Everynone: Journalism Shots

Everynone is a video making group from Redwood Forest in California. Three men form the group and they specialize in short video segments for commercials, films, and television segments. The group does international segments in Canada and the UK and are looking to expand their work.

The group films and uses already filmed videos to create parodies and snippets of video technique. They take odd moments and combine them with humor and sequences that tell an interesting story. Even though they are not necessarily broadcast journalists, they are good story tellers with just video alone.

My favorite videos they have done are "Words" and "Symmetry." Words focuses on sequences of events and continuity of editing images together that may not even be related. Symmetry is just as it sounds. It creates symmetry between everyday objects. Why is this important to broadcast? Well I will explain each in depth and include the videos.



Words



My filming skills can take some work from this film. The angles are creative and catchy but the editing of a sequence is what makes this movie cool.

Each shot is carefully considered and reviewed and has a purpose. It's a planned moment and anticipated action. So how does this match journalism? A journalistic story needs purpose and sequence. It needs to tell a story. While you would never intentionally edit these types of sequences together, it is a good video because it is unique and makes you think about it. I want people to remember and think about my story as this one has done for myself. Images should by themselves give enough information for someone to write a script.

Catching unique actions can mean looking for simple daily tasks, reactions to actions, and looking for things people have never seen or glance over. It sounds easy but you have to be constantly aware of the surroundings to create a good piece.


Symmetry 

Symmetry


This one is not necessarily as relevant to broadcast as the first video was but understanding symmetry is part of video / picture taking. Broadcast is a multi-media field. Newspapers do not typically produce a broadcast but broadcast journalists produce their online version like a newspaper. Symmetry can help tell a story and look for things to shoot. You don't obviously stage a story or even try to find things that have symmetry for the sake of shooting. But I do believe the idea that looking for ordinary patterns, similar shapes, and differences can help better tell a story and offer insight on the event.