Digital Media Resources

• ​Digital Media Google Classroom
• DISTV on Youtube​
• ​Royalty Free Music
• Cool Filming & Editing Tricks
• Broadcast Journalism/News Segments
• ​B-Roll Cinematography & WALLDO Angles
• Investigative Journalism/News Magazine​​
• Digital Nation
• Consuming Kids
• Social Media
• ​Fake News
• Media Ownership
• ​Generation Like
• 101 East: South Korea's Pop Wave
• Torrents / Downloading / Streaming
• Radio Commercials
• Radio Shows / Podcasts

Due Next Class: 

• Check which day you are at on your Checklist & Deadlines packet and turn in the corresponding work that is due for that day
  

HW Due Thursday, September 19th:

• Jet Stream Segment Finalized Draft - file given to teacher before class starts
• Complete the individual Jet Stream assessment if your segment has been finalized and turned in already

In Class Tuesday, September 17th - Broadcast Journalism:

• Students will now be working at different paces and rhythms depending on finishing last segment, beginning new segment, hosting the Jet Stream, working on a shortie, a sports story, etc.
• Students that still need to turn in first segments of the year will follow this protocol: 
  • Complete Editing Checklist
  • Final Draft shown to teacher, Finalized Draft Checklist filled out
  • Students make final corrections & finalize segments​
  • Finalized segments placed on class hard drive
  • Students complete individual Jet Stream assessment
• Students that are beginning new segments will follow this protocol:
  • View example videos of investigative journalism, PSA, and a game show for creative inspiration
  • Our segment ideas should include at least one school topic, one off-campus topic, news, features, elementary, middle, or high schoolers, could be promotions, PSAs, games, investigations, etc.
  • Individually write down 3-5 segment ideas
  • Combine our ideas with other students with similar ideas and make groups
  • If group gets idea approved, can move forward with planning and writing your pitch sheet.
  • Begin emailing teachers, admin, and students to schedule interviews. BCC Mr. Lipsky on the emails.
  • Interviews, filming locations, and B-roll must be planned in advance. Teachers and students will not allow last minute appointments. You must prearrange all of this ahead of time, through email, face to face, text, etc, and stay organized on these appointments. Choose your favorite method, email, calendar, text, etc, and make appointments and ask permission.
  • Must keep in mind previous Jet Stream episodes and reach out to new people to interview. No repeats of previous people that have been interviewed, new people only. Get out of our comfort zone and talk to strangers. Stop going to our friends for interviews.

HW Due Tuesday, September 17th:

• Jet Stream Segment Finalized Draft - file given to teacher before class starts
• Complete the individual Jet Stream assessment if your segment has been finalized and turned in already

In Class Thursday, September 5th - Broadcast Journalism Day 1.8:

• Learn requirements for posting on Forum
• View today's episode of the Jet Stream
• Post on Forum 1.1, reflect on the Jet Stream
• Go over Editing Checklist in our segment groups one final time if we have not finalized and turned in segment
• Final Draft shown to teacher, Finalized Draft Checklist filled out
• Students make final corrections & finalize segments​
• Finalized segments placed on class hard drive
• Complete the individual Jet Stream assessment if your segment has been finalized and turned in
• Begin brainstorming segment ideas for our next round of episodes of the Jet Stream, consider the following categories and concepts:
  • ​News - elementary, middle, and high school, fact based, straightforward delivery
  • Features - reviews, fun, you can insert yourself, can contain your opinions
  • On-campus stories
  • Off-campus stories
  • Promotion
  • Advertisement
  • PSA
  • Shortie
• Write down ideas for segments as we brainstorm

HW Due Thursday, September 5th:

• Jet Stream Segment Final Draft

In Class Tuesday, September 3rd - Broadcast Journalism Day 1.7:

• Review directions and mandatory requirements for editing
• Segment teams show outlines to teacher, consult, and move in the right direction
• Segment teams edit and use Editing Checklist as a guide
• Segment teams design Teaser / PIP with embedded text of title, store in DM Jet Stream folder - due by the end of class
• Host teams must fill in the remainder of scripts with time-sensitive news
• Host teams vocal training
• Host and Director team film Jet Stream hosting

HW Due Tuesday, September 3rd:

• Completed Broadcast Journalism Jet Stream Outline
• Segment host / voiceover / narration scripts
• Jet Stream segment title​

In Class Friday, August 30th - Broadcast Journalism Day 1.6:

