As Advancing the Story reports on TV stations replacing two-person reporting teams with “multimedia journalists," Ricochet by Chrys Wu has 10 Golden Rules for Video Journalists from Travis Fox, a video producer for The Washington Post:
Get “X-roll.” X-roll is when you get your interviewee’s money quotes in their natural environment.
Shoot within 180 degrees around a subject. In other words, don’t walk around your subject when interviewing them.
Sequence your video with a variety of detail, tight, medium, wide shots as well as cut away shots. 50 percent of shots will be tight, 25 percent medium and 25 percent wide
Remember 80:20 ratio (80 percent should be b-roll and 20 percent should be interviews)
Get close to the subject when interviewing them for audio purposes
Stay quiet when shooting
If you do not get the shot, you do not have it.
Do not move the camera when shooting (unless you are an advanced videographer)
As Advancing the Story reports on TV stations replacing two-person reporting teams with “multimedia journalists," Ricochet by Chrys Wu has 10 Golden Rules for Video Journalists from Travis Fox, a video producer for The Washington Post:
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