I’m so fortunate to be able to count on Teaching Assistants like Bill Delano and Ted Roach during these Backpack Journalism Workshops. They are masters of the technology involved in the craft but, more importantly, they are masters of the craft of human relationships. And it’s all about human relationships. Bill, (l) is a graduate […]
Lesley Norman, Executive in Charge from NOW on PBS, and Diana Ingraham from U.S. Independents, appeared at the seminar this morning, to speak to the students about backpack journalism, the markets for distributing these films, and tips for these emerging filmmakers and backpack journalists.
This month’s workshop kicked off this morning with 10 new students beginning the 4-day immersion program. Here are the first pictures from the event:
Especially because we usually work alone, backpack journalists have to pay attention to every detail. There’s nobody around to run through the check list with us. So every time you pull the camera out of the bag, clean the lens. I know it sounds silly, but we get so wrapped up in the big stuff […]
I can’t tell you how many of my backpack journalism students lose critical visual and audio information because they are not connected to their characters with headphones. Once your character is out of eye sight and you are not listening to him/her over the wireless microphone, you’ve cut yourself off not only from what’s happening […]
Backpack journalists should document characters as they move from one scene to another. Always shoot the journey, be it by foot, car, plane or train. Shoot his/her feet hitting the pavement, hands on the steering wheel, face in the rear view mirror. Shoot through the windshield and out the window as the scenery passes by. […]