Vjism - nimble, less load, small, if you're not fast, what's the point?It's not that as a videojournalist you'll necessarily be quick. The project has a lot to do with it and I believe so does your experience, which comes from developing a critical eye c.f Cahiers du Cinema.
Truffaut et co studied so much cinema, that they were ready to go it alone sans baggage.
There is no substitute for experience and bloody mindedness. The film isn't finished until its finished and then some.
If you've never done a TDB, till day break, you're missing something.
No I'm being facetious. But a televisual mindset heightened by VJ practice, knowing appropriate short cuts and techniques goes some way in alleviating deadline nerves.
In part and I've had this confirmed by many of the former C1 videojournalists, shooting 2 sometimes 3 stories a day over years, varying from politics to crime quickens the senses.
And there are praxis exercises I use in advanced videojournalism e.f. Track & Rushes, Image-syntax etc. for those who already know how to shoot and are looking for speed.
In Norway, as an exercise approaching an interviewee cold, it took 9 minutes in total from an initial meeting to the interview being online.
Now there's no bravado in speed if that compromises professionalism. That's not what this is about.
Tomorrow I'm going to test that theory for the umpteenth time again. The Obama Video I have made for the Orchestra will have to be redone in a matter of minutes, as new stronger material has been pledged.
