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WRITING

I am gradually writing more and posting to CHS Bonfire, but nonetheless I write with broadcast too. Planning everything from the interview questions, voice overs, leads and shot lists help the pre-shooting and editing process go smoother. Broadcast writing is more behind the scenes and it takes much more than a day to plan everything.

Emma Berry Feature

Beginning VO: We have all endured through hard times in our lives, but one particular senior has struggled more than most of us. 

  • B-roll showing Emma in class

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Emma's Interview describing May-Thurner Syndrome 

  • "iliac vein and artery criss cross behind your spine so no blood can get to your lower body. I have clotted from my ankle to my aorta and all around my kidneys and left hip."

    • B-roll consists on images taken while in hospital, at home, with friends​

  • "I flew back to Denver. I had more surgeries, but nothing was helping. ** They told my parents I wasn't going to make it the last surgery." 

    • ** break in between soundbites, setting mood​

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VO: After all her struggles, Emma has a different outlook on life. 

  • B-roll 

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Emma's Interview

  • "I think it has helped me become a much stronger person in life. I've had to go through all of this, but by looking at me you couldn't tell. I look at people a different way because it's hard to know what people go through on the outside."

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Sign Off: This is Jessica Morales for CHS Wired. 

Pie Lady

Introduces herself: "I'm Coletta Kewitt and I've been making pies for 45 years." 

  • B-roll tells story: first washes hands, kneading dough

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"I was raised in a bakery and all of the family on the Beck side was generations of bakers."​

  • Getting dough from freezer, rack focus of cut strips 

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VO: Coletta's passion for baking pies has developed into a community gift as she would make pies for individuals who has signed up for her pie of the month service.

  • ​pouring dough on rolling pin, shaping dough in rectangles

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"He said 'you're always giving pies away so you should start a Pie of the Month Club.' And so I did and had about twenty people on the list and did that for about eight years."

  • shot of rolling pin close to camera, brushing oil on dough, putting dough in pans, sugar poured in cherries

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VO: Although she no longer makes pies for the group, she still finds herself baking for her friends.  

  • pouring oil in bowl of cherries, getting lemon juic​e

"It's so fun to surprise someone with pie." 

  • cutting butter, pouring cherries in pans

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VO: During Coletta's time making pies for the monthly club, she would update the group with personal letters taped on top of each box. The letters allowed her to express herself. 

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"I met this older man at Walmart.." 

  • show interview while she explains story, b-roll of her placing cut strips on pie (distributed throughout her story)

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"Pie is for sharing and yeah I've shared a lot of myself, but it's more people have shared with me. It's a really wonderful thing."

  • sprinkling sugar on top, placing pies in the oven

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Sign Off: This is Jessica Morales for CHS Wired. 

  • rack focus of pie on plate, make sure steam shows

Cody vs. Powell

Start with definition of rival over video of basketball game (fade out), sounds bites from game, "PHS is the best.. C-C-C to the H, H-H-H to the S.."

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Transition to Al Simpson's Interview: "it was quit a rivalry... it was big. Powell and Cody just twenty one miles down the road." â€‹

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Ashley's VO: Our small communities hold strong feelings towards each other due to competition in sports, activities and academics. 

  • b-roll of basketball game, student sections cheering

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Brandon's Interview: "I probably started hating Powell when I first moved to Cody."

  • b-roll of Cody and Powell jerseys

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Teagan's Interview: "I'm not very fond of Cody High School." ...Tells story about Big Horn Rumble Trophy

  • b-roll of Powell cheerleaders

Al's Interview: "What I remember particularly about the Cody and Powell rivalry is that I was thrown out of the Cody vs. Powell football game twice."

  • b-roll of Cody cheerleaders

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Ashley's VO: The conflict has sparked a drive to enhance team abilities and triumph over the defeat of our competitor. 

