Job Roles & Contingency Plan

Director	Tom Davis
Producer 1	Sam Murray
Producer 2	Joe Mander
Writer	James Clarke
Weather	Sana Hufthy
Runner 1	Risline Oukili
Runner 2	Becky Harvey
Runner 3	David Semple
Floor Manager	Harrison Atkins-Swallow
Set Design	Joe, James, Tom, Sam
Vision Mixer	Sam Murray
News Reader	James Clarke
Cam 1	Joe Mander
Cam 2	Briana Santiago
Lighting 1	Charlie Johnson
Lighting 2	Emily Tozer
Sound 1	Nathan Bull
Sound 2	Alice Berry
TV Control	Dan Hewitt

Roles decided as a group.

Contingency Plan
For the contingency plan, I started by writing the plans for if the cast/crew were ill. This was fairly easy to do for the crew however the casting was harder as the person would need to know the lines and would need to be comfortable saying them. I put a member of our group in as the 'back-up' member as we are all confident in what is happening and we have all seen the script. After this I then decided on the potential technical issues that could go wrong.

Love Show Contingency Plan (Done by myself)

SEN Live Show Call Sheet

Link to Live Show Call Sheet

Completed by myself.

SEN Running Order Final

James desk headlines

• Role Titles
• Introduction to Basildon Story
• Role Basildon VT
• Teenage Story at Television
• Introduction to Airport story at Television
• Role Airport VT
• Introduce Canvey Story at desk
• Role Canvey VT
• MOVE DESK SET WEATHER DURING CANVEY VT 
• Introduce Weather at Television
• Sana on weather- in position of desk

Break

MOVE DESK BACK TO ORIGNAL POSITION DURING BREAK

Role Titles

• Recap headlines at desk
• Introduce Southbank at desk
• Role Southbank VT
• Southend UTD Story at Television
• Breaking news at Television (with slide)
• Introduce Train Story at Television
• Role train VT
• End of show rap at desk
• Role Credits

By James and Sam

SEN Treatment

Our news show is called South Essex News or as abbreviated SEN. It will consist of the top local stories of the north-south region of England in a 20 minute time slot at 6 o’clock on a main stream channel.

Our news show will begin at the Anchor’s desk where he will read out the stories that will be reported on during the show. These stories are about, Basildon, A Teenager jailed for 21 years, London Southend Airports busiest year, Canvey island sea wall, Southbank skatepark, Train ticket prices and Southend Football’s FA cup draw. After the stories are read out the titles would role.

After the Titles the Anchor will read the introduction to the first story at the desk. This will be the booming Basildon story. The Anchor will say the main points about the story before playing the VT on the story. The VT will go into more detail on the housing plans and developments of the new college campus.

Once returned from the VT the anchor will be standing up by the TV Screen and will read the whole story of Eric Cantona Brophy, and go into detail as to how and why he has been sentenced to 21 years in jail. Once the story is read, still in the same position the anchor will introduce the story about Southend Airports busiest year before playing the matching VT. This will include information as to how many people flew with the airport last year.

Once back in the studio from the VT the anchor will then be sitting at the desk to introduce the Canvey Island Sea Wall story before again, Playing the VT which will have an interview with canvey councillor, Ray Howard.

Once back from the VT the Anchor will be standing at the TV Screen To introduce the weather.  A short interaction will take place between the anchor and the weather presenter before the weather presenter will read the forcast for the next couple of days along with a blue screen image ocumpanying the weather. After the weather the show will come to its mid point add break

After the add break a shortend version of the titles will role. Then the anchor will sit down at the desk and re cap the storys stil to come before reading an introduction to the southbank story. After  the introduction a VT will be shown including interviews from people involved and facts and stats about the long live Southbank campaign

Once back in the studio from that VT the anchor will be standing at the television screen to read the whole story on Southend United. This will go into more detail about its 4^th round FA Cup draw and explain the financial gains of the game being televised. This will then be followed directly with the breaking news story. (to be decided on the day)

 Still at the Television screen after the breaking news story the anchor will introduce the story on train ticket price increase. This story will hold quotes from national rail representatives as to what they think about the increase and many facts and figures to help illustrate the rise to viewers. After the introduction has been read the VT with the above information will be shown.

After the VT has finished the Anchor will be sitting at the desk where he will wrap up the show before the credits roll and the show comes to a close.

