2. OBJECTIVES:
1. To equip the school paper advisers
for them to teach the campus
journalists in order to understand
the various aspects of mobile
journalism and be able to use
them in delivering news.
2. To understand the aspects of
mobile journalism and identify the
tools needed for shooting, editing
and distribution of the content for
mobile journalism.
3. PRODUCTION ASPECTS OF MOBILE
JOURNALISM
“Life is a tragedy when seem in close-up but a
comedy in long shot”
Charlie Chaplin
4. PRODUCTION ASPECTS OF MOBILE
JOURNALISM
A. Shots
- A single photographed
scene taken from continuous
filming.
- a single piece of action
taken by the camera.
- Camera shots are usually
defined by the size of the person
(or object) within the frame and
where the camera is placed in
relation to this target
5. 1. Extreme Wide
- known as the ‘establishing
shot’ (to show the viewer the scene’s
surroundings being recorded
The EWS is also known as an extra
long shot or extreme long
shot (acronym XLS).
6. 2. Wide
- Popularly known as a long
shot that includes a full view of the
scene or shows the full body from
head to toe
7. 3. Mid-shot
- A shot framing the person
from their head to their knees
8. 4. Medium
- shots usually taken during
interviews or dialogue sequences
- aims to show object from head
to waistline
This shot is essential to capture the
emotions and body language of the
participants.
9. 5. Medium Close-up
- shots focuses on the face of the
subject
- shots taken from the head and
cuts off around the chest
10. 6. Close - up
- shots shows the subject from
the head to the neck
- the frame is filled with the
subjects 'faces while it captures the
emotions and expressions
11. 7. Extreme Close – up
- shots focuses on a particular
part of the subjects such as the eyes
- frames only a part of the face
to highlight the emotions during the
interview
- powerful way to convey
emotion without the need of the
character saying much
12. 8. Two-shot
- shot used in interviews to bring
into the frame both the interviewer
and interviewee
- The subjects do not have to be
next to each other, and there are many
common two shots which have one
subject in the foreground and the other
subject in the background.
13. 9. Over the Shoulder
- shot is taken from behind a person
taking the interview of the subject and
may also show the interviewer
- shot commonly cut in between the
conversation, alternating the views
between the two speakers
14. 10. Reverse over the Shoulder
- the interviewer’s frame is taken
over the shoulder of the interviewee
15. 11. Cut-ways
- shots are taken of the hands and
eyes engaged in an activity to create
variety and give context to certain
points
- Can be taken for a maximum of
10 seconds (only 3 or 4 seconds will be
used for the content)
16. 12 . Overlay
- shot is taken of different
scenes from internal and external
locations that support the story.
Overlay shots are important during
edits.
17. Essential Tools used for Mobile
Journalism
1. Smartphones – ideal
smartphones for Mojo includes iPhone
14, Samsung Galaxy S23 and Google
Pixel 7
18. Essential Tools used for Mobile
Journalism
2. Microphones – external microphones
are essential for Mojo that includes
lapel mics, shotgun mics and handheld
mics
- Popular options include the
Rode Wireless Go II and the Shure MV88
19. A clip-on microphone is useful in
capturing audio in a noisy and
windy environment
20. Essential Tools used for Mobile
Journalism
3. Tripods and stabilisers – essential in
capturing steady shots
Example: Joby Gorilla Mobile Rig and DJI
Osmo Mobile 4
21. Essential Tools used for Mobile
Journalism
4. Headset/Earphone
- A head-worn unit for making telephone
calls that contains a microphone and one or
two speakers. The difference between a
headset and headphones is that the headset
has a microphone.
22. Essential Tools used for Mobile
Journalism
5. Power Bank – Portable power banks are
essential and there are power banks that are
compact and lightweight which includes Anker
PowerCore, Slim 1000 PD and the RavPower
Portable Charger
23. Essential Tools used for Mobile
Journalism
6. External lights
The main goal is to use your lights to
properly illuminate the subject. Bad lighting
will distract the audience and take the focus
away from your subject.
24. Essential Tools used for Mobile
Journalism
7. Tablets – equipped with high-quality
audio and video facilities to record so
that the news can be live-streamed
easily
25. Essential Tools used for Mobile
Journalism
1. MOBILE PHONE
2. TRIPOD/ STABELIZER
3. MICROPHONE/ PIN MIC
4. HEADSET/ EARPHONE
5. POWER BANK
6. EXTERNAL LIGHTS
7. TABLETS
26. Useful tips for Mobile Journalism
1. Ensure that your phone is fully
charged.
