Evaluation Question 4 - John Selby

4. How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
Throughout our media project we have used a number of new technologies to help develop creative ideas, gain access to more in-depth research and organise planning in a very efficient way.

During the research stage the Internet was used through Apple imac computers which gave us access to huge quantities of data to which could be used for research and to aid in planning. We used Blogger.com to create a blog to store all the research we collected and it enabled us to present our research in a very organised fashion. Using Blogger.com meant we were able to present information collected from the Internet as well as providing links to certain useful videos, soundbites and websites. We could also embed videos directly from YouTube onto Blogger.com which greatly help us in terms of time management and presentation of our research and planning. We also used a Samsung ST61 compact digital camera to go out to collect research by taking location photos, test shots, costume photos, prop photos etc. This was incredibly useful as we soon found out whether our ideas were achievable and whether o not certain locations we attainable.

The blog also came in use with easing the planning process as all our planning was easily developed on the Macs and stored onto our blogs on Blogger.com. We developed a script, shooting script and photo storyboard using Microsoft office programmes which easily allowed us to get our ideas across onto a written format. These were then uploaded to Blogger.com where they were then stored in an organised fashion for easy accessibility and storage. The Samsung ST61 compact digital cameras were again used during the planning stage to collect images of locations, props, shot tests, storyboard photos and character profiles. The cameras enabled us to to collect large quantities of imagery data in seconds and they could then be easily uploaded onto our blog to fully show our research and planning ideas. iMovie also enabled us to develop an animatic slide show to show our ideas fully for our storyboard.

The digital technologies used to create our media project also helped us create and develop ideas as we were able to see all our ideas organised in one place, Blogger.com. From there we could see where we needed to go
and could then play with new cameras and editing software to see just how achievable our ideas were. All the research and planning was clearly priceless when it came to the construction process of our project. It was also at this stage where we realised whether or not our ideas were realistic and achievable as well as helping us to develop new ideas through trial and error. We started the construction phase by developing a logo on photoshop and it soon became evident was more than capable at achieving our ideas. The logo was then printed so a hard copy could be used to create a studio feel in our studio location as well as a copy on the Macs to use for our title sequence. When filming began we used a new camera, the Sony HDV 1000, which gave us a much sharper HD image than any camera previously used. The better picture quality and better zoom meant we were able to fully optimise the zoom function to achieve all our initial ideas for our title sequence. These ideas included some shots we previously believed to be too ambitious throughout or title sequence with shots of buildings, monuments and ariel shots. The Sony HDV 1000 also had an add-on microphone which greatly helped in terms of sound quality and also helped us to achieve some more shots where the audio is far from the camera. It also helped to single out certain audio where the reporters were a distance away from the camera and background noise may have over powered the primary audio. FinalCut, an editing software programme, was similarly used to develop our ideas with such new functions as wire framing, monochromatic imaging, still imaging and a new wide range of transitions. FinalCut was perfect for this and more, we were also able to smooth out sounds and make sound transmissions smoother for a more professional final product. Some of the audio in our shots finished very harshly and the audio transitions really helped in smoothing out these sounds to create a much more flowing professional programme.

Finally we created a radio trailer which was developed using the GarageBand programme. Using this programme enabled us to blend together many different sounds as we were aiming to create a construction site atmosphere. We first used a handheld sound recorder to record many different tool sounds idividually and then brought them together onto GarageBand. This enabled us to blend sounds together and mix them up for the most realistic construction site atmosphere. We were also able to tamper with sound levels to ensure our main voice audio was clearly audable over the background noise.

Evaluation Question 3 - John Selby

3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
During the research phase of our project we researched audience behaviour, habits and interests and kept them in mind throughout all stages in our production. We used a GZ-MG 330 HDD Camcorder to record all our initial interviews held during the research stage. We interviewed a range of age groups during the research stage and looked at their viewing habits, preferred style of news, preferred stories and their opinions on improvements towards news programmes in general. Nearly all of our ideas stem from this initial research and it highly influenced our final product in terms of start times, formality, news coverage, costume, set, location and many other aspects.

