Location Shots 5.5

Above are the location shots that are going to be used in my media production. I focused on various parts of the school especially the Building Schools for the Future project as this was my main headline. I also focused on the main area reception of the school whilst also looking at the library and the corridors.

Outside school I focused on the Clissold Leisure Centre as this would be a component of my website along with the astroturf for my sports coverage. I looked at the local church as it is an iconic image of Stoke Newington as well as the infamous shops on Church Street. I also looked at the junk food shops towards the bottom of Clissold Road, where they would take part in my website design. Finally I looked at the road works on Church Street as they would also be used through my website design.

Time Management 5.4

Above is my time management table showing the different tasks, dates and times of what should be done in leading up to my media production and also during my production. This timeplan includes aspects such as filming, editing, problems and successes, website design, synopsis, shot list and time management.

Conventions of news texts. (Local)

Conventions of news texts. (Local)

Titles;

The use of colours such as red, grey and white are a convention of the BBC news programs and are also used in their national news program. This theme is used as it is the convention of BBC news and can be related to by the public audience that it attracts. The use of iconic images to represent London, are used in the titles to represent that the show is actually based around news values around London. As the title shot is a continuous shot and has various images about the program, this can be seen as a conventional value used in industry as it represents not only what the show is about, but whom the target audience is being represented as.

Reporters/Anchors;

With the anchors usually being seated in Local news programs, this gives the impression that the show is less formal compared to the national news programs. However the anchors do still wear smart clothes such as suits and dresses. The reporters on the other hand wear clothes that would not be seen as formal enough for national news programs such as sweaters and v-necked jumpers. This also represents the fact that the show is less formal than the national show and the fact that this is also a convention of local news. The anchors are usually shown in the same position as in the national news programs, with them being to the right of the screen, and the interactive information to the right of the anchor. The accents of the anchors and reporters are also different as they seem to be of a more Londoner accent compared to the national news anchors. The use of different ethnicities is used throughout the local news as it portrays the cultural differences in London society.

Mise en scene;

As for the mise en scene aspect of local news, this is usually the same as the national news, with exception of being a little less formal. For instance the audience seem to be closer to the anchor than in the national news program, which affects how the show is put across to the audience. There are sometimes aspects of the audience being able to see the news room behind the anchors and the people involved in creating the show. The use of stylish furniture and modern themes in local news is used to attract the target audience, which is an impressive use of attracting audiences.

Sound
The sound used in the Local news for the BBC, is the same as the national news’s music. This is due to the BBC trying to use a specific theme in throughout their broadcasting shows, as it is a tool used to create conventions that audiences relate to. The use of the orchestral, instrumental and electronic music can be seen as it is used to modernize the show as the sounds and music has changed over the various years. Tax payers also reflect on how the show is broadcasted, as it is their money that is being put towards making the show, and they expect the show to relate to new fashions such as modernized music.

Camerawork
The main difference between camerawork in the national and local news is that in the national news, cameras are focused more towards the front of the presenter whilst in local news, there is a slight drop in formality as the anchors can be seen from the side and below waist height. The local news camerawork is also different in the main opening sequence as iconic images from around London are used instead of the whole world in the national news. The themes in the camerawork are shown through the opening sequence in the local news as they are in the national news, with the pulsing of the red, grey and white lines. Between cuts in the opening sequence showing what is coming up in the show, there are also themes represented in the show as the pulsing clip is between each cut.

Brand Identity
The brand identity for London local news is that viewers want serious news that is of their interest, such as happenings in the capital of entertainment, politics, sport and weather. There is a more in depth of views into London society through local news as the target audience is being targeted by the news program. As viewers pay tax towards the station, they expect news that covers what they are paying for. However as audiences are not able to choose between news stories there are problems with identifying audiences in relation to choosing news programs in which viewers like.

