Thursday/Friday

Hi all-

It sounds as if your scripts are all i pretty good shape. if anybody has further questions, please email me your script and I will go over it with you. Otherwise, I presume you will use tomorrow to put together a nice, final piece.

We will screen the packages at 10AM Friday morning. As usual, that means in class at that time, DVD ready to rock and roll. We will then have a lunch break before graduation. The "NBC Guest" won't happen due to the breaking news this week and much of NBC scattered and out of pocket. My apologies, but I am very pleased Brian had the chance to speak with us Monday and that the broadcast was so interesting to watch.

You are to be at the NYFA SOHO (568 Broadway, 2nd floor) Annex at 2pm. We will have a little ceremony that will last 30-40 minutes. At that time, you will all receive your certificates (and a treat).

On a more somber note, I believe by now many of you know Melissa's grandmother passed away yesterday. Melissa is now in Miami with her family and will not be back before the end of the course. She has posted a message on the student blog. I know you all join me in sending our thoughts to Melissa and her family.

See you Friday-
Marian

thursday reminder

We will start class at 10am tomorrow. Your story pitches (for you final project) are due at that time. And, of course, we'll look at your most recent packages.

Next week's schedule

OK...here is the new schedule for next week. Monday morning will be screening until 11:45am. I need everybody at 30 Rock by 12:15 in the visitor center, please. Please note there is no set class Monday morning, I will see you at 30 Rock at 12:15 pm.

You will be back to school for the 2:15p to 5:15p audio class (Dexter will teach). Following that, continue to screen and write.

Please prepare a :10-:12 second stand-up (to shoot Tuesday afternoon) and send it to me sometime Monday. This way, I can return it to you with any changes and you can memorize it in time for the Tuesday o/c production workshop.

Scripts will be DUE between 11am and noon on Tuesday, August 18. Script approval will be between 11am and 1pm. At 1pm, you have your final camera class. After the camera class....at 4pm, we will have another on-camera production workshop (similar to today, but you will come with your s/u prepared). We will finish no later than 6p Tuesday evening.

On Wednesday morning, we will have Mike Taibbi (correspondent) and Mario Garcia (producer) doing a writing/teamwork workshop. In the afternoon, you will edit.

Don't forget, pitches for your final project are DUE by the end of Wednesday (for the 2:15-2:30 FINAL package).

Thursday morning, we will screen your 1:30-1:45 projects and then you're off and running to shoot your final package.

Upcoming package

Good quality class time today, guys. Remember your story pitches are due tomorrow afternoon. I would like to have them by 2PM so I can look them over while Annette Freeman is conducting her energetic long-form master class. Please have them TYPED for me.

This story will run 1:30-1:45 and SHOULD include a stand-up. So, think ahead, organize, plan where you will do your stand-up BEFORE you go out to shoot. If you are not sure if you should do a bridge or a close, protectively do both.

See you tomorrow, usual time.

Updated schedule that Alex emailed

Good Sunday-

Please use the excel schedule that Alex sent on Thursday as the 'working' schedule. My apologies for frequent changes, but often people who are scheduled for a Master Class have a change in THEIR schedule, for obvious reasons. I also really want you folks to do an additional package. The next three weeks will fly by as they will be quite busy. On Monday, Aug 17 (next Monday), we will meet with someone from NBC's Talent and recruitment unit and she will help with clip reels and resumes.

See you tomorrow morning with your In Your Own Words. (Have you learned how important it is to shoot enough B-roll?)

thursday/friday/weekend schedule

THURSDAY--SHOOTING ALL DAY/NO SET CLASS

FRIDAY--MORNING NO SET CLASS (SHOULD BE WRITING BY THEN)
1-2p Scripts due for approval in Kubrick
1-3:30p scripts approved

FRIDAY AFTERNOON/WEEKEND EDIT "IN OWN WORDS"

PROJECT DUE MONDAY MORNING FOR SCREENING (ON DVD).

Tuesday meeting with Marian

Hi all-

Please meet me in Kubrick at 1pm Tuesday (tomorrow). I will show you an example of an In Your own Words piece. I want to make sure you understand the concept for your interview subjects.

9:30am with Nicole, see you after that.

farewell and next week

Good luck to the students leaving us. please let us know how things go for all of you as you enter the next stage of life. it's been a pleasure having all of you in class.

For those remaining, Monday we have class from 10am to 11:30am (approx). From 12:30-3:30pm, we will do more practice interviews. Please come to class with prepared questions.

On Tuesday morning, Nicole will teach another FCP class (9:30a-12:30p). The remainder of the day will be spent screening your practice interviews and forming a short piece of about :40 seconds using your interview subject as the entire spot. This is a production workshop for the full interview piece you will do at the end of the week. Please start thinking of somebody OUTSIDE of class with whom you can do a sitdown inview....someone who has an interesting background or job or lifestyle or merely a news or feature story to share.

Have a good weekend.

