Video Storytelling MasterClass

Are you a high school student interested in enhancing your video skills?

The Detroit Writing Room’s 2020 Video Storytelling Camp is for you!

In this specialized program taught by WXYZ-TV Channel 7 reporter Jennifer Ann Wilson, you will learn to produce video stories from beginning to end using tools you have at home to bring memorable, truthful and impactful stories to life on video.

Whether you want to be a writer, producer, TV reporter, vlogger, YouTuber or documentary maker, this Video Storytelling MasterClass will give you the foundation you need to succeed.

During the camp, you will produce, shoot, write, edit and voice several stories from beginning to end, using a range of mobile techniques and tools.

From shot sequences and lighting techniques to achieving good audio, you will learn visual storytelling techniques. Classes cover:

  • Writing for video and how it differs from writing for print

  • How to do a stand-up

  • On-camera performance techniques as a storytelling tool

  • How to get the best on-camera interviews from your subject 

  • Journalism ethics and how they apply to social media reporting

Your final project will be distributed on The Detroit Writing Room and Coaching Detroit Forward’s website, YouTube and Facebook to be viewed by many.

Schedule:

Coming soon!

About the Coach:

Jennifer Ann Wilson is an anchor and reporter for WXYZ-TV Channel 7 in Detroit. She has worked with Good Morning America, World News Tonight and 20/20 overseeing crews on a wide range of projects that include: GMA’s Wide World of Weddings — a 24 hour Wedding Marathon, follow up with a mass shooting survivor, interviewing a man released after being wrongfully convicted as a teen, Presidential visits, the Flint Water Crisis, 20/20 true crime stories ... and many more. Her duties have included: conducting sensitive interviews, detailed location scouting and evaluation, on-site coordination, identifying potential problems before they happen, exceptional problem solving and trouble shooting and ensuring both the content and aesthetic meet and exceed the expectations of the segment producer or show producer. Jennifer also taught broadcast news reporting during The Detroit Writing Room’s Summer Journalism Camp.

Scholarship Opportunity:

Detroit high school students are eligible to apply for a scholarship to attend the program free of charge through Coaching Detroit Forward.

Applications will open in 2021!