Treatment - 5 Minutes

Title
The title of our news programme is "News at 6"

Audience
It's targeted at 12+ years old of both males and females from the Yorkshire area as it's a general semi-formal news programme with local sports and music stories as well as national news and events. Although the news been broadcast will be mainly local, a main national story will be broadcast with links to the local area, in this case the recession.

Duration
The duration of our news broadcast will be a 5 minute clip from the full 30 minutes programme. We have chose to broadcast our show on ITV 1 at 6 O'clock pm as this is when the majority of working adults and children return from school and work and can watch during or after dinner.

Synopsis
Our news broadcast will start with a short title sequence of shots of the Barnsley area and popular landmarks leading on to the two anchors to introduce the day's news. The news reports will contain one main national story about the recession, but more directly, how the recession has affected local trade. This will include an interview with a local trader/shopkeeper with direct questions on how the recession has affected their local business. This interview will take place on the field with a reporter at the shop in question. A second interview can also be used with a local women who has recently been made redundant by the NHS, this will take place in the interviewee's kitchen.
The 2nd story will be of a local college rugby teams success in an national league. This story will be more light hearted and informal and contain an interview with the rugby team's coach.
The 3rd story will be of a very successful local band's return to the Sheffield/Barnsley area. Another on scene interview will take place at Sheffield arena, the venue of the band's return.

Suggested Elements
Our news broadcast will contain two news anchors, a male and female anchor to provide balance. There will also be a semi-formal theme through out the broadcast to provide a light hearted feel to the news whilst not losing too much seriousness as delicate issues will be delved upon.