Written by James Clarke

Character Profile and Diary Entry

I kept my character and genre the same although changed the actor and location.

Character profile for Sam Daniels:

General
Name	Sam Daniels
Age	70
Gender	Male
Occupation	Office Worker
Personality	Quirky, funny
Relationships	Has a girlfriend

Appearance
Build	Slim, average build
Voice	Doesn't sound too old, sings well
Hair Colour	Grey
Ethnicity	White British

Other
Dislikes	Seeing people sad
Likes	To sing
Habits and Vices	Sings a lot in public to random people
Music Taste	Pop songs
Schedule/Free Time	Works weekdays
Movie and TV Taste	Any films, not tragedies
Idols and Role Models	/
Humour	Quirky, laughs at little things

Background
Life Events	Got an office job in 2008
Goals	To live a happy life
Education	Well educated, average grades
Nationality	British
Hopes and Fears	Hopes to lead a happy life, fear is not living one
Secrets	No secrets

Diary Entry:

Today is the day. The angels have swept down and have taken another soul to embrace in a new life of happiness. Mother is no longer with us. She passed into a new world, peacefully though, a cocktail at her side, the sun shimmering over the ocean waves with the sound of seagulls flying above. Mother loved Spain, I remember when she took me to swim with dolphins, we'd never laughed so much when it bit my foot… She isn't in pain now and she died a happy women in a place true to her heart.

Feelings of loss but also relief. She went in a hot air balloon and saw the sun rise over the Valley of the Kings, she went to America and saw the Hollywood Hills. She made each day count, an endless parade of fond memories. She loved to travel, I remember when she first went to spain, she would sit at the Bar Elsa every evening, watching the moonlight glisten on the dark body of ocean water.

Where do I go from here? Can I exchange one life for another? - If a caterpillar can, why can't I? Mother said she wants me to live in happiness, to never let anyone stop me having fun. She was my inspiration, my heart. Rest in peace mother.

Comment from Becky and Ris:

we loved it it so realistic and feels true very 

loved how you spoke about about feelings and gave rislene shivers and is very simple and very understandable as if people can relate to it.

amazing!!

its so cutely written, feels calm but powerful.love the rhetorical questions thrown in at the end to show the character is confuzzeled

wooooooooooo i want to read more write moreee

Set Design - Bluescreen [2]

For the bluescreen background, we decided to have the blue TV however we thought that it needed something in it. We originally decided to have the SEN logo in it, however we then decided to put a photo in the TV that is associated with the story being told.

I compiled a draft picture of possible background photos. We decided on using the chosen photos apart from the Basildon and Breaking News one. The quality of the Basildon photo wasn't high enough and we changed the style of the breaking news one.

In after effects, I placed in the digital set loop then with the photo in. This looked too plain like this so I put the blue background in (that is featured in our logo) which made it look a lot better.

I then exported the file, 1920 by 1080. One this has done, I tested the background as a loop in a video editor to check that it worked fine. - It was fine for them all apart from the Southbank one which I needed to render an extra frame in After Effects. I then changed this.

All of the backgrounds have the small television screens moving slightly with a stationary image however the breaking news one has the words 'breaking' and 'news' moving, to attract the audiences attention more. The colour red is associated with danger/warning so they would be more inclined to look and find out what the breaking news is. I made the words move in Sony Vegas before exporting it and putting it as an overlay on the digital set in AE.

News Show Script Final Draft

INT. SEN STUDIO

ANCHOR at news desk.

Camera pan up and round on news reader.

CAMERA SLOW ZOOM IN. MEDIUM SHOT ON ANCHOR.

JAMES CLARKE

Good Evening, and welcome to South Essex News I am James Clarke. Your top stories tonight. Basildon is set to become a Booming town by 2031. A teenager has been jailed for 21 years for murdering 2 Victims. London Southend Airport has its most successful year to date. The seawall on Canvey Island is taking a hit due to server weather conditions. Southbank's renowned skate park under threat. Train ticket prices are on the rise and Southend Football Club miss out on more than just a televised game.

ROLE TITLES

CAMERA PAN UP AND ROUND ON NEWS READER

MEDIUM CLOSE UP ON ANCHOR. GRADUAL ZOOM IN.

JAMES CLARKE

Basildon is set for a big boom over the next 17 years with 25,000 new homes planed along with new schools and shopping centres. Sam Murray has the full report. 