• Learn the guidelines for editing (post-production) and the mandatory requirements for our Jet Stream segments on the class website
• Vocal training video tutorial activity
• Learn the strategies and guidelines for writing main host/narration/voiceover scripts for segments
• Write segment host / voiceover / narration scripts
• View our interviews and B-roll and begin to piece together our segments into stories with a beginning, middle, end, and closure
• Finish writing the rest of our Broadcast Journalism Outlines
• Brainstorm ideas for creative titles for our segments
• Continue editing footage
• Put away all equipment in proper location

HW Due Friday, August 30th:

• Film any interviews you can't film during class time
• Film any B-roll you can't film during class time

In Class Wednesday, August 28th - Broadcast Journalism Day 1.5:

• Discuss timeline and upcoming due dates. 
• Continue filming interviews
• Continue filming B-Roll
• Remind students to record names and titles of people we interview
• Interviews, filming locations, and B-roll must be planned in advance. Teachers and students will not allow last minute appointments. You must prearrange all of this ahead of time, through email, face to face, text, etc, and stay organized on these appointments. Choose your favorite method, email, calendar, text, etc, and make appointments and ask permission.
• Finish scheduling any remaining interviews: speak to teachers, email teachers, make sure we schedule interviews for next class. BCC Mr. Lipsky on all emails.
• Store footage on laptops, label footage, and continue editing
• Put away all equipment in proper location

HW Due Wednesday, August 28th:

• Schedule appointments for remaining interviews​. Email people to schedule interviews for Wednesday (BBC Mr. Lipsky on all emails by Tuesday)​
• Film any interviews you can't film during class time
• Film any B-roll you can't film during class time

In Class Monday, August 26th - Broadcast Journalism Day 1.4:

• Discuss routines and locations: clipboards with camera operator, interviewer, and B-roll instructions along with our DM Broadcast Journalism Outlines must be carried on us at all times
• Review storytelling in journalism: we must conduct research and interviews and then we start to piece together a story with closure. That comes with time, it isn't a complete story at this point in the process.
• ​Review camera operator and interviewer requirements
• Discuss filming interviews with phones and B-roll with phones or DSLR cameras, and rack focus.
• Continue filming interviews
• Continue filming B-Roll
• Remind students to record names and titles of people we interview
• Interviews, filming locations, and B-roll must be planned in advance. Teachers and students will not allow last minute appointments. You must prearrange all of this ahead of time, through email, face to face, text, etc, and stay organized on these appointments. Choose your favorite method, email, calendar, text, etc, and make appointments and ask permission.
• Finish scheduling any remaining interviews: speak to teachers, email teachers, make sure we schedule interviews for next class. BCC Mr. Lipsky on all emails.
• Store footage on laptops, label footage, and continue editing
• Put away all equipment in proper location

HW Due Monday, August 26th:

• Schedule appointments for remaining interviews​. Email people to schedule interviews for Monday (BBC Mr. Lipsky on all emails by Friday)​
• Film any interviews you can't film during class time
• Film any B-roll you can't film during class time

In Class Thursday, August 22nd - Broadcast Journalism Day 1.3:

• Discuss requirements for filling out the rest of our Outlines
• Discuss requirements for Editing Checklist
• Discuss requirements for Self Assessment
• Sound check and practice framing interviews before we leave the room. Must take clipboards with our Outlines
• Discuss storytelling in journalism: we must conduct research and interviews and then we start to piece together a story with closure. That comes with time, it isn't a complete story at this point in the process.
• View first half of Outlines (HW due today) and move in the right direction
• Conduct more research, fill out more of the Outline
• Review requirements for interview planning and filming
• Review requirements for B-roll
• Review how to use cameras, microphones, tripods
• Continue filming interviews and B-Roll
• Interviews, filming locations, and B-roll must be planned in advance. Teachers and students will not allow last minute appointments. You must prearrange all of this ahead of time, through email, face to face, text, etc, and stay organized on these appointments. Choose your favorite method, email, calendar, text, etc, and make appointments and ask permission.
• Continue scheduling interviews: speak to teachers, email teachers, make sure we schedule interviews for next class. BCC Mr. Lipsky on all emails.
• Store footage on laptops, label footage, and begin editing
• Put away all equipment in proper location

HW Due Thursday, August 22nd:

• Half of Jet Stream Broadcast Journalism Outline 
• Email people to schedule interviews for Thursday (BBC Mr. Lipsky on all emails by Wednesday)​

In Class Tuesday, August 20th - Broadcast Journalism Day 1.2:

