Description
Smartphone Video Storytelling
Language: English
Subject for Smartphone Video Storytelling:
Keywords
Clip; mobile journalism; Holding; broadcast; Video Editing App; apps; Playback; kinogram; Text Overlay; Android; Filmic Pro; iPhone; Timeline; multimedia; Shot Sizes; visual storytelling; Camera App; smartphone; Handheld; Smooth; Pre-production Planning; Toured; Quick Start Guide; iMovie App; Shot Pattern; Title Card; Neutral Shots; Final Cut Pro; Film Walk; IK; IFA; OK; Tv Standard; Anamorphic Lens
Publication date: 06-2018
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 06-2018
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Paperback
Description
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Smartphone Video Storytelling helps readers master the techniques for making compelling short-form video content with a smartphone. With mobile journalism on the rise, it?s becoming increasingly important to understand the entire process and potential for conveying stories across multiple platforms. This richly illustrated text provides students with the essential smartphone video reporting skills: From choosing the right editing app to working with interview subjects on camera. The ethics of non-fiction video storytelling are highlighted to reinforce core journalistic principles. The chapters feature mini-tutorials and exercises that introduce the key principles of filmmaking. The student exercises and library of online video lessons introduce the building blocks of visual storytelling using real-world reporting examples. A story-based approach allows instructors to use the experiences of making each project in order to teach the fundamentals of video storytelling in a natural way. Each story lesson introduces the necessary stages, including planning, filming, and editing . . . and all with a smartphone.
Online example videos can be found at http://smartfilmbook.com/
1. Introduction
2. A Portrait
3. Explainer
4. Fast Facts
5. Food
6. Interviews
7. Live Streaming
8. Music Video
9. 360° VR video
10. Nature
11. Promotional
12. Walkthrough
Robb Montgomery is a former editor for the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune. He produces media development projects on Design Thinking and Mobile Journalism worldwide. Montgomery is also a distinguished visiting professor at the EFJ School of New Journalism in Paris and at FH Wien School of Journalism and Media Management in Vienna where he leads Mobile Reporting and Story Lab workshops to promote entrepreneurial storytelling. Montgomery was awarded the Lisagor prize for his work with investigative reporting teams uncovering government corruption in Chicago. He resides in Berlin and travels the world as a professor, consultant, and avid outdoorsman. Since 2005, Montgomery has trained more than 10,000 storytellers in mobile journalism. He founded the Smart Film School in 2014 to develop online certificate courses in video storytelling.
