A graphic overview of a news package.

1. Basic news
structure
C u t t i n g a u d i o a s A r o l l
+ v i d e o a s ‘ B r o l l ’

2. Basic structure
Opening shot
Reporter’s PTC
Audio ‘Pad’
‘Outro’ - end shot.
Never a short shot.
Never a moving shot.
Never cuts to black
Track introduces the
story, sets up the
interviewee
1 or 2 interviewees +
caption

3. Voice
‘Track’
A1
A2
A4
‘Pad’ 2 secs
A3
B Roll
audio
B Roll
Interview
B Roll
audio
Out
Piece To
End shot
Camera Voice
‘Track
’
B Roll
audio
‘Pad’ 2 secs
B Roll
V1
‘Noddie’
In
Basic news structure

4. ‘Lower third’ captions
Title safe
Who?
Why?

5. Basic elements
The Reporter’s
‘track’ (Voice over)
‘Vox Pops’
Graphics
Interviews. 1+1, 1+2
etc
Piece to camera (PTC)
Interviewer (‘noddies’)
check the eyeline.
Name captions/supers/
astons. Follow the
same convention for all