Friday's project

Please shoot your stand-up before about 12;30p Friday. The only thing I need you to do is capture the one you like best and put it on DVD. We will look at your stand-ups at 2pm Friday. After that, those of you leaving after 4 weeks will receive your certificate.

If you'd like to bring in something to eat and drink, that would be great. We'll have a little soiree in Kubrick post certificates.

For anybody extending, please be sure I am aware and also tell Nina in Admissions.

-Marian

More reading

Please read chapters 7 and 8 of When Words Collide and Chapters 10 and 11 of Advancing the Story by tomorrow.

extra camera/lighting class Tuesday

On Tuesday, July 28th, Chris Tine will teach from 4:30-6:30 p(an hour later than the original schedule) and there WILL BE AN ADDED CAMERA/LIGHTING CLASS AFTERWARDS...from 6:45-9:15p. So, Tuesday is a long day and Wednesday is also a late day, but you'll be clear of 30 Rock by about 6:30p on Wednesday.

VOSOT Format

Helpful hints on the script format for the VOSOT....
1) the script should be only on the right side (right column) of the page; double spaced would be helpful for editing.

2) please remember to mark your script to show where you will be "on camera" and where your video will start (just edit black onto your project where the "o/c" occurs.

3) put the verbatim of your "sound on tape" in cap letters.

4) write the name of the sound bite speaker on the left column, across from where the sound bit appears in the script.

30 Rock visit and VOSOT assignment

Next Wednesday after class (approx 4:30), we will head to 30 Rockefeller plaza for an NBC tour.

For those of you who did not ready Chapter 2 and Chapter 6 of Advancing the Story, please do so. Also, don't forget to read the 5th and 6th chapters of When Words Collide.

Thursday morning I will be at school meeting with some of my other students and I will be at 30 Rock in the afternoon. On Friday, I will be in Soho with my other students in the morning and at 30 Rock in the afternoon. If you have ANY questions or concerns regarding your VOSOT assignment, please text me (347-891-0550) or call me (917-921-3456).

reading

Hi all-

Please read chapters 2 (Reporting the Story) and 6 (Visual Story Telling) by tomorrow's afternoon class at 2pm. Also, please read chapters 5 and 6 of When Words Collide by Friday.
Tomorrow you will have a guest speaker in the morning and I will meet you back in class at 2pm for Basic Reporting and Intro to VOSOTs. Your lunch break tomorrow will be a bit longer than usual.

Alex posted the Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin that we will discuss next week.

Couric/Palin Interview

Watch CBS Videos Online

Update on "tell"

The "tell" on Monday morning should only be 20 seconds long, not 30.

Hi all- A few things, please. First of all, please be in class at 9:30 tomorrow (Friday) WITH your v/o burned onto a DVD. We will start viewing and critiquing them at that time. Any and all questions will be address tomorrow.

Monday....we will start class at 10 AM, rather than 9:30. Please read or watch the news of the weekend as we will have a current events discussion for the first hour... come prepared. At 11am, we will be joined by Lester Holt, the anchor of Weekend Today and Weekend Nightly News. Lester will be with us from 11a-1p and lunch will be at 2p.

In the afternoon, we will go over YOUR HOMEWORK! By Monday, please write TWO tells. A reminder that a "tell" is a straight on camera with the anchor telling a story without the use of video or full screen graphics. Go to the Internet or the newspaper and read a story that you then write as a (n approximate) 30 second tell. We will review this tomorrow at the end of the morning class.

See you in the morning, I hope the editing went well.

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday

Wednesday's schedule: FCP in the morning....
1:30-3:30p Legal and News Standards with David McCormick and David Sternlicht
3:30p camera check-out (after I have split you into groups)
remainder of the day shoot v/o

Your voice over will be 30 seconds of copy with :20 to :25 seconds of video, once cut.

Thursday morning Continue shooting
11:30am camera check-in
11:30a-3p screen footage and write copy
1:30p-4p copy approved
after script approval edit

Friday at 9:30a v/o's are DUE You do NOT have to track the v/o, you can read to the video in class. Projects must be ready to screen on a DVD at 9:30am. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Good afternoon- I just want to keep you updated on a change in the schedule. NBC's VP of Practice and Standards is unable to make Monday's class, so that guest lecture is rescheduled for Wednesday from 1:30-3:30. On Monday, we will complete the Glossary of Terms in the morning and I will teach the lesson originally planned for Wednesday (Developing stories/Telling it with video/natural sound and research) on Monday afternoon.

Please remember to keep up with the reading assignments, stay in touch with the news and to have your THREE story pitches in typed form to hand to me on Monday morning.

Thanks-

Aren't blogs fun? This is the blog I would like to use for my postings. I would love for the class to have an interactive blog and I think many of you would like to see that, as well. We'll talk about that in the morning...and create one.

7/8

Welcome to the class blog. I will post homework assignments and other messages here. By Monday, you should have completed the following...Chapters 1-4 of When Words Collide, Chapters 1 and 5 (not 1 THROUGH 5) of Advancing the Story and three completed, PRINTED, typed story pitches.

Marian Porges' Journalism Class

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