SUBJECT: I want my subject to be Jace Saplan, a Music Education student in the University of Oregon’s Music Education Graduate Program.
THEME: The epidermal theme would revolve around his passion for choral conducting. However, on a deeper level, the theme would revolve around Jace’s eccentric attitude and how it positively affected him in his life.
ANGLE: I want to focus on Jace’s talent as an educator as opposed to his talent as a musician. Music will certainly be incorporated throughout the video, but the angle will definitely be his unique teaching philosophy.
STORY: I plan to tell the story through filming Jace teaching, him getting ready for a performance, his rehearsal time and him at his home, to make the video more intimate.
WHAT KIND OF STORY: I picture the video to be a profile piece, examining the deeper parts of Jace’s persona. I want to parallel these characteristics with the music he studies himself, and create a full narrative arc with his personality.
FIVE MAJOR SCENES (VISUALS WILL INCLUDE VIDEO, AUDIO AND STILLS):
1. B Roll going as he gets ready for class in his house. I want this to be the opening setting for the video. I also want to see him marking his score for his lesson plan that day. Why? So the viewer is able to immediately get some insight on Jace as a human being, as opposed to a just a music teacher.
2. I then want to get a scene of him teaching the music in a classroom and conducting during rehearsal. Throughout both of these scenes, I want Jace to be talking about his life as a music educator. Why? So the viewer is able to see what Jace was talking about and preparing for in the opening scene.
3. A scene of his students lighting up, or enjoying his teaching style. I want there to be detailed close-ups of student’s reactions as well. Why? So the audience is able to see how Jace affects his students.
4. Images of Jace as a child practicing choral music. Why? To give the audience a background on where Jace comes from (geographically and philosophically).
5. A scene of Jace performing or conducting in a choral performance. Why? To tie the video up and for the audience to see the product of his passion that you see and hear throughout the video piece.
[00:10-00:14] Voice begins: “This past week for the state of Oregon has been, well, trivial.”
[00:14-00:28] Nat sound of Saw increases. Voice continues.
“With nearly 16 inches of snowfall at Oregon State University and not much less at the University of Oregon, residents are calling the weather Oregon’s, “Snowpocalypse.”
[00:28-00:40] Sound of saw plays throughout, but begins to diminish.
“The amount of weather alerts the U of O has issued in the past week has been pretty large and I mean, let’s face it, Oregon residents were at severe risk.”
[00:41-01:04] Sound of construction slowly increases. Voice continues. “With damaged houses from falling tees and the extremely cold conditions, students, faculty and Oregon residents were in danger.
But what about the risk of the state itself, the “Snowpocalypse” doesn’t just apply to the human victims, it applies to Oregon’s nature as well—especially its trees.
[01:05-01:11]: Sound of construction diminishes and transitions back to the sound of the saw. Voice continues.
“The ice has added hundreds of pounds of weight to the tree branches, ending their lives prematurely.”
[01:12-01:22]: Sound of saw increases. Voice continues. “Arborists and other Eugene citizens have been cutting down trees to prevent them from falling inappropriately, sometimes on houses.”
[01:22-1:41]: Arborist speaks. Sound of saw is fully increased. “Most not severely, because as opposed to a windstorm, most of it’s just limbs, so it’s minor damage in most cases, but there are exceptions. There have been some big trees fall over.”
[01:42-2:10]: Sound of saw decreases. Nat sound of Arborists pulling branches along gravel begins.
[2:11-2:20]: Credit slide. Natural Sound of saw increases.
Writing for Multimedia has certainly been an inspiring experience. I’ve had the opportunity to analyze several blogs, interview interesting people and so much more. More specifically, though, J333 has reminded me of the fundamentals of journalism, and how these components are crucial to telling a successful and compelling story.
It’s so important to get as many aspects of a storyline possible, regardless of how difficult finding those angles may be. For the team project, I felt I was spreading myself very thing, since half of the people in our group have never taken a journalism class before. Because of this, figuring out how to prioritize the elements of a complete story was exceptionally challenging. Next time, I will definitely make more of an effort to incorporate multiple angles of a story, regardless of how experienced my team members are.
The SWOT Analysis presentation encouraged me to look at online storytelling with a critical eye. The elements that go into creating blogs is, not only impressive, but informative – especially for aspiring journalists.
In the coming weeks, I’m looking forward to learning how to utilize sound strategically in a story. Radio journalism is definitely something I’ve been interested in for years, and I’m definitely ready to start learning more about it.
Overall, Writing for Multimedia has allowed me to broaden my horizons in the journalism field. The SOJC has so many opportunities, and I wish radio journalism was a more accessible focus. I’m looking forward to gaining a better understanding of radio and storytelling as a whole.
