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Bleeping Bleeping Hawk
We get assignments like this one every now and then. Cat stuck in a tree, puppies in a drain pipe, the occasional bear in a neighborhood, yaddah, yaddah.After the mountain lion in Santa Monica a few weeks ago, I maybe should have been on my guard…
Read More →Bleeping Bleeping Hawk
We get assignments like this one every now and then. Cat stuck in a tree, puppies in a drain pipe, the occasional bear in a neighborhood, yaddah, yaddah.After the mountain lion in Santa Monica a few weeks ago, I maybe should have been on my guard…
Read More →Nashville Crew Shoots at Siemens Solid Edge Convention for Synaptic Digital
Siemens hosted it’s annual Solid Edge University Convention at Nashville’s Opryland Convention Center. I was there with a Panasonic HDX 900 to capture interviews and b-roll of the event. Our main focus was on Siemens Veteran Employment Program. We primarily interviewed veterans and those responsible for the program. Over the course of the day we […]
Read More →Keeping viewers’ attention for the newscast
New research about social TV holds some interesting possibilities for newscast producers. An article about the study from Time Warner Research Council found that interacting with social media actually keeps viewers more engaged with the programming than those simply watching the content. The researchers used biometric monitoring and eye tracking to gauge 126 Millennial viewers’ engagement with episodes of “Conan” and “TMZ” as they participated in varying levels of social behavior. They found that viewer engagement levels while watching with a friend or connecting with a friend over social media were 1.3 times higher than for people watching alone and not using social media. Engagement among those using co-viewing apps, designed to deliver content and allow conversation in sync with the program, proved 1.2 times more engaged than those viewing alone without a social app. This research is good news for those stations that have partnered with ConnecTV, which we wrote about a few weeks ago. It also suggests that newscast producers must continue to think about their shows as interactive content and must be aware of what’s being said in the social media space. At WLBT in Jackson, Miss., for example, producer shifts have been adjusted so that several […]
Read More →Whamo!!!
I love it when thoughtful management sees potential in employees and asks them to become Videojournalists. Chosen properly and allowed a reasonable amount of freedom in their work, VJs can produce stories as well as and often better than two-man crews. Take a look at Lenslinger, Stanley Roberts, and Michelle Michael. And they’re only the […]