The clip I'm using is a 5 minute channel 4 news reel that i got off the channel for website, the clip i will be focusing on will be five minutes long and shows many different features along with a organised, typical structure. the structure of the five minutes from the start is split up into three main chunks. in the first section we see the main story headline followed by the title sequence, this is most likely to be to intrigue the main bunch of channel flickers to view the show to achieve more hits. The sequence is continuous, keeping to the same theme, and in time with the music, jump cuts are used through out to jump from headline to headline to intrigue the audience and show stories the news channel have recently covered, merged in with visual effects to entertain the eye.
we now move to the studio with the main anchor, delivering the bulk of the main story, yet again to intrigue the audience to carry on watching the program to fill in the missing blanks of information, a medium shot is used along with visual effects in the studio as the anchor reads off the main headlines along with sub headlines that are going to appear in more detail later on in the show, the sub headlines are often live footage from the events, or pictures. establishing shots are mainly used here along with visual effects rolling the footage on and off into the next one. the shots are cleverly in time and integrated with an over voice of the main anchor.
studio covering main headline
covering sub headlinesThe sub headline we see above is a shot of one of the other stories showing later in the show, yet again the clip informs the audience when to tune back in or keeps the audience watching in anticipation of seeing " a great goal scored by the magician Berbatov"
Next in the sequence we go back to the studio where the anchor eagerly introduces us to the main headline event from the pope to a natural disaster, in this case a political debate about which side of the fence the lib Dem's are on. this clip is used to inform the audience as much as he can and give them background information, this is back in the studio where a medium shot is used with visual effects in the back ground, different effects can be used to go to the next clip from visual effects, a pan, zoom out or in or an effect like simply blurring in or out or the page peeling over.
studio shot going into main headline shot
The shot above is of nick cl egg been grilled by a concert of people below him, this is part of the main headline still, it is not uncommon for a specialists voice or the anchors voice to be used to the clip to be as informative as they can and to break the news down into digestible, understandable sizes. depending on the mise un scene various shots are used from the coverage, either live or pre recorded, acting as a visual counterpart to the event, in this case a long shot is used then medium and short to show detail, the long shot is normally the establishing shot.
interviews with the public or specialists
To give a public opinion of the matter, medium close ups are used of a reporter or in this case the specialist politics editor to gain an opinion and to give more information o the matter. it is not uncommon to use more than one interview, mainly to show different view points from different groups. There are no effects used, just a simple shot to establish the reporter and the member of the public. in this five minute club there were four interviews. The reporter nearly all ways asks a rhetorical question at the end of his voice over or clip to intrigue the audience leaving a lasting thought in there minds.
Overall, there is most definitely a structure to a news broadcast, the audience that the channel is trying to catch are taken into consideration in terms of headlines, editing and effects. Simple shots are used, the most common being establishing shot, medium, and close ups, or a zoom in or out to follow the reporter, id say these are the main shots used in this example. The title sequence is equally as important, in this example cutaways and cross cutting are used intermingled with visual effects to attract the audience and show upcoming headlines, non diagetic sounds are added, mostly as a theme tune that runs with the title sequence to stand the channel out from other news channels and to create public interest.
To conclude, structure and a good depth of planning and research are essential in creating a successful news broadcast, the show should be very informative as simply as possible to tender to a wide variation of viewers, yet entertaining enough to keep the viewers intrigued.
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