Today we had Jackie Heffer-Cooke, a woman who has worked for Anglia TV and done lots of TV work behind the scenes, come in to talk to us about how video journals worked and how they were used in TV e.g. on The X Factor; before they watch an act perform, they watch a short clip about last week and what they have been doing to prepare for their next performance. They start with a Promo Buffer ( a shot of the act used to fill gaps) then re-cap their previous show and the judge's comments. Next they start an off-camera interview (an interview where the interviewer is not seen or heard by the audience) about how they felt last Saturday went with cutaways (footage) of last week being shown. Then they might move onto talk about some kind of personal experience (such as footage of them when they were very young) or something exciting that happened to them during the week (like going to the new Harry Potter film premiere) with another Promo Buffer added in. After this the interview will move on to discuss how rehearsals for this week are going with some actuality footage-footage of them 'actually' rehearsing and going behind the scenes, followed by more actuality of the judges expectations for the performance and what they're looking forward to. To finish, an extra Promo Buffer before we see their live performance.
I found this session quite helpful as video journals are very relevant to what we are doing and making them is a part of doing this diploma. We also need to plan a format for our own video journal and this information will be very useful.
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