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 ’

Basic structureOpening shot

Audio ‘Pad’

Track introduces the story, sets up the interviewee

1 or 2 interviewees + caption

Reporter’s PTC

‘Outro’ - end shot. Never a short shot. Never a moving shot. Never cuts to black

B Roll audio

Interview

B Roll End shotPiece To

CameraVoice ‘Track’

Basic news structure

V1

A1Voice ‘Track

’A2

A3A4

B Roll audio

B Roll audio

‘Pad

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‘Nod

die’

B Roll

2 se

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‘Pad

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OutIn

Who?Why?

Title safe‘Lower third’ captions

Basic elementsThe Reporter’s ‘track’ (Voice over)

Interviews. 1+1, 1+2 etc

Piece to camera (PTC)

Interviewer (‘noddies’) check the eyeline.

‘Vox Pops’

Graphics

Name captions/supers/astons. Follow the same convention for all