(Example of initial audience research)
We found that many of our audience preferred to watch the news when they had spare time, usually around tea time. For example one interviewee, when asked what time they prefer to watch the news, replied "When I've got time, usually around 6ish" (6 O'Clock). These kind of answers directly influenced our decision to broadcast our news programme at our selected time. Also from this research we found that the younger generations preferred the news to be less formal, but not too informal. This was evident in some answers, when asked 'What formality of news they prefer', such as "When they're all sat down on sofas as it's more relaxed". We initially found this request rather tricky but ended up settling on using costumes that were simple yet formal such as smart shirts and suit trousers, using a lower more informal desk and including more trivial, sport and music stories. We believe this would fully cater to the audiences demand for less formal news without it been too informal.

Throughout all stages of our media production we kept the audience in mind and tried to the best of our abilities to fully provide them with a new style of news that appeals to a younger audience whilst also keeping them up-to-date with current international affairs. We chose to include a range of topics to cover in our stories which expressed the audiences interests in more local news with bands, music and sport event stories being the bulk of our news whilst also covering a major national or international story. We eventually decided to include a story about a local bands rise to fame and a the local college's rugby team's success whilst also including a story on how the recession is affecting the lives of the Barnsley public. We believe we achieved our initial aims and surpassed any targets arisen from our initial audience research. As well as this we tried to include a lot of visual stimulation for the audience, such as descriptive titles where we felt the audience needed informing, and including voice-overs where necessary to fully elaborate on visual information given and to appeal to auditory learners as well as visual.

Once we had made a rough edit of our news programme we trial ran it passed some peers who were of similar age to our target audience. We asked for criticisms, positive feedback and fresh ideas to enable us to tweak any imperfections for maximum enjoyment from our news programme for our intended audience. One issue raised in this trial run was a sense of confusion amongst our viewers over some certain areas in the production. One critic said "when some locations are shown such as the Lucorum, I think that there could be a bit of a description about what is shown, such as a title of the location or how it relates to the story". We then looked back at each problem and found realistic solutions and applied them to the most appropriate areas. This process included adding voice-overs where the visuals failed to fully inform the viewer, adding text on-screen to certain frames including new guests and locations and including more shots to break up long interviews which some viewers found to slow the pace of the programme. We also found from this that the cultural situation of the viewer was going to be a vital aspect in our news programme. It was planned to be local news and therefore local regional dialects are used by the presenters and reporters and many local locations were used and we assumed a local audience would be aware of these locations so no text prompts were given. This was another issue raised by our critics in the trial run and something which we overcome by adding titles to certain locations that our critics deemed confusing.

Evaluation Question 2 - John Selby

2. How effective is the combination of your main media product and the ancillary texts?
Our aim with our main product was to provide global news coverage whilst also providing local coverage as well as light hearted, more trivial stories. We believed this would be a good combination of information and entertainment for maximum enjoyment and interest for our audience. We found that this could be a realistic combination if we put a local spin on the global stories. So to do this we decided to include a global story but show it's effects and influence on our local region for example the recessions effects on the Barnsley region. We were also trying to appeal more to a younger audience as in our initial audience research we found that younger teenage audiences didn't watch the news particularly often as they believed it was too serious and formal. We believed this issue could be solved by including more local trivial stories including bands, sports teams, music events, films etc. We hoped this, combined with the younger less formal presenters and reporters, would help entice a younger audience to or news programme. We tried to express the fact that our news programme was going to feature primarily local news in our title sequence as this was the first thing the viewer saw and we felt it must fully express what the show is about. We managed to do this by including many local attractions, buildings, monuments, shopping centres etc. We believe this projected a more comfortable, personal and familiar feel to our news programme which we believed our younger local audience could easily relate to. We used this method to attract our target audience as we have seen it similarly done in local news programmes for our region including 'Calendar' and 'Look North'. With the familiar attractions featuring in our title sequence the audience can immediately relate to the area the news will be based and it helps them to fully understand the local problems and stories. We also tried to further express this local familiar feel in our radio trailer by using the regional dialect which our audience could also easily relate to whilst also exaggerating it for comedic effect. We believe in doing this we also managed to get across the more light hearted entertainment side of our news programme as well as expressing familiar aspects. We also used the strong exaggerated regional dialect in our characters from the radio trailer to provide our trailer with an aspect of humour, whilst also retaining the strong community, familiar, and personal tones expressed throughout the programme.

