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6㎜ 소형 디지털카메라 등장 이후 급속도로 확산되고 있는 VJ(Video Journalist) 시스템은 영상물 제작의 새로운 패러다임을 형성하고 있으며, 그 안에 내포된 배타적 특성과 장점을 통해 향후 방송제작 시장에서 기여할 수 있는 가능성은 혁신적인 것으로 부각되고 있다. 그러나 그 중요성과는 달리 아직까지 VJ에 관한 이론적 연구는 거의 없는 실정이고 그 개념조차 분명치 않은 집단으로 남아 있다. 이런 맥락에서 본 논문은 VJ의 이론적 토대를 마련하기 위해 VJ의 정체성 논의를 중심으로 개념을 재정의한 후 새로운 모델제시를 통해 그 의미와 지향점을 논해보고자 한다.

Abstract ▼ AI-Helper

Television production is undergoing a digital revolution. Digital video technology is changing the nature of the production process. The rapid growth of the digital video technology epitomizes video journalism that will be understood in terms of a one-man TV production system. What is happening at t...

Television production is undergoing a digital revolution. Digital video technology is changing the nature of the production process. The rapid growth of the digital video technology epitomizes video journalism that will be understood in terms of a one-man TV production system. What is happening at the leading edge of TV production is the emergence of video journalism. To gain a better understanding of the video journalism, the authors addressed the following research questions: i) how does video journalism have an impact on TV industry?; ii) what is the implication of video journalism from the perspective of documentary production? The authors approached to these research questions through out literature reviews. First of all, they showed how economic factors could be driving the video journalism movement in the growth of digital video technology. Video journalism seems to be a financial boon to the bulging cost line of TV documentary production that have burdened with heavy cost for persons. From scripting to editing, a single video journalist with carrying a digital camera can make a product of documentary without any other’s help. Put it differently, he or she does for at least 7 production personnel such as writers, directors, and camera and audio crew. However, the authors also gave some cautions that video journalism should not be understood as the idea of downsizing but rather be directed towards the idea of rightsizing. Video journalism predicts the change of production system itself as well as that of production finance. Secondly, video journalism has engaged the journalistic area of specialty. In Korea, video journalists have demonstrated the ability to produce a good quality of documentary. Video journalism would have been expected to make a substantial contribution to documentary production. With respect to the depth and breath of a documentary, a single video journalist will be more efficient than will the production crew. It is not easy for the 7-member crew to follow up the relevant persons appearing in a documentary. Thus, if the topic of a documentary requires long-term and born-baring attention, one-man production system, video journalism will be the better choice than the traditional team production system. Along with this line of thinking, the authors argue that video journalism give the unprecedented opportunities for development from the both sides of TV industry and TV journalism.