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Package — A Definition
Wednesday January 6, 2010 12:01 am
Updated April 10, 2010 1:00 pm
Definitions Section
package
verb
realm: broadcast, movies
package, packaged
The assembly, joining and editing of sound and images to tell an interesting and/or entertaining story.
packaging
gerund
realm: electronic journalism
packag·ing
Assembly and joining of news related sounds, images and narrative by means of selection, combining and timing of aural and visual resources.
Foundations
gerund
realm: electronic journalism
packag·ing
Assembly and joining of news related sounds, images and narrative by means of selection, combining and timing of aural and visual resources.
Movies are packages of scenes, dialog and music.
CDs are packages of songs.
Commercial clusters are packages of commercials.
Electronic news stories assembled from selected component audio and video are referred to as packages.
Examples
The TeleStory developed by Don Hewitt for CBS news magazine 60 Minutes is the classic TV news packaging format.