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Audience –

How is it being made clear who the audience is? And how they are trying to appeal to an audience and get them involved?

Representation, Stereotypes, LanguageSocial media/E-Media

Codes and Conventions

What is the format of the show? What are we seeing?

intro, camera work, sounds, types of stories, story order.

Mise en scene

What choices have been made to make the show visually appealing?

Set, Presenter, Graphics, locations, Camera angles, editing.

News story case studies – For your exam you need to be able to recite a news story, details of story, what channel it was on, date.

Objective: begin building case studies

Piece to camera (eye contact) Cutaways Voice overs Interviews Voice of the public/street canvasing Expert witness (usually on location Graphics (graphs, reconstructions)

Filming format

Piece to camera (eye contact) Cutaways Voice overs Interviews Voice of the public/street canvasing Expert witness (usually on location Graphics (graphs, reconstructions)

Visual Language/Codes & Conventions

Tasks

1) Watch 1st news clip – 10 minutes 2) Complete form – this will involve

researching the chosen programmes website and schedule

3) Watch 2nd clip clip – 5 minutes 4) Complete form – 5) Begin to plan answer for question

Todays Lesson

Entertaining as well

as informativ

e

Use new and e-

media to help

engage audience

Highly visual

Professional studio Backdrop shows the main news building (modern

set up) Screen behind presenter “Celebrity” Presenter – face of ch4 news since

1989 Has own blog on official site and “snowmail” Segments where presenters interviews guest in

studio Represents the voice of the audience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqnCNKkKWjs

Channel 4 Case study

Talk show format

News specifically for kids Kid friendly language Youthful presenters, not dressed in a conventional

way Light entertaining news bites, see more on the

website Constant referral to website to “see more” or to see

entertaining news videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3pn-15M3aQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PupcDHmtm-U&feature=youtu.be

Newsround- CBBC

News as event Starts different to conventional show Large focus (13 minutes) entirely on one

story, with multiple sources 5 different reporters, multiple locations In depth look at different sides/angles

approaches to the story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFHa7xF9dPo

BBC news – Paris attack

Regional accents on presenters (in some cases) Presenter a regional “celeb” that isn’t always

just in the studio, face of the community (events, openings etc)

Stories focus on local issues Use of famous landmarks/places of the area Voice of the people (street interviews with Joe

Public) In depth local weather and sport

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjk8W74GnWQ

Look North

Studio has much less technology on show than competitors

Focus on personalities and celebs more than other channels

More of a “tabloid” feel to some of the stories

In Studio panel/interviews for part of feature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQOtY0EVUpw

Channel 5

Leading stories all Britishbased

What is on the website (describe the layout and features)

How can you get involved as an audience member?

Links to e-media/social media involvement?

Do the types of stories link with what you would expect to see in the television broadcast?

Website research

What do you think the demographic is for the television channel of your news program

A) In general B) During and around the time slot of the

news broadcast

Channel research

Entertaining as well

as informativ

e

Use new and e-

media to help

engage

Highly visual