(Example of exaggerated local dialect)

Our trailer almost directly contrasts the BBC World News trailer which I analysed. The BBC used similar methods of dialects and accents to express a global interconnected feel. Throughout the BBC trailer many foreign accents and sounds were used to fully express the width and depth of the news coverage covered by the BBC World News team. We used this method and turned it on its head to get an opposite effect and instead provide our audience with a regional and familiar feel opposed to the more global expansive feel connoted by the BBC World News trailer.

Evaluation Question 1 - John Selby

1. In what way does the media product use, develop, or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
In our media project we observed and stuck to the typical conventions of continuity and language of film and editing rather well, after having analysed similar media products during the research stage of our production (Post). Establishing shots are a rather prominent feature throughout our title sequence as we found this to be a very effective concept when researching similar media products. We aimed to fully express the location as to where our news was primarily based and to briefly explore the area, providing the audience with a more personal and comfortable environment. I found this to be the case when watching and analysing Calendar news and believed a similar concept would work very well when producing our own media product. We tried to gain a similar result by using several establishing shots in the title sequence showing a wide range of locations across Barnsley, the local region. This is a similar concept to many local news programmes including 'Look North' and 'Calendar'.

(Series of establishing shots used in our title sequence)


(Calendar opening title sequence - 0-13 seconds)

We also used many tilts in our establishing shots to further explore the environment and imitate natural reactions to seeing the local monuments and buildings to give the shots a very familiar and natural feel. We considered all our tilts to be technically correct as we always tilted from point A to point B and never over tilted past the point we wished to end on. This technique was developed after seeing it in action in almost all the local news title sequences I researched and analysed which inevitably had a direct impact on our decision to use the same rule. Similarly when panning, we always chose to pan from left to right as this is how western culture reads and thought this would be a more familiar and comfortable panning style for our intended audience. This is often the panning style used in western television for those reasons and also happened to be the chosen panning style throughout all the local news programmes I originally used for research purposes.

(Examples of pans and tilts used)

In terms of continuity we always made sure that our white balancing was done correctly and consistently throughout each location. In some cases this was more difficult than expected with varying weather and light conditions. This problem was overcome by a "touching up" process whereby we white balanced the scenes in certain locations after the filming process during editing. this was accomplished by using the 3 way colour correction feature on FinalCut.

Continuity was an issue we faced in other areas too because many of our scenes contained cut-aways and we had to make sure things such as eye lines were always exactly the same and that the 180 degrees rule was always being obeyed. We believe this made our media product look far more professional and much more like a real media product as these basics rules were always obeyed in the programmes originally analysed during the research stage.

In terms of content our news programme only slightly deviates from the typical conventions of news programmes. We chose a local news format whereby we covered several stories from the local region whilst also covering any major global stories and if necessary their relation to the local area. For example one of our national stories is based on the recession but we also chose to include it's effects on the Barnsley region in particular. This was not the case when researching typical local news programmes as they often had a separate programme to cover the national news and none showed the national stories effects on the local region. We believe this makes our news programme unique as it challenges forms of real media products. We also, in some cases, deliberately subverted the audience's expectations by using younger presenters and reporters to appeal more to the younger audiences and to give the programme a slightly less formal style. At first we were unsure of this as all local news programmes seemed to be formal with an older set of presenters and reporters but we decided this would only further enhance our programmes appeal to a younger target audience, who are otherwise rarely targeted in this form of media.