• Review our WALLDO Boot Camp videos. Discuss strength and room for improvement for getting B-roll for our first Jet Stream segments
• Finish filling out Pitch Sheets
• Get Pitch Sheets approved by teacher
• Learn requirements for Jet Stream Broadcast Journalism Outlines, begin outlines:
  • Conduct research
  • Coordinate interviewees and filming locations
  • Write interview questions
  • Choose main host/journalist for segment teams
  • Begin planning B-roll shots
• Learn requirements for interview planning and filming
• Practice filming interviews, framing, audio, lighting, focus, Rule of Thirds, sound check, etc. before going out into the field today
• Begin filming interviews and B-roll
• Reminder: Interviews, filming locations, and B-roll must be planned in advance. Teachers and students will not allow last minute appointments. You must prearrange all of this ahead of time, through email, face to face, text, etc, and stay organized on these appointments. Choose your favorite method, email, calendar, text, etc, and make appointments and ask permission.
• Continue scheduling interviews: speak to teachers, email teachers, make sure we schedule interviews for next class. BCC Mr. Lipsky on all emails.

HW Due Tuesday, August 20th:

• Email people to schedule interviews for Tuesday (BBC Mr. Lipsky on all emails by Monday)​

In Class Friday, August 16th - Broadcast Journalism Day 1.1:

• Continue brainstorming segment ideas for our first episodes of the Jet Stream, discuss the following categories and concepts of segments:
  • ​News - elementary, middle, and high school, fact based, straightforward delivery
  • Features - reviews, fun, you can insert yourself, can contain your opinions
  • On-campus stories
  • Off-campus stories
  • Promotion
  • Advertisement
  • PSA
  • Shortie
• Write down ideas for segments as we brainstorm
• View the following videos and discuss creative inspiration for our segments:
  • ​On The Road (everybody has a story)
  • Jet Stream Special Report: Little Hoopsters (shortie)
  • Fish Supper (shortie)
  • Jet Stream October 31st, 2018 (news segments)
  • Film Club in Action (promotional video)
• As we begin to narrow down our segment choices, move around the room. Talk to each other, talk to the teacher, find out who has stories that work or don't, who can team up with who, who has experience in DM or VP class and can team up with new students to guide them along, etc. We will organically form groups of 2 or 3 and get started. 
• Students may leave the room to further research or talk to students and teachers about potential segments
• Get ideas approved and move forward with planning and writing our pitch sheet
• Begin emailing teachers, admin, and students to schedule interviews. BCC Mr. Lipsky on the emails.
• Interviews, filming locations, and B-roll must be planned in advance. Teachers and students will not allow last minute appointments. You must prearrange all of this ahead of time, through email, face to face, text, etc, and stay organized on these appointments. Choose your favorite method, email, calendar, text, etc, and make appointments and ask permission.

HW Due Friday, August 16th:

• Bring back class materials

In Class Wednesday, August 14th - WALLDO Boot Camp Day 2 & Intro to Broadcast Journalism:

• Review WALLDO Boot Camp requirements with more example videos
• Finish editing WALLDO Boot Camp videos
• View each other's WALLDO Boot Camp videos, add constructive feedback​
• Begin brainstorming segment ideas for our first episodes of the Jet Stream, discuss the following categories and concepts of segments:
  • ​News - elementary, middle, and high school, fact based, straightforward delivery
  • Features - reviews, fun, you can insert yourself, can contain your opinions
  • On-campus stories
  • Off-campus stories
  • Promotion
  • Advertisement
  • PSA
  • Shortie
• Write down ideas for segments as we brainstorm
• Exit Slip: Discuss one of your segment ideas

HW Due Wednesday, August 14th:

• Bring back class materials

In Class Monday, August 12th - WALLDO Boot Camp Day 1:

• Learn requirements for WALLDO Boot Camp (How to film perfect B-roll)
• View student examples of WALLDO Boot Camp videos
• Plan WALLDO B-roll shots
• Brief camera and tripod tutorial (or learn from year 2 student)
• Film WALLDO B-roll shots
• Brief tutorial on getting footage onto laptop and into FCPX (or learn from year 2 student)
• Begin editing WALLDO Boot Camp videos
• Exit Slip: Describe your favorite WALLDO shot

HW Due Monday, August 12th:

• Signed student-parent syllabus form (last page of the syllabus)

In Class Thursday, August 8th - Course Intro:

• Intro: Preview broadcast journalism by viewing segments from Jet Stream
• Demo of student progress: student's high school stuco video, high school vlog, uni dance channel, discuss the progression, the number of followers and views, and how we can do that, too
• Day 1 Questionnaire
• Share Questionnaire responses with each other in small group discussion
• Discuss class routines, storage locations, room tour, nurse pass, art supplies, where to find DM paperwork and storage trays
• Syllabus
• Distribute parent letters and explain parent form that must be filled out for HW
• Preview mrlipsky.com