Should you put anchor intros on a reporter resume tape?

[Reporter4]

Just wondering if it's better to leave the anchor intro off a reporter resume tape. Usually, my intros include important information, but I'm wondering if I should still chop them off.

Thanks!

I'd take them off.

the tape should sell YOU, not someone else.

a simple list of what's on the tape (ie, pkg on illegal immigrants, pkg on 1-legged skier) included in the box should suffice.

[overthehill]

Two lines of thought:

1. Including the anchor intro helps the ND or GM understand your story better

2. Including the anchor intro gives the ND or GM someone else to consider instead of you.

I agree with the previous poster. The resume video should focus on YOU and You alone.

[Sir Dropham Pants]

Use packages on your tape that don't suffer with a lack of anchor intro. It's tricky because the intro is a very important part of the story. It sets it all up; begins it. That said, some packs can still be seen as complete stories without the intro. Those are the ones to put on your tape - or those with an on-set or live remote intro done by you. Even better.

I think you should use a snippet of it if it can sell you,

ie, 10 pm live shot..."Jo(e) Reporter has been following the case since it broke at 6 this morning" - you've been on the story for 16 hours...you know it better than anyone and you're the go-to person for the full story.

But otherwise, I'd avoid it. I have heard of someone getting a job off of being on someone else's resume tape.

[ISTHISTHINGON?]

Intro's are very important...BUT!....I was always told a great story/pkg can stand alone from start to finish. Leave off the Anchor intro(IMHO).

[Hank Scorpio]

Originally posted by ISTHISTHINGON?:
Intro's are very important...BUT!....I was always told a great story/pkg can stand alone from start to finish. Leave off the Anchor intro(IMHO).

It used to work that way, a good PKG could stand on it's own, but now after the presentation of a story has been consultant-ed to death it's different.

The beginning of the story is the intro by the anchor, the middle is the PKG and the end is the tag. All a PKG oes now is serve as a bridge between a talking head.

[Pro]

For a live story, A ND or EP is going to want to see live cross-talk between the reporter and anchor (even if it's just a toss). So you might was well leave it on, since you'll have to show the cross-talk anyway.

If you're including a non-live story, no reason to put the intro on it.

[Roy Hobbs]

Originally posted by Hank Scorpio:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by ISTHISTHINGON?:
Intro's are very important...BUT!....I was always told a great story/pkg can stand alone from start to finish. Leave off the Anchor intro(IMHO).

It used to work that way, a good PKG could stand on it's own, but now after the presentation of a story has been consultant-ed to death it's different.

The beginning of the story is the intro by the anchor, the middle is the PKG and the end is the tag. All a PKG oes now is serve as a bridge between a talking head.</font>[/QUOTE]What he said...and most pkg's now are little more than a soundbite doughnut for lame bookend looklives by the "reporter".