to capture.
* A non-linear editing system such as Apple Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere is required to edit the 640 X 480 pixel, 30 frames per second video clips (provided). Audio recording capability that will work with the editing system is required for the reporter's voice over.
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VR-Reporter CD ROM for Macintosh (One Year License)
| F307DMAC
$ 149.00
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VR-Reporter CD ROM for PC (One Year License)
| F307DPC
$ 149.00
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VR-Reporter CD ROM for Macintosh (Unlimited License)
| F307FMAC
$ 349.00
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VR-Reporter CD ROM PC (Unlimited License)
| F307FPC
$ 349.00
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Crisis
On Campus
Crisis On Campus is an exciting new editing exercise from the producers of "The Hold Up." It is specifically designed for broadcast journalism students, but will be useful for all students of editing technique.
This realistic simulation of a major breaking news story is played out by the students, faculty and staff of the University of New Orleans, SWAT Team and professional crews from two local TV stations. The core of "Crisis on Campus" is 40 minutes of rushes, available in VHS or 3/4" which students can use to edit their own version of the story. The footage includes complete coverage by the two news teams, aerial footage from the helicopter and "shaky-cam" coverage from the home video camera. Interviews include the University Chancellor, the Director of Campus Police, the SWAT Team coordinator and Public Information Officer, friends and relatives of the perpetrator and the hostages and students caught in the crossfire. Voice-over and stand-ups by reporter Noel Osigian are also provided. To make the exercise most meaningful and realistic, it is recommended that each student editing "Crises on Campus" create and record his or her own story and stand-up's. Editing possibilities are virtually limitless and will depend heavily and realistically on the "time-slot" allotted to the story by the instructor. The "Crises on Campus" package also includes a 12-minute introductory video hosted by former ABC foreign correspondent and anchor Richard Anderson, that presents the basic situation and uses the "Crises on Campus" material to demonstrate the best use of video coverage, sound bites, reaction shots, stand-up's and natural sound.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS The situation is dramatic and compelling. Brilliant but unbalanced physics major Jimmy Jerrold, his body wired with explosives, is holding two hostages on the roof of the University Performing Arts Center. As a helicopter and a SWAT Team with armored personnel carrier converge on the spot, Jerrold panices and opens fire on students in the quad below. Two news teams and a passerby with a home video camera capture the chaos and the tense negotiations that finally lead to Jerrolds' surrender and the safe release of the hostages.
40 min.
| F916
$ 149.00
F916DVD
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Crisis On Campus - 3/4"
40 min.
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$ 189.00
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Speak For Yourself: A Dynamic Workout
Anyone who needs to make a good impression on an audience quickly becomes aware of how important it is to properly warm up before speaking. In this program voice expert Susan Leigh offers an invaluable series of voice and body warm-ups as useful to the businessman addressing a meeting or camera, or to radio hosts and guests, as to actors performing for film, video or theater. "Speak For Yourself" helps build a strong voice, establishes focus and concentration while speaking and greatly expands vocal capacity and skills.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS This program is divided into four series of exercises to be performed along with the video. Segments include relaxation and stretching, face preparation, pitch and resonance exercises and finally a segment using tongue twisters to develop clarity and control. The package includes a written guideline, bone prop and vocal health tips.
25 min.
| F603
$ 79.00
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Covering The Big Story
Journalists spend most of their time covering local news and routine events - but every now and then they find themselves caught up in the excitement of a Really Big Story.
This program was shot in Los Angeles on the day of the O.J. Simpson trial verdict as reporters, photographers, engineers, editors, producers and bureau chiefs scramble for coverage, negotiator for precious satellite time, struggled with logistics in the middle of a mob scene and tried to find the angle that would give their story the edge. As one photographer comments after emerging form the frenzy of covering an attorney's arrival: "If you get the shot, no-one cares. But if you don't get it, they all care!"
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS This program includes interviews with producers and reporters from ABC News, A Current Affair and Inside Edition as well as local stations from around the country. It offers a look at the mechanics of live stand-ups and remote satellite feeds.
28 min.
| F937
$ 149.00
F937DVD
$ 149.00
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Get Real, Get Paid: Work For A Newspaper
Telly Awards, Silver Statue.
A fast paced, overview of career opportunities in the newspaper business. News, sports and entertainment reporters reveal what they love about their jobs, the freedom, variety, excitement and the chance to meet all kinds of people. Interviews with a photographer, graphic artist, cartoonist and others highlight that many additional roles involved in producing a paper - from designing and selling ads to running the presses. The advice form these professionals is to be true to your interests. Education and experience are important, but the passion to do the job is what makes you successful.
12 min.
| F938
$ 119.00
F938DVD
$ 119.00
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A View From Behind The Viewfinder
Spend a day with each of three photojournalist at KPNX Phoenix, from a morning staff meeting to the rush to edit the day's stories for broadcast. Experience the pressures of photojournalist's many roles and witness the teamwork that's vital to getting the story. These photojournalists must hustle while carrying 50 pounds of equipment, use their street smarts and communication skills to conduct interviews and understand the reporter's perspective enough to grab the shots needed to tie the story together.
45 min.
| F940
$ 149.00
F940DVD
$ 149.00
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Media On Trial: Story of the Storytellers
First Place 1999 Broadcast Education Association Documentary Competition.
This program documents media coverage of the Oklahoma City Bombing Trails. It analyzes many of the media practices that draw intense criticism, including the differences between tabloid and mainstream coverage; impacts of judicial cooperation; reporter objectivity; journalist emotions; sources and spin; victim and jury treatment; the media swarm; legal analysis; competitive pressures; organizational versus individual motivations for styles of coverage; print and broadcast cooperation; coverage ground rules; technology impacts; public and governmental reactions to efforts in improve the media image and more.
56 min.
| F987
$ 149.00
F987DVD
$ 149.00
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Broadcast
Journalism: How Do You Feel?
An enlightening view ideal for classes in reporting, producing and
media ethics. The media seem to be obsessed with broadcasting or printing
grief, and the question, “how do you feel” is one that
all reporters have to ask, but often hate to ask. Because they are
the ones assigned to seek the reactions of grieving friends and family
members in stories related to victims of tragedy, reporters are often
mocked and criticized. This program turns the tables and asks reporters
how THEY feel about having to ask "the question".
20
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$
119.00
F1150DVD
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129.00
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Creating
an Effective Television Story
Ideal for broadcast news, field production, documentary and corporate/institutional
courses. Whether producing audio-visual stories for news, documentary
or corporate genres, the process includes targeting an idea, collecting
the audio and visual ingredients, understanding how to structure those
ingredients, writing a script to maximize audio-visual effectiveness,
and finally editing the story into a finished package. This program
outlines effective techniques for simplifying each step in the process
so that even beginners can instantly understand the difference between
good and bad--and quickly turn that understanding into quality storytelling.
20
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F1149
$
119.00
F1149DVD
$
129.00
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