News Show

Submission Requirements:

• Research scrapbook from research assignment - with added research on news stories included.
• A Planning Folder per studio group
• Two VT Inserts – shot and edited
• A completed rehearsal show and live show recorded

Task 1 - Due 24th March - INDIVIDUALLY EVIDENCE

• Begin planning news show individually
• 20 mins in length
• At least 3 news stories and at least 2 video inserts
• News stories must be factual
• Scrapbooks must contain mind maps of ideas, list of contacts and locations, schedule for next 5 weeks, secondary research, primary research, target audience research.

Task 2 - Due 9th Feb - DIVIDE BETWEEN GROUP

• Plan the live show and include running order, list of job roles, script, mood board, set designs, costume design and floor plans including camera and lighting positions.

Task 3 - Due 9th Feb - INDIVIDUAL/GROUP

• Shoot and edit at least 2 VT's before the live shows are recorded after half term.

Task 4 - Due 24th March - GROUP/INDIVIDUAL

• Planning completed, VT's recorded and edited. 
• Perform an operational roles

Blue Box News Report

Filming the news report about the blue box was a good task. We filmed several clips at different locations. They came out okay in terms of visuals however the final result was poor in terms of audio. This was because we had little time to film it and it was filmed on a mobile phone. It we were given longer and proper equipment, the final result could have been a lot better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EMnsSEiD48&feature=youtu.be

VT's

1. Sky News Weather
Tone - Serious, formal
Content (bias) - Weather, not bias
Filmed on Location - Yes
Footage filmed by public - Possibly
Use of graphics - No
Use of sound/music - Voiceover
Breaking story - No
Put together quickly - Yes
Bits missing? - No

Vox-Pops - Various comments from the public

2. Sky News NHS Advert
Tone - Serious
Content (bias) - Both sides
Filmed on Location - Yes
Footage filmed by public - No
Use of graphics - No
Use of sound/music - Music Playing, hospital sound effects
Breaking story - No
Put together quickly - No
Bits missing? -

3. Sky News NHS
Tone - Informative, calmer
Content (bias) - Postive
Filmed on Location - Yes
Footage filmed by public - No
Use of graphics - Yes, text and lines
Use of sound/music - Voiceover
Breaking story - No
Put together quickly - No
Bits missing? - No

4. BBC News US Weather
Tone - Informal/serious
Content (bias) - Negative towards weather
Filmed on Location - Yes
Footage filmed by public - Possibly
Use of graphics - Name pops up (lower third)
Use of sound/music - None
Breaking story - No but recent
Put together quickly - Yes
Bits missing? - No

5. BBC News Jimmy Saville
Tone -
Content (bias) - Interview and old clips
Filmed on Location - Yes
Footage filmed by public - No
Use of graphics - No
Use of sound/music - No
Breaking story - No
Put together quickly - No
Bits missing? - No

Music Video Comparison

Sam and Toms

·      Crossfading

·      Slider Shots

·      Nice Pacing

David

·      Clip Overlay

·      Walking in front of a wide shot (Southend Pier)

·      Good story, tells it like a ‘day’

Nathan:

·      Non static shots

·      Different shot angles

·      Macro Shot

Charlie, Emily, Alice

·      Interior/Exterior Shots

·      Good location

·      Different Speeds/Stutter Effects

Briana

·      Good pacing

·      Good story

·      Location and time of filming (sunset) good

James

·      Good speeded up bits

·      Good chemistry between actors

·      Good angles

Harrison and Becky

·      Good location

·      Nice choreography

·      Nice shots

I think that all the music videos were good. I think that I used a good location and story and it came out well. I would use other people's lighting skills such as the sun setting as I thought this came out well. I would also some of their effects i.e. speeding up/down.

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TV Studio - First Term Evaluation

The job roles that I have taken are producer, director, floor manager and camera man. The responsibilities of a producer is to make sure that everything is organised and running smoothly, the responsibility of a director is to make sure that things are looking okay and that people know what they are saying and doing; the floor manager has to make sure that everyone is safe and the camera man has to make sure the camera's are out, set up and are working. My job roles mainly involved me using a camera and also tape, to tape down the wires. I prefer the role of the producer, in which I also felt this was my most effective. I can go to everyone and make sure that they are included and also stay calm where a situation might become stressful. I felt that I was least effective at the floor manager as I was temped to rush the taping down the wires as I didn't really find it interesting.

I participated in a Jeremy Kyle style show and also 3 quiz shows and a talk show. We used the basic conventions of each, a quiz show having question, teams, a scoring system and contestants. For the chat show and also Jeremy Kyle show, we took a more relaxed approach to this and didn't have it as formal. We still stuck to two different panels and a main host. All of these shows would be shot on multi-camera as it would be boring just with one camera shot. We had 3 camera's so normally we would have one on the host and the two others on the teams. It they were on single camera, they would see everything in one which wouldn't be as good. I think all of the shows came out well and that we worked good in a team. Each person stuck to their job role throughout.

Not all of the shows were factual as a lot of things were staged, particularly on the Jeremy Kyle show as our actors weren't in situations like that! The quiz shows were not really stages. Contestants knew the layout before as we had a rehearsal however they didn't know the actual questions until the main recording. If it was an actual recording, I think that the audience would know that the Jeremy Kyle one was staged however I think they would know that the quiz show ones wasn't as the contestants hesitated. The shows kept their contract with the viewer and kept the usual standard that is expected from the production. This is the host being separate from the contestants. 

Task 3

PDF Portfolio - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Mi2vFkLL0pTHhLMkxlZUs5ZVE/edit?usp=sharing

Task Two