Good afternoon.

Lots going on this week:

1. Festivus this Friday -We have space inside by the Math Office Hallway for a booth where we can film people sitting/standing in front of the green screen. They can take a seat and read the announcements from the teleprompter. We can use good ones for our actual broadcast for Monday if we want to. We can also come up with some other things for them to say.
2. We can also have a LinksLive! Frame thing for people to stand in front of to answer questions about Festivus or school or current issues. Anyone with some art skills like to take that on? This can be next to the booth.
3. We also need to interview people outside and around the grounds during Festivus. My Photojournalism students may help with this. Ask people what their favorite part of Festivus is. Best food/game/activity? Funny story? Especially we need to cover the student/staff challenges. Schedule to follow later this week.
4. Alex has created a spreadsheet for you all to sign up for a shift at the booth.
5.  I would like to begin splitting you up into two or three mini-crews so that some of you are working on the daily broadcast while others are in the newsroom getting instruction (about Interviewing, editing, etc.) and working on your independent projects. We need a crew of at least three or four people: one or two anchors, one camera person, one teleprompter operator, and one graphics wrangler. Each person will also take on lights, sound, and script duties. These shifts can either rotate every day, or they can do every other week, or every couple of days.
6. Non-Studio Broadcasts: I’d also like to film each of you delivering the intro sequences. “Good morning Lincoln High, and welcome to the LHS Morning News Show. I’m_____.” and the outro/signoff sequence. “That’s all for today. Join us again next time on LinksLive!.” Once we have all of these filmed and uploaded to WeVideo, you can each record the audio of the announcements yourselves outside of class (on your phones or Chromebooks) and drop in the graphics over top of them to make the daily broadcasts. This will help for days when we don’t have time to do a full studio show. We’ll schedule these this week.
7. We’ll be having some guest speakers/presenters coming in the next couple of weeks to share their expertise with you. On those days we may do the modified non-studio broadcasts.
8. Starting this week, you will be getting graded on your broadcast assignments. Each person should have an active duty for their shifts.
9. Assignments:
   1. I’d like each of you to use WeVideo to put together a LinksLive! broadcast. I have a template that’s shared with all of you there. You can then make your own video and share it with me. Use the clips and graphics in the Project Media folder. There is also a sample project to use as a guide. This will be due next Monday, Sept. 30th. 
   2. Read Chapter 16 of the text and take notes. Visual and Multimedia Storytelling. Quiz on Wednesday.
   3. Drafts and Storyboards of your News Packages are due this Thursday. You should be developing a plan to shoot footage this week. Please use this sheet to indicate what your subject is.