Roll VT

ANCHOR STANDING UP BY TELIVISION

JAMES CLARKE

An 18 year old by the name of Eric Cantona Brophy has been jailed for 21 Years. His offences include stabbings and other knife related attacks and even throwing boiling water over a fellow inmate in while in prison awaiting trial. Brophy has admitted to robbery and wounding charges in relation to his Southend attacks. At the verdict a relative of the victim called out "Thank you Judge". What's more Judge John Lodge told Brophy that he will not be released until the parole board is convinced he no longer poses a threat to the public. 

JAMES CLARKE

London Southend Airport has had its busiest year in the airports History in 2013 and has re- established its status of one of the best airports in the country. Sam Murray Reports.

Roll VT

ANCHOR AT DESK: MEDIUM CLOSE UP ON ANCHOR

JAMES CLARKE

Violent storms have battered the coastline of the U.K over the last few days and the Canvey Island defences have been put to the test. Authorities have insisted that the Island remains safe despite damaged defences.   I was there earlier to find out what was happening.  

MEDIUM CLOSE UP ON ANCHOR: AT TELISVISION:

JAMES CLARKE

Now for the weather for the next couple of days, Sana, Hows it looking?

The weather presenter is standing in front of a blue-screen with the weather VT playing.

SANA HUFTY

 it's looking like a wet start of the day for most of us tomorrow James and as we go through the next few days, we're going to be looking at some mixed showers for all of Essex with the temperatures dropping and the winds getting stronger. That takes us up to Thursday.

Forecast for Tuesday is shown.

SANA

So tomorrow it's going to be a dry start to the day with some mild temperatures creeping in. We will have some light wind blowing in a north-east direction. So the temperatures will be about 8 or 9 degree's with a top temperature tomorrow of about 10 degrees, staying cloudy over night.

Forecast for Wednesday is shown.

SANA

So moving into Tuesday, we start the day with some heavy showers which will persist for most of the morning and the wind will be a lot stronger. The rain will be migrating east leaving us dry at mid-afternoon. Temperatures will be slightly lower at around 7 degrees. Coming into the evening, the clouds will go away, leaving a cold night ahead, with temperatures at around 2 degrees.

Show the website URL's.

SANA

Remember, you can keep up to date with the weather at SEN.co.uk or at MetOffice.gov.uk. Back to you James. We will be back with the rest of your top stories after this short break.

ROLE EXIT TITLES

ADD BREAK

  

ROLE TITLES

ANCHOR AT DESK

JAMES CLARKE

Welcome back to South Essex News. Still to come tonight. Southbank's renowned skate park is under threat. Train ticket prices are on the rise and Southend Football Club miss out on more than just a televised game.

JAMES CLARKE

The famous Southbank Skate spot, below the Southbank centre, which is situated next to the Waterloo Bridge. is under the threat of being moved down the river. Therefore changing the location of such a historic place. Sam Murray has more.

Roll VT

ANCHOR AT TELIVISION: FULL BODY SHOT

JAMES CLARKE

Southend Football Club's Home tie against Hull in the 4th round of this year’s FA CUP has not been chosen to fill one of the 5 television slots for 4th round matches. In doing so they have missed out on what would have been a very welcome 144,000 pounds, however the club is still eligible for a 90 thousand pound prize from the FA Prize fund for the winning teams. The match was one of 16 matches competing for the 5 slots. It is however not all doom and gloom as the Blues have already picked up 112,500 pounds for making it to the 4th round of the competition. Kick off for the match is at 3 o'clock on the 25th of January. 

JAMES CLARKE

BREAKING NEWS STORY.

FULL BODY SHOT

Anchor at Television

JAMES CLARKE

The price of train tickets has gone up by 2.8%. This has put up the price of a one return ticket from Rayleigh to Southend Victoria by 20 Pence. It does not sound like much but for a 30 day month that rises the previous prices by 6 Pounds a month. An unwelcome rise in difficult times. Joe Mander has the full report.

Roll VT

CAMERA SLOW ZOOM OUT ON ANCHOR. 

Anchor sitting at desk

JAMES CLARKE

They are your stories tonight. Thank you for tuning in and from everyone here in the South Essex News team. I am James Clarke, Have a good evening Essex.

By James Clarke