We hope to have provided the audience with pleasure when viewing our programme as well as much gratification in terms of information. As identified by Maslow, audiences chose to watch programmes based on what they get from them and everyone has different uses for media. According to this theory we believe that the audience would use our programme for information as well as entertainment. Obviously, in terms of information, this is the case with all news programmes but to varying degrees. We believe that due to our unique view on global issues' effects on the local community, our news programme provides a more in depth and personal series of information which is not provided any news programme previously researched by myself. Our news programme should also fully satisfy the audience's curiosity in local and global issues and fulfill the needs of those seeking to expand their knowledge on society and the world. Again having a local outlook on global issues helps emphasize this to a greater extent than that of the typical news programme. As well as this our news programme also provides integration and social interaction aspects as our stories should help the audience sympathize and empathize with others in their community and around the world. This is another aspect apparent in the majority of news programmes and we felt we had to fully incorporate this aspect to be of a standard expected of national or local news programmes.

(Example of integration and social interaction)

As well as this it should also entertain the audience to a certain extent as we did deliberately include more light hearted trivial news stories for more humorous and entertaining purposes. As we were aimed at a younger audience than the majority of news programmes I researched and analysed, we believed more of these style of stories were perfectly acceptable and tried to include a majority of these feel-good stories e.g. the local rugby teams success and local music sensations etc. In terms of information, integration and social interaction this is likewise with most news programmes although we tried to be slightly more unique by also adding the entertainment factor which is not apparent in all news programmes.

Audience Feedback

We sent out a rough draft of our programme to 5 individuals via Facebook and asked for some feedback in terms of what they liked and didn't like, what they would do to improve, whether they would watch the programme etc.
Here are our 5 responses;

Leanne Kitchen
"The opening titles are very good and the music sounds very 'news like', however it cut off too dramatically when it shows the presenters, it could be faded out to make the transition better.
Also, when some locations are shown such as the Lucorum, I think that there could be a bit of a description about what is shown, such as a title of the location or how it relates to the story.
The shots of the rugby, the golf and musician are all really well done and looks professional."

Maria Burton
"Good choice of stories and a good wide range. Interviews need either shortening or breaking up cos they get a bit boring because they are one long shot"

Tom Hodgson
"Loved the formality and style of the programme, very original and unique. Liked the title sequence but thought the interviews were too long. Also thought some titles would help to show who certain people are and what the locations are."

Ben Thornton
"A good all round start, needs sligthtly editing in terms of transitions etc for a smoother more professional looking programme."

Michael Betton
"Needs more shots in the interviews and maybe titles in certain places like over the interviewees and that. Good use of locations and costume though and good choice of young presenters and Barnsley accents. I'd definately watch it."

George Trepczyk
"I do like the intro of the news broadcast as it somehow has the main buildings that people remember Barnsley for. The sound though might need a bit of work on it as it varies and isn't constant which you would expect from a news program. The generally the shots are pretty neat, and they don't really need any work on them. Everything was presented well and without the difference of sound you would really think it was different to a typical news broadcast"

Radio Trailer

Final Storyboard

News Trailer Analysis - John Selby

I have chosen to analyse a BBC World News brand campaign. This advert does contain visuals but as ours is a radio based advert then I am to only analyse the audio of the advert. I have had to do this as I've had no luck finding such radio news trailer online.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZvtnPseOkg

The advert begins with a harp like string instrument playing slow, soft almost mystic music which is abruptly interrupted by an inaudible muffled sound which represents the news and how it's in every one's lives and effects everyone. This is soon followed by the sound of crowds shouting, screaming, whistling and chanting whilst dogs bark simultaneously. This is then followed by two Chinese men arguing. This is continued throughout the advert with many different news stories such as bullet noises to represent war and explosions to represent terrorism. All these noises add a sense of intensity and seriousness to the advert. As well as this it gives a sense of emotion and even political movement giving which shows the listener that this kind of news can not be missed and the fact that it is the most important global stories being covered by the station.

Whilst the background noises are being heard there is an overlaying louder voice-over which dominates the audio with a strong stern voice orating powerful dialogue which further enthralls the listener. "No radicals, no communists, no liberals, no leaders, no followers, no forces, no one can stop your instinctive desire for knowledge." These powerful words are timed in conjunction to the background noise such as when "no communists" is said the voice of Chinese police officers can be heard and when "no forces" is said a police charge can be heard. All of this outlines what kind of stories the news station are to focus on and just how powerful and moving those stories can be. The voice over then goes on to say "As long as you keep questioning, so will we". This shows the listener that the news is entirely based on the demand of the listener and also gives a sense of reliability by stating that as long as the listener continues to want the news it will be broadcast. The voice-over then finishes with the tag line "BBC world news, never stop asking". This tag line finishes the advert by implying that the listener will always have a thirst for knowledge and will never stop asking questions whilst also re-enforcing the sense of reliability by stating that the BBC world news team will also never stop asking questions as well as providing answers.

