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Editing time at the workshop: A focus on narration

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Short clips from Deborah’s video shoot

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Day 3: Production to Post-Production

On this, the third day of our Backpack Journalism Workshop, students are shifting from the Production to the Post-Production stage of the process. They’re wrapping up any shooting, then moving on to the edit. This is the three-dimensional chess in which the pieces are not kings, queens and pawns. Instead, they will use Final Cut […]

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Day 2: Controlling Idea and Dramatic Arc

This is Day 2 of the March 12-15 Backpack Journalism Workshop and we’re working on Controlling Idea and Dramatic Arc. This is also the second day of shooting. Students’ projects are beginning to crystallize, after having cast wide nets over their subject matter yesterday. We’ve moved past the basics of the craft and into the […]

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