Covering New Grounds: What the EMX Expansion Means for the Eugene/Springfield Community
Produced by Rachel Baker, Michael Brixey, Jessika Giden and Nicholas Filipas
Script:
[00:00-00:17] Background audio of EMX
[00:07-00:17] TITLE appears, no image, white text, no transition filters – Covering New Grounds – What the EMX Expansion Means for the Eugene/Springfield Community
[00:17-00:19] Cut to footage, EMX towards viewer
[00:19-00:24] Cut to interior footage inside EMX
[00:17] AUDIO comes in, then fades slightly into background at :24 mark
[00:24-00:28] Cut to Lisa VanWinkle interview footage
Insert white text left-hand corner of screen: EMX Communications Coordinator
“I think overall this project is going to be very good for our community.”
[00:33] Music fades completely.
[00:28-00:34] Cut to Rob Zanko interview footage
Insert white text left-hand corner of screen: Executive Director at B.E.S.T.
“Back in the 1990’s, LTD was looking into the future and one of the things they saw, two things were going to happen; one is buses were going to go slower, so people riding the busses would get frustrated because [it] takes them longer to get to where they want to go.”
[00:34-00:38] Cut to footage of inside EMX, ZAKO AUDIO CONTINUES TO PLAY OVER
[00:38-00:41] Cut to footage of street at EMX station
[00:41-00:45] Cut to footage of incoming EMX bus
[00:45-00:52] Cut back to Zako interview
“So LTD was saying ‘Oh my goodness, we are going to have worse service and it’s going to cost us more money to provide it, that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense’. ”
[00:52-1:53] Cut footage back to VanWinkle interview AUDIO PLAYS THROUGHOUT
“When we opened our second segment, then the boarding’s on the whole line jumped by another third, on a given day, this route alone represents 25% of LTD’s boarding’s, that’s huge. To then have this fast, frequent service on these major routes, is really I think what draws people to, to want to ride it. There are those who are worried that we’ll make traffic more congested. Our traffic analysis has shown that that will not happen. For businesses where the road is widened and we do come closer into people’s tax lots, the good news is that they do get reimbursed for that, so really the issues that we can’t address are really are the ones of philosophy, whether you believe that an investment in transit is overall good for the community or not, is ultimately up to each individual.”
[00:52-00:57] Cut to footage EMX bus pulling into station
[00:55-1:29] MUSIC FADES IN, PLAYS UNDER VANWINKLE AUDIO, FADES OUT AT 1:29 MARK
[00:57-1:02] Cut to footage of inside EMX bus
[1:02-1:06] Cut to footage of EMX at light motionless
[1:06-1:10] Cut back to people getting inside EMX bus
[1:10-1:12] Cut to VanWinkle interview
“To than have this fast, frequent service on these major routes”
[1:12-1:14] Cut to shot of EMX driving past camera
[1:14-1:19] Switch footage back to inside EMX bus
[1:19-1:24] Cut to footage of EMX bus pulling away from viewer facing behind EMX
[1:24-1:27] Cut to video of EMX coming to stop at station across from viewer
[1:27-1:36] Cut to VanWinkle interview
“For businesses where the road is widened and we do come closer into people’s tax lots, the good news is that they do get reimbursed for that,”
[1:36-1:38] Cut to video of road
[1:38-1:54] Back to VanWinkle interview
“So really the issues that we cant address are really are the ones of philosophy, weather you believe that an investment in transit is overall good for the community or not, is ultimately up to each individual.”
[1:54-2:26] ZANKO AUDIO PLAYS THROUGHOUT TILL 2:26 MARK
[1:54-2:04] Zanko interview footage
“I think that really is a equity, a social equity issue here of making sure that every member of our community has access to expectable or decent transit,”
[2:04-2:08] Cut to camera following rider into EMX bus
[2:06-2:08] MUSIC FADES IN AND OUT QUICKLY, LOW VOLUME
[2:08-2:11] Cut to footage of EMX driving by
“The reality is that our transportation system is pretty much what we got. Busses, rapid transit provides a way of using…”
[2:12-2:21] MUSIC FADES IN, LOW VOLUME
[2:13-2:15] Back to Zanko interview
“Our existing transportation system more efficiently,”
[2:15-2:19] Footage of EMX driving away, long angle
“So in a lot of respects, to actually the of country is taking inspiration from us,”
[2:19-2:26] Cut to footage of EMX bus slowly, close angle
“What we are doing is actually pretty groundbreaking, we are not forcing people out of their cars, but we are not forcing people to buy cars either.”
[2:26-2:42] MUSIC FADES BACK IN, INTERVIEW AUDIO CUTS OUT
[2:26-2:33] PRODUCTION TITLE
[2:33-2:36] MUSIC CREDIT TITLE
[2:36-2:42] SPECIAL THANKS TITLE
END
Responsibilities: For this project, I was the producer and editor for the video. I shot all of the A roll and edited the entire video. I also interviewed Lisa VanWinkle and co-interviewed Rob Zako with Jessica.
