Introduction To The News

Part 1:

The news broadcast I watched was the ITV news, 6 pm broadcast on the 27th of June. In the braodcast the stories shown were: The EU referendum, Drownings in the UK, A heart disease fund raising campaign, The Moped Club raising money for Teenage Cancer Trust and finally the Rio Olympics 2016.

In the intro, visuals are used that are related to the stories covered during the broadcast. For example there were shots of Olympians participating in Rio.

The audio in the starting sequence consists of dialogue briefly mentioning all of the stories covered in the broadcast but leaves each mention on a cliff-hanger leaving the viewer wanting to find out the whole story. 

Part 2:

The newsreader serves the purpose of  clearly and confidently read the latest news to the viewers.

Being a news presenter involves looking confident and professional in front of the camera, this means having good posture, being well dressed and looking fit and presentable (clear skin, clean hair etc.) News presenters also need to be able to read the teleprompter whilst saying what they read loudly, clearly and confidently without making any mistakes as the news is live.

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News ordering is how they decide which stories are presented in what order, this is important because it can affect the audience's viewing experience, for example: they tend to present the bad news first and then end with happier news to try and leave the audience not in a bad, depressed mood.

Breaking news is what the stories most likely to be presented on the news are called.

The story most likely to be presented first is the that is relevant to the most people, for example, in the ITV news broadcast, the EU referendum was the first to be presented as it has been a popular topic as of recently as it affects the future of the country.

The following stories are presented in order based on their length and relevance to the audience.

It is important for news presenters to think and act quickly as they have a small window of time to present their story as clearly as possible without making any mistakes while airing as it is filmed live their is only one take.

A slow news day is a term used to describe a day in which there are no stories of great importance or relevance to the audience, as a result, the stories covered are often trivial and not really relevant.

The final story covered on a broadcast is sometimes known as an 'and finally' story and is often light hearted and often unimportant story to end the broadcast on a high note, leaving the audience in a positive attitude where some of the previous stories could be more tragic and heavy news.

News values are a way of determining whether or not stories should be covered in the news and in which order should they be covered. A number of factors that determine the news value of a story include but are not limited to:  how recent the news is, the amplitude of the news, how many people it affects, the familiarity and finally is the news a surprise? For example the EU referendum is a recent and ongoing topic and it greatly affects all of Britain and also other countries in some ways, hence it was the first and longest story covered in the broadcast I watched.

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Bias through selection and omission is used to shape the audience's perception of the story being covered, this is done by without certain bits of information and only sharing bits that reflect on the story in a certain way, this directly aims to change or solidify the viewers opinion on the story or contents of the story.

Bias through placement order affects how the viewers perceive the importance of a story by when they are presented throughout the broadcast. For example a story that may have great news value may be aired later on during the broadcast to make the audience think that it isn't as important.

Stories in the headlines can be biased as they make the audience feel that it is important news when it is in fact not.

 Pictures can reflect on the individual in a positive or negative light. Which photos a newspaper chooses to run can heavily influence the public's perception of a person or event. On TV, images, captions, and narration of a TV anchor or reporter can be sources of bias.

The titles that are used in the news are important as it can give a positive or negative connotation to that person.

The language used during a story can influence the audience's perception and therefore be a source of bias, for example, positive or negative words can be used to depict a person or event in a good or bad light.

3MW-The Prices Of Video Games

Proposal

Write a brief outline for the production (a concept overview)

The loose idea for our documentary is interviewing people who work at Game and those who buy video games and those who don’t about whether or not they think that the current price is a fair price for the amount of content and time you get of them. 

Identify the genre and format of the concept, i.e., how will it be presented? (Format; expository, interactive, observational, performative, reflexive. Genre; docudrama, docusoap, infotainment, ‘reality’ TV, educational, wildlife, special interest, makeover).

The format of our documentary is an interactive documentary as we will be interacting with multiple groups of people through interviews. The genre that it will be is infotainment as its purpose will be to gather opinions of whether the public do think that games are too expensive but also to give some knowledge about games and what it intales to develop them.

Who would be your target audience? (remember primary and secondary divide and also to use terms such as demographics etc.)

The primary demographic for our documentary is teens and young adults as they are the target audience for video games as whole genre, however as most teenagers don’t have a job they rely on their parents to pay for or towards the video game so the secondary demographic for it is parents and carers as they can learn whether or not what they are paying towards is worth the money.

What would the aim of the documentary be? What do you hope to achieve by producing a documentary centered on your chosen idea?

The aim of this documentary would to give viewers an insider knowledge about whether the people who work in the gaming industry think that current games cost too much and whether that the people who buy games think that they are too much to keep spending money on multiple times a year. We can hope to achieve that people watch this start to question whether they are spending too much and whether they need to be buying as many games as often as they do.

Where will you need to film? Will you need to travel to a location / various locations?

The primary location that we will be using is the store Game, as the people who work in there are involved in the gaming industry so they should know whether the prices of the games are a fair representation for the time and effort and the cost that it cost to develop the game and the cost to hire a team. A secondary location we can use could be the streets of Great Yarmouth interviewing pedestrians who walk past.

Who will you need to be part of the production? Will you need other crew? Will you need experts / witnesses?

We won’t need any experts to be included in our team because we already know what we need to, however we may get someone to be in our documentary as we are not comfortable with being in the documentary ourselves, so we will get other people to interview instead.   

Write some sample interview questions (only applicable if you intend to have interviews - this includes talking heads where the interviewer is not present on screen).

·         Do you play video games?

·         If you do, how often do you play video games?

·         How much do you spend on video games?

·         If you don’t, why don’t you play them?

What equipment, props and costumes will you need to produce your idea? Do you already have what is needed? What will you need to buy in?

The equipment we need is a Canon DSLR, tripod and a microphone. No props or costumes are needed as we are interviewing people from college so there is no acting involved just their own opinions.

What is your proposed budget for this production?

We don’t need to spend any money for anything in our documentary as we are filming at one of our houses and at the college so no entry fee is needed anywhere, however we do need to spend money on a bus ticket for getting to college which comes to a total of an estimated £6.00.

Shot List

Production Schedule

Risk Assessment

Location Recce and Release

Talent Releases