If the filmmaker is the one who recorded the images, then filming is the final step, connecting documents into a story of journalism with structure and emotions. At Lao Dong Newspaper, the video production crew often includes editors and filming, in many cases, the filming staff will take on the filming task after completing filming.
In the context of increasingly fierce information competition between the press and social networks, the time for producing press videos is increasingly shortened, even limited to just minutes. The designer not only needs to master software techniques, image layout, lighting, color, etc., but also understand the content of the story to choose the right style and choreography.
With daily news and articles, videos are often made in a linear style, with quick choreography, decisive transitions, and scenes arranged in order of time for viewers to easily follow the developments. As for video reports, creators will review the entire image, coordinate with filming and editors to choose a suitable creativity style, helping to convey more profound and vivid content.
Each style of installation brings different communication effects, so the selection and arrangement of the artist's image plays a key role. With more than 10 years of experience in producing video and multimedia products, journalist Nguyen Van Thang - Head of Film - Photo Department, clearly understands the characteristics and pressures that filmmakers face in the current continuous flow of information.
The person who creates the film will be the one who decides the output quality of a video press product. To create a quality video press product, the creator needs to have " sympathy" and be quick in processing post-production data, and most importantly, understand the issues and events they create to have reasonable choices and arrangements of images and rhythms," journalist Van Thang shared.
In many cases, the creator will be the one to fix technical errors in images and sounds that reporters and journalists work on stage because of many subjective and objective reasons that cannot record the most meticulous and beautiful images.
Sharing about a memorable performance at the funeral to send 13 martyrs to the fields to rescue at the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant in October 2020, journalist Tung Giang said: "Because I had to do many news contents and updates for electronics, I did not have much time to film. I only had time to take a few short photos, the working conditions were difficult, so the photos were shaken and the layout was not stable. I quickly sent some photos to reporter Tuan Anh to create. After the event ended, I reviewed the finished video and was really impressed with the final product, the look was very touching. When I sent the photo back, I didn't think the creator would create such a touching video."
Sharing about this video, reporter Tuan Anh said: "The images sent back are quite poor in quality in terms of layout, volume, and recording time, so I decided to slow down the video's performance by slowing down the speed of the video, taking the most touching sections, changing the light scenes and adding a touching background music to the video, thanks to which the final product video reached readers".
Modern press is constantly developing, artists are increasingly supported by many different art software and tools, however, that means that the pressure of time and technical requirements of artists is increasing.
"Currently, artists have less and less time to process documents, images and posters. One of the important criteria and skills for each reporter performing the photo shoot that we often say in short is to be "fast-handed, quick-eyed". The speed here is fast in technical operations such as cutting out images, sound, lighting, color adjustment... The speed here is to quickly look at the images you have to determine which images you can use, arrange and arrang the images scientifically so as not to make mistakes, journalist Van Thang shared more.
Journalist To The - who has participated in many hot events said: "Being able to work at major events is both an honor and a pressure for reporters. The biggest pressure is to ensure the speed and quality of the product, fully conveying the message to the audience. I often work independently, carrying a computer to be able to set up on site. With many years of experience as a journalist, while filming, I always think about how to prepare to shorten processing time. The videos sent are the most realistic and intuitive images to help the audience understand and have a panoramic view of the event".
With investigations, the role of the person who creates the image is especially important. The volume of data is often very large, including videos, audio, images... The creator needs a system, rearranges all documents in a logical order, then combines them into a clear, machant story. In addition to basic construction techniques, they also have to add supporting factors such as graphics, blurred coating, text, etc. to help viewers easily grasp the investigation content.
Reporter Dinh Hiep said: "Every time I prepare an investigation report, I have to deal with a huge amount of data. Also tired and pressured by the short time, the results received from readers and high reviews from the Editorial Board also give me more motivation when creating complex entries such as investigations".
In the current continuous flow of information, it can be said that the person who creates the image is the final step in completing the press work by video, they are the bridge that converts disjointed press documents and data into a unified and complete body. A press work will be enhanced and reach the audience if the designer has technique and enthusiasm for work.