Throughout the advert the soft harp music plays quietly in the background giving the advert a serious, professional feel showing how these stories aren't any trivial stories. These are global, life changing stories which can not be ignored and need to be seen. The music also has another more subconscious effect on the advert though. The calm, soft and tranquil music may also represent the lives of the listener. It shows how although your life may be comfortable and safe, this is not the case all over the world and that wars, terror, political movements and demonstrations are occurring in the world on a daily basis and to ignore these conflicts would be foolish. This gives the listener a sense of urgency to hear the news whilst giving only one answer, BBC world news, their station.

The music, sound effects and voice-over combine together well in this advert to give the advert the professional, serious, important and emphatic feel to fully engross the listener to maximum effect.

Permission sheet.

Radio Trailer Idea - John selby

Scene 1

1. ATMOS: INT. A NEWS STUDIO. BEFORE GOING LIVE

2. F/X: PRESENTER'S HEART

3. FLOOR MANAGER - Going Live in...3...2...1

4. PRESENTER 1 - (Heavy exhale)

5. ATMOS: INT. A NEWS STUDIO

6. PRESENTER 1 - Hello and welcome to 6News, with me Oliver Neilson

7. PRESENTER 2 - And me, Jake Bretton. Are you tired of the same old bias gloomy news? Recession here, banker's bonuses there and all the unemployment in between.

8. PRESENTER 1 - Well join us at 6News for all the latest on the recession, the banker's bon...errr...ugghh

9. PRESENTER 2 - Yep, you've ruined that...Your suppose to tell them about all the local upbeat stories, you know, the thriving communities, successful youth projects, the talking goat! Tell them about the talking goat!

10. PRESENTER 1 - For all the latest on upbeat local news, tune in to 6News, at 5 on 5.

11. FLOOR MANAGER - Cut!...That'll do.

Rough Story Board - Title Sequence

Theme tune played through out

Title Sequence - Shooting Script

Title Sequence of 6News

Exterior - Town Centre - Day Time
SHOT 1 - LS of Town Hall
Fade
SHOT 2 - MS of mining memorial. Tilt up the memorial.
Fade
SHOT 3 - CU of metal poem monument.
Fade
SHOT 4 - XLS of town centre with shoppers walking around.
Fade
SHOT 5 - LS of town hall tower. Zoom out to XLS of the tower.
Fade
SHOT 6 - WS of Chronicle headquarters.
Fade
SHOT 7 - LS of mining monument with town hall in background. Tilt up to town hall tower.
Fade
SHOT 8 - LS of Arcade with people walking up and down.
Fade
SHOT 9 - CU of Civic sign. Zoom out to XLS of the sign with the whole building now visible. As image zooms out it also moves away whilst the 6News logo comes forward replacing it.
Cut
SHOT 10 - TS of the presenters with Title overlayed until it fades.

(Soundtrack played throughout)

MS = Mid shot
LS = Long shot
XLS = Extreme long shot
TS = Two shot
WS = Wide-shot

Problems faced - Shooting/editing

Whilst filming our news programme and editing it we have faced and overcome many problems with equipment, shots, locations, software and time. As a group we have pulled together well and overcome many of these obstacles such as;

• Issues with white balancing in rooms with both natural and artificial light. Here the combination of natural and artificial light distorted the white balance of the camera and whilst some locations were easily adaptable, some had to be abandoned.
• Sound issues leading to loud muffled audio with speech. This issue has arose many times during filming and when microphones weren't available, some shots needed changing so the person talking come be closer to the camera. Also some shots had to be re-filmed due to reporters holding the microphone too close or too far away.
• Permission for locations. This issue has troubled us with most locations as we've not only filmed private properties but also council and government owned buildings. Written permission was required for most of the locations especially the government buildings as the 2001 terrorism act banished any government buildings being filmed without permission.
• Change in editing software. This problem occurred when moving to more complex editing software than previously used. Our entire group had become comfortable with the programme iMovie but has had to change to Final cut HD the year to use the more expansive editing techniques.
• Finally the issue of time management. Early in the project our group created a time table that we hoped to stick to throughout filming but due to illness and adverse weather conditions, this timetable could not be kept which has led to our group running behind although extra hours have been put in to remedy this issue.
  

