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Exercise #6: Writing and Recording a VO (Voice-Over) Story for Video
Assignment: You will be writing and recording a 30-second voice over for each of the video files listed below. You will upload the recording of your voice for evaluation and grading. You will only need to use a computer that has a microphone to complete this assignment. Watch/Review How to Submit an Assignment that explains the steps in completing this assignment and recording an audio track. You can record the voiceovers on your own OR you can just use the software that is already include in Canvas (you only need a computer that allow you to record).
Your completed assignment MUST contain ALL three of the voice-overs on one recording. Make sure that you read what should be included in a broadcast script. You DO NOT have to upload any text ONLY upload the AUDIO FILE.
Step 1: Read Chapter 8
Step 2: Look at the videos. Write your voiceovers. Make sure to:
USE ONLY THE FACTS PROVIDED.
DO NOT ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION!
WRITE A HEADLINE AND INCLUDE IT AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH OF YOUR VOICEOVERS.
Step 3: Perform some of the suggested warming up exercises. Practice your voice overs BEFORE you record them. Make sure that they are only 30 seconds in length. Your graders will be timing them also as part of the evaluation process.
Step 4: Record your audio file. Remember to follow the directions above and watch/review the correct way to do this. Additional tips for recording can be found in 8.4: Recording Audio in your text. Remember upload only one audio file. You should pause between each story reading your headline first. Each voiceover will be timed as soon as you say the first word of your story.
Story 1: Tree Cutting
Major windstorm last week; damage heaviest in east end of town
Rains accompanied storm added to damage; power out for several thousands homes for nearly 24 hours
Rainy and cold every day since then
Today, for first time since storm, crews out cleaning up some of the damage and cutting fallen and damaged trees
Ron Yancey, president of B & B Tree Service, tells reporter that the damage last week was worst in ten years
Yancey says damaged trees are dangerous and should be taken care of as soon as possible; estimates his crew has two weeks of solid work ahead of them
Video file
Story 2: New Roundabout
Intersection of Dugg Gap Road and Wary Lane
New roundabout constructed by county
Cost: $20,000; money came from county road funds and federal grant money
Construction underway for three months; delayed by series of heavy rains last month
Construction completed today; opening ceremony on Saturday
County road commissioner Sara Jess Thornburgh says roundabouts are generally less expensive than traffic lights and safer than four-way stops
This is the third roundabout the county has built in the last two years; Thornburgh says others are being considered
Video file
Story 3: Books Win Award
Three books: Sherman’s March in Myth and Memory; The Mosby Myth: Confederate Hero in Life and Legend; The Myth of Nathan Bedford Forrest
Co-authored by Ed Caudill and Paul Ashdown, journalism professors at Harbrace University
Books published over last ten years
Books look at legends surrounding three Civil War personalities and what people think of them now: John Singleton Mosby, William T. Sherman, Nathan Bedford Forrest
Books awarded the Phantom Grace Award for Civil War Literature; award announcement made today by the Phantom Grace Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The award carried $20,000 prize
Ashdown and Caudill will be on station’s local public affairs show Datelines and Bylines on Sunday discussing their books
Video file
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