2. Prepare a story board.
3. Set your phone to airplane mode
before start recording.
4. Clean your lenses.
5. Hold your phone horizontally.
6. Stabilize your phone.
7. Make sure you have stable stand.
27. Useful tips for Mobile Journalism
8. Don’t use the zoom button
9. Move towards/ away from your subject
10. Do not film in bright sunlight or in the
dark, or against the light.
11. Do not film in automatic mode.
28. Useful tips for Mobile Journalism
Recording Quality Audio
1. Add an external microphone
2. Do a test recording.
3. Always use your earphone when
recording audio.
4. Set your phone to airplane mode
5. Move the mic close to the person to
record.
6. Shield the mic with your body.
29. Skills needed in Mobile Journalism
1.Technological Skills of operating
online tools, software, application
such as video editor (kinemaster)
and platforms, such as
WordPress.com,
and Twitter, or Youtube.
30. Skills needed in Mobile Journalism
2. Traditional Journalism Skills
or duties of sourcing,
verification, text-based
reporting, and editing.
31. Skills needed in Mobile Journalism
3. News Packaging Skills
in relation to newly
emerged formats, such as
audio slideshows (photo
slides with audio), animated
information graphics, news
tweets, and live streaming.
32. B. Sequencing and Storyboards
- Sequences are important to
support the visual narrative of the
content. It is a well-established form
of narrating the story with a video.
- Storyboards are graphic
illustrations of stories created before
any film shot and are used in
filmmaking, documentary making and
dramatic films.
33. - The drawings are the sequence
of shots to make the edit much easier
- The series of graphic drawings
are also known as filming for edit.
A storyboard is a visual
outline for your video. It’s made up of
a series of thumbnail images that
convey what happens in your video,
from beginning to end. It also includes
notes about what’s happening in each
frame. A finished storyboard looks like
a comic strip.
34. A storyboard will have some of the
following information:
Title of the story: …………
Date:………..
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Type of
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36. Why Do You Need a Storyboard?
1. Organize your Thoughts
Making a storyboard helps you condense all the ideas
bouncing around your head into one coherent, fleshed-
out vision.
2. Plan Better
It helps you plan your video more effectively
3. Share your ideas
It helps you communicate your ideas to other people.
You might be able to envision exactly how you want
your video to look, but it can be hard to convey your
ideas to other people using only words
37. 4. Identify Problems Early
Just like dress rehearsals, storyboards gets you one
step closer to perfection in your final video. It
reveals problems and weaknesses that you may not
have noticed until production or post-production –
at which points it might be too expensive to fix.
5. Simplify Everything
Investing some time and effort up-front in
a storyboard can save you much more energy, and
frustration later on. If you’ve got a
good storyboard before you start shooting, you’ll
be able to bring your video to life more efficiently,
and you’ll be less likely to make expensive
mistakes or waste time on ideas that don’t pan out
38. 6. Time and Budget Savings
You can avoid shooting useless footage or doing
extra work to shoot more footage after
production. Time is money, and every minute
spent on set costs a lot of money for salaries and
equipment rentals.
39. Types of Storyboards
1. Traditional Storyboards
Traditional storyboards are a series of pencil or ink
drawings that help to visualize the video before
filming begins.
2. Thumbnail Storyboards
Thumbnail storyboards involve making small
sketches – the size of a postage stamp – of the shots
in your video on a few pieces of paper. Due to the
small size, they are less detailed and take less time
than traditional storyboards.
40. 3. Animated Storyboards
Technology has made it possible to create more
complex storyboards that are animated and have
some dialogue and music.
Animated storyboards are different
sketches that are filmed to show the proposed
timing, pacing, and overall visual flow of
the scene.
#8:This particular shot is aimed at showing the object from head to waistline.
#9:This shot is also commonly used during interviews with a focus on the subject and not the surroundings.
#17:Any smartphone with IOS and android with good internet connectivity. Smartphone reporting is low-cost compared with traditional reporting methods and heavy-duty equipment. Capturing high-quality pictures, videos, and audio with phone needs without any additional cost is a money-saver.
#20:For stability, a light tripod is required. A tripod mount is also needed to support the smartphone.