Photo Story Board

behind the scenes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MQ7RvtKDzI

Above is a link to a video showing behind the scenses on the set of the studio. the presenters are preparing there lines and work also lighting is being set up and sound, aswell as the studio set and props.

Recession - South Yorkshire

The recession has hit South Yorkshire just as much as the rest of the UK, if not more. An 'Evening Post' report into the matter has revealed that Barnsley and Doncaster are to be the towns with the slowest recovery due to the large unemployment rate and the low levels of qualified workforce. Also affecting the recovery the fact that these towns have a low level of business start up rates meaning the the process of recovery is going to be much slower. Building large new buildings for business is out of the question is these times of recession so areas such as Barnsley may need to resort to more basic approach to recovery such as a focus on education, adult learning and transportation. This would make the area more appealing to new or stable businesses.

Barnsley

• Barnsley is currently undergoing the building and development of 5 secondary schools and the college.
• Unemployment rates have reached highs of 64% in some parts of Barnsley.
• Up to 14% of the working population are claiming incapacity benefits, much higher than the 7.2% average.
• Over 25% of the population live in council housing.
• The average income per household is £24,000, again significantly lower than the national average of £32,000.
• Children eligible for free school meals is far above the national average. (5,939)

Research: Similar News Logos

Here are a few logos for other news shows similar to ours. We have developed our logo based on ideas and formats from other news programmes.

Our logo is a simple blue "6" in a thin black circle with "NEWS" written across the "6".

This idea was used as it's simple and is easily recogniseable. Much like the logos of other news programmes.

Our logo - 6News

National + Global news shows

ITV News - Another fairly simple yet easily recogniseable logo.

BBC News - This logo is arguable more simpler than ours and is world renown. It is this kind of logo we have tryed to recreate.

Channel 4 News - Here is another incredibly simple news logo of a very successful news show.

SKY News

Local News shows

ITV Calendar News

BBC Look North

Shooting Script - 5 Minute News Broadcast

Opening five minutes of the 6News programme

Begins with Title sequence (See: Shooting script - Title sequence)

Interior - Studio - Day Time
SHOT 1 - Two-Shot of the two presenters face on introducing the news and what's to come.

Exterior - Rugby Pitch - Day Time
SHOT 2 - LS of rugby scrum. (Voiced over by Presenter)
FADE to shot 3.

Interior - Music Room - Day Time
SHOT 3 - MS of musician playing the guitar. (Voiced over by Presenter)
SHOT 4 - CU of guitar handle with cords clearly visible. (Voiced over by Presenter)

Interior - Studio - Day Time
SHOT 5 - MCU of the male presenter whilst he introduces the first story.

Exterior - Job Centre - Day Time.
SHOT 6 - LS of the JobCentre with people quing up outside. (Voiced over by reporter)
PAN right to SHOT 7
SHOT 7 - CU of Jobcentre sign.

Exterior - town centre - Day Time
SHOT 8 - LS of Arcade entrance while shoppers enter and leave. The image slows down, stops and turns monochrome whilst facts appear. (Voiced over by reporter)

Exterior - Outside Bank - Day Time
SHOT 9 - LS of reporter outside a bank. (Text on screen)
FADE to shot 10

Exterior - Outside Shop - Day Time
SHOT 10 - LS of shop entrance whilst trader stands in doorway.
Fade to shot 11

Interior - Shop floor - Day Time
SHOT 11 - MS of a trader talking about the effects of the recession.

Exterior - Outside Bank - Day Time
SHOT 12 - MLS of reporter outside bank.

