Television Unit
3rd December 2009
Documentary
It was a common feeling among our group that for a documentary to be most engaging for audiences, it should centre around an interesting individual. We watched lots of Channel 4’s Three Minute Wonders to research potential ideas and angles.
We focused on Emma Hankins, a football coach who had recently applied for an American scholarship. We shot her interview in a park to show her in a realistic setting and used it as an opportunity to experiment with various angles and effects in a bid to bring some individuality to our documentary. Whilst I was satisfied her answers gave a real insight into her passion for the sport, there were issues with audio as a result of recording it in an outside space which on reflection would have been better recorded separately to improve the quality. We collected as much footage as possible and used fast jump cuts throughout to keep it as visually interesting as possible. I think if would could have collected even more however, it would have improved our piece further.
We focused on Emma Hankins, a football coach who had recently applied for an American scholarship. We shot her interview in a park to show her in a realistic setting and used it as an opportunity to experiment with various angles and effects in a bid to bring some individuality to our documentary. Whilst I was satisfied her answers gave a real insight into her passion for the sport, there were issues with audio as a result of recording it in an outside space which on reflection would have been better recorded separately to improve the quality. We collected as much footage as possible and used fast jump cuts throughout to keep it as visually interesting as possible. I think if would could have collected even more however, it would have improved our piece further.
We were unable to use an interview we recorded with her coach as the audio did not record properly due with problems with the camera. This would have certainly added depth to the piece and it would have been good to have a second voice in the piece.
10th December 2009
Youth Programme.
We all felt that one of the reasons that young people tend not to watch the news is due to how they are represented in a fairly narrow stereotype. By presenting young people who were inspirational and were not the binge drinking norms we hoped to respond to a specific audience need and engage with them. We also responded to the high volume of students who would make up the audience demographic and with a money saving piece. This was kept light-hearted and entertaining by focusing on the topical Christmas angle.
Our selection of news stories were all identifiable with a younger audience and gave them news which would affect them such as the new Facebook privacy settings. Our presenter set up and conversational style was influenced by programs with a similar audience like Live at Studio Five.
We were keen to use familiar modern media to engage with a young audience so used Twitter as a source to present headlines. We made our own twitter account for our ‘News Now’ programme and used the Twitter page as our back-drop having selected various news tweets to ‘follow’. An improvement in this aspect could have been to directly reference the screen and take a specific story from the Twitter news feed to discuss to make the process more interactive. We also featured a YouTube clip to end the programme in response to the ever popular internet virals.
17th December 2009
Magazine Programme – Individual package
My TV package was about festive events taking place in Bournemouth. I decided on the theme as it would be due for broadcast ahead of the last weekend before Christmas, a time when families would be together and possibly looking for things to do as a family. It also fitted the audience profile for over 30s living locally who could have children.
I was happy to secure an interview with an events coordinator at the Bournemouth International Centre but again, technical difficulties with the camera made a lot of the visual footage unusable. I decided at this point the best thing to do was re shoot the entire package the next day using a different camera and use the audio from the interview alongside. I wasn’t completely satisfied with the outcome but felt I made the most of what I had and feel I have learnt lessons from it for the future.
I was happy to secure an interview with an events coordinator at the Bournemouth International Centre but again, technical difficulties with the camera made a lot of the visual footage unusable. I decided at this point the best thing to do was re shoot the entire package the next day using a different camera and use the audio from the interview alongside. I wasn’t completely satisfied with the outcome but felt I made the most of what I had and feel I have learnt lessons from it for the future.
In the production of the Magazine news programme which linked all of our packages together, we needed to establish the most appropriate running order for our audience. We screened the harder news towards the beginning of the show whilst being careful not to place too much ‘serious’ news together to keep in style with a ‘magazine’ news programme. As the most light hearted package mine was placed at the end of the bulletin which was effective on ending the programme on a light hearted and currently festive note. Our scripts differed from the Youth Show in language and presenting style to satisfy an older audience profile.
Reflecting on the Broadcast unit as a whole it was one of the hardest units of the term in terms of time spent researching and perfecting piece of material, but also the most rewarding. I felt my technical knowledge was my main weakness and was responsible for hindering a few of my packages but I have also been able to learn a lot so will feel more confident in the future.
While a degree of assertiveness is useful in certain aspects of leadership, think twice before using aggressive humor. This particular type of humor tends to win laughs at the expense of others, which can create a hostile and unpleasant working environment. It also makes it difficult for members of your team to view you as a fair, respectful leader.
ReplyDeletesatta king
play bazaar