2012 SBP Soccer v Chaminade

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A Victim of Stop-and-Frisk in NYC

This is a longer feature report from the Opinion section of the New York Times.  The report describes the experiences of a Brooklyn teenager who has been stopped numerous times by the NYC police.

Beside the difficult and emotional nature of the report, can we learn from the filmmaking techniques used by the reporters, Julie Dressner and Edwin Martinez, so that our videos can improve?  Watch this report several times and take notes about the video techniques, and the interviews.

Batboy for the Yankees: Best Job in the world.

Here's a story about the current batboys for the NY Yankees. What can we learn from this profile story? How can we use the film/video techniques in this report so that we can improve our own SBP news videos?

From the New York Times, an MMA fighter who's just a little different

This report was filed by New York Times reporter Rob Harris.  It mixes live action, still photos, the important interview, and some voiceover to deliver a report about an MMA fighter.

Try not to get too distracted by the subject matter; let's learn the techniques that are involved in creating a video news report like this.

From the videos at News 12 New Jersey

Here's a video report filed by a reporter for News 12 New Jersey, about beating the heat this summer by going to Six Flags.

Click here to view the video "Beating the heat wave"

Covering a tragic death - two video reports

Let's learn from these to videos.  These news reports were filed to cover the sudden death of St. Peter's Prep swimmer B.J. Giannone.

The first report is from Nyier Abdou, from the Newark Star Ledger.  The report focuses on the reactions of the friends of the 18-year-old who had just died.




The second report has a different "angle", that of B.J.'s teammates as they competed in the next swim meet after their teammate had died.  The report was also filed by Nyier Abdou, two days after the first video.

Andre Melok of NJ.com filed this report about the Montgomery HS drumline, who provided their services during the Devils playoff games against the Rangers.  What can we learn from this report?