Interior - Studio - Day Time
SHOT 13 - Two-Shot of presenters talking about the rugby story.

Interior - Sports Room - Day Time
SHOT 14 - MCU of Tom Bridges being Interviewed

Exterior - Rugby Pitch - Day Time
SHOT 15 - VLS of a Line out in the rugby match. (Voiced over by interviewee)

Interior - Sports Room - Day Time
SHOT 16 - CU of Tom Bridges being interviewed.

Exterior - Rugby Pitch - Day Time
SHOT 17 - VLS of a conversion. (Voiced over by interviewee)

Interior - Sports Room - Day Time
SHOT 18 - MCU Tom Bridges being interviewed.

Exterior - Rugby Pitch - Day Time
SHOT 19 - VLS of the winning try as the player runs towards camera. (Voiced over by interviewee)

Interior - Sports Room - Day Time
SHOT 20 - MCU Tom Bridges being interviewed.

Exterior - Rugby Pitch - Day Time
SHOT 21 - LS of team celebrating (Voiced over by interviewee)

Interior - Sports Room - Day Time
SHOT 22 - MCU of Tom Bridges being interviewed.

Exterior - Barnsley Sports Academy - Day Time
SHOT 23 - LS of Barnsley sports academy. Text on screen. (Voiced over by interviewee)

Interior - Sports Room - Day Time
SHOT 24 - MCU of Tom Bridges' interview finishing.

Interior - Studio - Day Time
SHOT 25 - MCU of 2nd male reporter explaining what's still to come.

Interior - Lucorum - Day Time
SHOT 26 - MCU of musician waving, about to do an interview. (Voiced over by presenter)

Exterior - Golf Course - Day Time
SHOT 27 - CU of golf putter hitting a ball into hole. (Voiced over by Presenter)
SHOT 28 - LS of golfer chipping a ball. (Voiced over by Presenter)

6News Title appears on screen with theme tune

Interior - Studio - Day Time
SHOT 29 - Two-Shot of both presenters as they introduce the 3rd story.

Interior - Lucorum - Day Time
SHOT 30 - Two-Shot of reporter and musician talking about tour dates. Text on screen.

Exterior - Lucorum - Day Time
SHOT 31 - MS of Lucorum building. PAN left to LS of Lucorum sign. (voiced over by interviewee)

Interior - Lucorum - Day Time
SHOT 32 - Two-Shot of reporter and musician talking about the new album.

Interior - Music Shop - Day Time
SHOT 33 - CU of CD on shelve. Zoom out as some one takes last copy. (voiced over by interviewee)

Interior - Lucorum - Day Time
SHOT 34 - Two-Shot of reporter and musician talking about celebrity status.

Interior - Music Room - Day Time
SHOT 35 - MS of musician playing guitar. (voiced over by interviewee)
SHOT 36 - CU of musician's hand playing cords on guitar. (voiced over by interviewee)

Interior - Lucorum - Day Time
SHOT 37 - Two-Shot of reporter and musician signing off.

Interior - Studio - Day Time
SHOT 38 - Two-Shot of both presenters as they go to an ad break.

6News logo appears on-screen whilst theme tune plays out.

CU = Close-up
MS = Mid shot
MLS = Medium long shot
LS = Long shot
XLS = Extreme long shot
TS = Two-shot

Location Photos

Here are some photos we have taken of the locations we are going to shoot our news broadcast. We have been granted permission to film at all the locations we have chosen.

The Studio

Interview Location 1 - Rugby training session











Interview Location 2 - Music band




















Interview Location 3 - Recession (Bank)











Interview Location 4 - Recession (Interviewee's Kitchen)

Research Into Sports Interviewee

Our sports story is about a local college Rugby team who won a competition amongst all other college rugby teams in the region. They won the final 19 - 12 in a gruelling test against their regional rivals. The prize for winning was a training session with an ex-England captain at Twickenham Rugby Stadium south just south of London.

The interview is with the team's coach Thomas Bridges who will answer a series of questions on their victory, training regime, future plans and the team's opinion towards their Twickenham training session.