How to Create Bridge for TV News Report

Video Transcript

"BILL ALBIN: Hello, I'm Bill Albin. And on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to teach you what you need to know to be a local news reporter. In this clip, we're going to talk about another of the basic stand-up types, and of course a stand-up is when the reporter is on camera. Not always standing, a reporter could be sitting or playing in the dirt or doing whatever is appropriate to the story itself. Now in a--there's basically--there's intros which is the beginning of the story. There's outros which is the end of the story, and then there's bridges. A bridge is basically a transition point. It's not at the beginning or the end of the story; it's somewhere in the middle. And you use a bridge for two reasons typically: one, to better illustrate something that's hard to just talk about; or to transition from one point to another. So for example, if we're talking about recycling and I want to put something, a stand-up, in the middle of the story--well, why would I? Well, maybe I want to talk about the difference between recycling paper and recycling pop cans. So I could say--and we're--I could transit from talking about the recycling of paper, placing the recycling paper in the recycle bin, and then move on to cans. For example, I could speak about pop cans or pop bottles in that point. It allows me to transit from paper to cans. Also carrying on the recycling example, it allows me to better illustrate something. I'm no longer transferring; I'm saying this is easier for me to show you than it is to just say it. So if I wanted to talk about placing a recycling can in the proper recycle bin, I could actually show you. Here's me placing cans in the recycle bin. It allows me to better illustrate through a stand-up, me on camera, what exactly I'm talking about."