Analayzing News Video

Slain yachtsman's daughter returning

1) Q: What is the story? (What is the point of the news report?)
A: The news story is about a young woman, Myda Egrmajer, who was sailing with her father, Mylan Egrmajer, when thieves boarded their boat and shot him. She is returning home to Canada from Honduras.

2) Q: What is the establishing shot in the video?
A: The establishing shot in the video is when Mylan Egrmajer's nephew, Eric Van Reason, and a woman are talking about where the attack happened and the last message was sent from Mylan Egrmajer's boat.

3) Q: What is the introduction?
A: The introduction is when the newscaster was explaining what happened and who the video was going to be about and everybody involved.

4) Q: Most likely "sources" are used in the report and they are making comments or being quoted. Name two of them.
A: Eric Van Reason and Captain John are two sources in this video.

5) Q: Based on what these two sources say, what questions do you think they were asked? Create two questions for each source that you feel they were probably asked.
A: A question that would of probably been asked to Eric Van Reason could be been "Was there any distress calls made from the boat before the accident?" A question that would of probably been asked to Captain John could of been "How did you hear about the accident?"

6) Q: Identify two different types of "B-roll" in the video.
A: Two different types of "B-roll" in the video are when Eric Van Reason and a woman are on the computer talking about the accident and when Captain John is talking, they show on a map where he is.

7) Q: What are two other types of "B-roll" footage that you think they could have used (consider what is being said in the voice overs)?
A: Two different types of "B-roll" they could of used are shots of the boat where it happened and more shots of Myda Egrmajer and Mylan Egrmajer together.

8) Q: Identify two different voice overs and briefly list what facts are in each voice over.
A: Two different voice overs that were in the video are: Melanie Nagy, she gives all the information about the accident and the people and Captain John, he talks about how he knew Mylan Egrmajer, what happened, and how he heard about it.

9) Q: What is the closing to the video?
A: The closing of the video is Melanie Nady talking about how people should use caution in Honduras and saying that Myda Egrmajer is going to be returning safely home.

10) Q: Who is the reporter and what is her/his tag at the end?
A: The reporter is Melanie Nady and her tag at the end is "Melanie Nady, CBC News, Saint Catherine, Ontario."