News Room 15 Second Signal

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Summary: The news room fifteen second signal is imperative for directing sound bites and commercials. Learn more about the fifteen second news signal from an ABC53 floor director in this free video.

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iwishproductions Brett attended Howard Specs School of Broadcasting in Detroit. He currently works at ABC53 in Lansing, Michigan. He has been a PA for two years. He's run the ... read more

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News Room 15 Second Signal

Now in this clip, we're going to show you how to give a fifteen second signal, which is pretty imperative to any soundbyte or coming out of a commercial. So, when you want to give your fifteen second commercial, you always want to be at the front of the camera. That way, your anchor or reporter can see you. You're visible, excuse me, they don't have to look off-camera or be any awkward movement with their head or eyes because everything can show up on TV pretty easily. So, usually the signal for fifteen seconds is your arm straight up and down, with a fist at the top. Usually that will tell an anchor that they have fifteen seconds. Now, of course, other anchors from other areas are going to have other signals, things like that. But usually, of course, you want to get it close to the camera, as close to the teleprompter as you can because that's where they're going to be reading from. So, once you're there, of course, try not to hit the camera. If you hit the camera and it moves, it's going to shake, no matter what. So, once you get your fist up here, just like that, you want to hold it for a good two or three seconds, that way they can see it. You don't want to just flash your arm up and bring it down. Good chance they're not going to see it or get confused by it. So you're going to want to hold it up, make sure it's nice and clear. Like, I always, because I have short sleeves on, I'll roll my sleeves up and get it nice and big. That way they'll see it, you see it, and you know what's going on, they know what's going on.