Caught on tape

Video trainers: Tom Costello of the Asbury Park Press, Anne Saul of Gannett and Glenn Hartong of The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Teaching moment

Tom Costello with Nancy Yang and Marquita Brown.

The right questions

Multimedia reporting requires asking the right kind of questions, Glenn Hartong says.

Instead of asking "What happened?" say: "Tell me about ...."

- Kate Kennedy

Team work

Glenn Hartong of The Cincinnati Enquirer works with a small group (Nancy Yang, John-John Williams and Marquita Brown) to learn the ins and outs of the video camera.

Educator at work

Mindy McAdams teaches at the University of Florida. She's also an active blogger about journalism and new media issues. Today, she's learning about video with the rest of us.

Mindy has blogged about the seminar.

From print to video

Julie Hubbard, Kelly Cuculiansky and Iliana Limon checking out the video camera.

The zen of video

Advice from Tom Costello:

Tripods give you steady shots. Steady shots make good edits.

Always wear headphones. Always monitor your sound. "Shoot video with your ears."

Shoot enough of everything. Establish your shot, start the camera and count (not out loud) to 10. "Have at least a piece of video to edit."

Use the right microphone. "Think about what natural sound is in the shot."

Check focus in the view-finder. If it looks in focus in the LCS, it might not be.

Shoot wide, medium and tight shots.

Connect your shots. Get B-roll for your story. (A-roll is your interview -- what the story is based on. B-roll is secondary shots -- extra visual elements to tell the story.) "B-roll is your friend."