  • Powell student section at Cody game

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Teagan's Interview: "I know those Cody guys are working hard too, but we're gonna outwork them. We're gonna beat them." 

  • Powell soccer player's orange cleats

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Brandon's Interview: "... it's like going against the archenemy so you kinda have to go hard."

  • Student sections at basketball game

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Ashley's Sign Off: This is Ashley Christensen for CHS Wired. 

Zeta's IVHQ Trip

20 second intro establishing Zambian culture

  • all b-roll is from the International Volunteer Headquarters (IVHQ) website

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Zeta's Interview: "I'm going to Livingston, Zambia..."

  • show Victoria Falls

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"I'm working through an organization called..."

  • change music from cultural to more upbeat

  • continue showing culture: animals, kids in class, landscape

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"The majority of my days will be spent with the kids."

  • show kids in class, playing outside

  • leave 3 second breath before continues about volunteer house​

"We have a volunteer house and so all the volunteers working..."

  • show clip walking through house

  • beginning with shot of the house at night (stars are visible)

  • leave breath after "a lot of times volunteer houses are targeted"

 

"This was about a year ago that I found out so this whole year has been preparation for the trip itself."

  • show animals, kids, landscape

  • show her talking talking about vaccinations, travel insurance, etc.

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"I'm planning on going into nursing and being an international nurse. After college my biggest goal is to.."

  • show native animals: elephants, giraffes, rhinos

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"I'm just looking forward to going and seeing who I meet there and the seeing other volunteers and then we'll see what I do from there." 

  • show interview, finish with shot of nighttime time lapse

  • make sure to add credit to IVHQ

Amber Peabody

"Since the twenties I'm the first women editor."

  • show quick 'sneak peak' clips of Cody Enterprise

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"Caroline Lockhart owned the paper in the twenties so she was also the editor..."

  • shot of Caroline Lockhart novel in bookcase

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"I have been working in the newspaper industry for eleven years.."

  • show interview, lower thirds

  • shot of working on keyboard

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"..special sections editor for about five years.."

  • rack focus of name plate reading 'special sections editor' 

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While she talks about being editor...

  • spaced throughout her talking add clips of her office: Cody Enterprise wooden board, Cody Enterprise in novel

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"I looked up to Brice McCormak who was the editor here for a long time.."

  • rack focus to name in novel and show image with wife and coworkers

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"My number one goal would be to keep the paper running strong and to continue to make improvements. ** I'm having a good time and I just hope that we can keep making the paper more interesting and something people in Cody want to read."

  • rack focus of stack of newspapers, finish story off with wide shot of Cody Enterprise

  • ** leave break 

Voice of Democracy

"I entered Voice of Democracy because my grandpa is a Veteran and he's always encouraged me to do it..."

  • show pictures of Elisha and her grandpa

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"They didn't tell me I won the state level. They actually invited me to what they called a district dinner.."

  • show pictures of Elisha wither her parents and state commanders

  • When she says "speech" use Amos's Veteran's Day picture

  • show interview when she says she won state and going to nationals

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VO: Her journey to DC has created long lasting friendships. 

  • show pictures of her new friends

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"One person from each state traveled to Washington, D.C. and we met at this hotel together."

  • show pictures of friends at national monuments 

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VO: With her new friends, Elisha toured the city of DC.

  • show picture 'faves ft. MA, WY, AZ, and WS'

"We went to all the museums in DC, lots of memorials, a few dinners.."

  • when she says 'scholarships and awards' show state commanders escorting her down the aisle 

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VO: This monumental moment had made an incredible impact on her life. 

  • b-roll of her with friends

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"It gave me a greater and respect for the veterans that we have."

  • Picture shaking hand with Veteran

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"It really is an experience of a lifetime and the things I learned through the VFW and Voice of Democracy are things that I'll use for the rest of my life." 

  • show interview until sign off

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Sign Off: This is Jessica Morales for CHS Wired.

  • show picture with state and national commanders 

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