Videojournalism : multimedia storytelling / Kenneth Kobre.́

Includes index.

Telling stories -- Finding and evaluating a story -- Successful story topics -- Producing a story -- Camera basics -- Camera exposure and handling -- Light and color -- Recording sound -- Combining audio and stills -- Shooting a sequence -- Conducting an interview -- Writing a script -- Editing the story -- Ethics -- The law -- Marketing a story.

"The solo videojournalist must find a riveting story; gain access to charismatic characters who can tell their own tales; shoot candid clips; expertly interview the players; record clear, clean sound; write a script with pizzazz; and, finally, edit the material into a piece worthy of five minutes of a viewer's attention. Videojournalism addresses all of these challenges and more. [...] Opening chapters cover the foundations of mutlimedia storytelling, and then the book progresses to the techniques required to shoot professional video, record high quality sound and market the resulting product"--Back cover.