{"id":1493,"date":"2019-02-18T23:08:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T23:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2019-02-20T18:33:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T18:33:03","slug":"cnns-great-big-story-producer-shares-tips-with-hunter-news-now-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/2019\/02\/18\/cnns-great-big-story-producer-shares-tips-with-hunter-news-now-team\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Producer Shares Tips with ‘Hunter News Now’ Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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CNN photojournalist Jonathan O\u2019Beirne (seated) with students from Prof. Sissel McCarthy\u2019s Studio News Production class.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Great Big Story” photojournalist Jonathan O\u2019Beirne loves telling stories with his camera, and by all measures he\u2019s gotten pretty good at it, with some of his stories viewed more than 10 million times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN launched the global media company\u2019s “Great Big Story” in 2015 to tell stories that transcend borders. O’Beirne joined the team nearly three years ago and attributes his success to a few simples rules that he shared with Prof. Sissel McCarthy\u2019s Studio News Production students during a Feb. 13 visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Sound is more critical than video, <\/p>

and people cannot tolerate poor sound.’ <\/p>

\u2014 Jonathan O\u2019Beirne, CNN<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

His top tip is to always monitor your audio. \u201cSound is more critical than video, and people cannot tolerate poor sound,\u201d O\u2019Beirne says. He even showed students how to set the audio on channel 1 to manual and channel 2 to auto in case something goes wrong on channel 1 \u2014 an insurance policy that he says has saved him many times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Beirne has a mental checklist that he goes through for every scene he\u2019s shooting. First, do a manual white balance and then shoot a sequence: wide, medium, tight and then six other shots from different angles and perspectives, all held for at least 25 seconds so you have \u201chandles,\u201d that is the extra footage before and after a clip\u2019s in-point and out-point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He urged students to use their tripods for every shot. \u201cThat\u2019s the difference between an amateur and a professional,\u201d says O\u2019Beirne, adding that he\u2019s not a huge fan of zooming, and that it\u2019s always better to walk your camera closer to a shot. Same thing for panning \u2014 let what you\u2019re shooting walk into the frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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