In chapter 8, Briggs discusses the digital video revolution. According to Briggs, “visual journalism is about telling compelling stories that connect the audience with subjects, people and issues.”
Just remember to tell a story with your video. How does one do that? Arrange your video clips in a coherent and interesting order. Put more emphasis on information gathering than information editing. Keep it short, though.
More lessons to learn:
- Define your story in the first 20 seconds; hook the audience.
- Make sure you have a beginning, middle, and end.
- Don’t let the viewer have a chance to be bored. Use short clips, the more the better.
- Focus on one central idea and stick with it
- Remember that characters make stories. The better your characters, the better your stories will be.