Conventions of news texts. (National)

National News Conventions

Titles;

As of titles in National News texts, the use of primary colours is a specific convention in television news as colours are used to promote the time of which the news programme is aired. Colours such as grey, white and red are used for the BBC News as this shows what time the show is on and the colours also make the show look professional and minimalist. The use of the world rotating with icons of the many countries on earth is used as a brand identity, to catch a certain type of target audience whom are interested in world news in general. With the use of just one shot throughout the whole title sequence, this use of editing is continuous and shows the use of editing to attract a specific audience. As of the theme of the world pulsing is also an editing feature, this is used to create a different form of convention to other news programs as none other have this kind of feature associated within their titles.

Reporters/Anchors;

As reporters are usually positioned to the right of the screen, with the interactive boards to their right, this is a convention that is used throughout news programs in industry. As humans, we read images from left to right so it makes sense that the anchors and reporters are situated to the right of the screen, with the most important informations to the anchors right. The age of the anchors and reporters are usually similar to many other national news programs, with females usually being 30-40 yrs and males being 40+yrs. The use of standard english and well spoken anchors is used conventionally throughout national news programs. The ethnicity of these anchors and reporters vary through national news with anchors being White, Mixed, Black and Asian. The use of what anchors and reporters wear is very formal, as all male anchors/reporters wear suits and female anchors wear smart dresses.

Mise en scene;

The main mise en scene items in national news are usually desks, keyboards, computer, background news rooms and large flat screen televisions. These mise en scene features are used throughout national television news programs as they are the conventional values in national news. An extra feature in national news is of picture in picture; a traditional and conventional value in national news as it is used widely and is presented in many news programs. With the normal introductions of the news reports and stories from reporters in which cuts and fades are used, this shows that these features are used widely in national news programs throughout industries involving national news.

Sound;

The use of sound in National News is varied from program to program. As in BBC the sound is very futuristic and it has a pulsing theme to it. On the other hand in Channel 4 News, there is use of more orchestral music involved in the opening titles. The use of sound in reports is varied as many use special effects between reports such as kids playing over a report on young students at school. The use of electronic sound is becoming more available and varied amongst the industries in National News, where BBC uses a lot of technology to create the sound used.

Camerawork

The use of camerawork in National News is used in the conventional ways such as that many news programs use the same shots and types of framing as eachother. The use of plain and still images and video across screen is widely used in National News given a more formal edge to the National News programs. The editing in these programs is simple and gets to the point rather quickly with long time spent on the main headline, other than other more lower reports.

Brand Identity

As viewers of the BBC pay TV licence fees, they expect to be given news which they are paying for through tax. They ask for stories that are of interest to them and news that is serious and for the whole of the general public. The BBC however does show a variety of reports into their stories, giving it the edge over its competition and making it the most popular national news. program

5.2 Synopsis of complete programme.

My news extract will be called 'SNS Local', which will be aired during the afternoon. In my news extract I will be including news from around the school and around the local area. In my news programme I will be including areas such as:

School:

• A level results- Not being as good as expected. Interview with Mr Hewitt and other teachers, on their views about the A level results. May include interviews with students now in Yr 13 and could interview parents on this matter.


• BSF project on the school- How it effects students and teachers in school. Good points and bad points on how it effects the teacher and students. Get opinions on if teachers like or dislike the new school layout.


• Could talk about the communication problems as a result of the BSF project. Interview some teachers on the problems and how they have dealt with them.

Local News:

• Clissold Lesiure Centre- Story on improvement works taking place or story on students sports success in the leisure centre ie swimming competition. Opinions from users of the leisure centre.


• Story on Junk food stores running out of business as more students choose the healthier option provided in school. Healthy eating story report. Helps to combat obesity in the borough. Including a voiceover with on screen video of the local junk food shops.


• Clissold park sports tournaments such as tennis and football tournaments.


• Also include a Local weather report/forecast.

As I have chosen the colours of red, blue and white to use in my titles sequence and theme, I have chosen the time of afternoon to air my news programme. I am planning on using local icons such as the church, park, buses, gym and Church Street (all in Stoke Newington) as this shows the news is from the local area and is a convention of many news programmes.

As I have chosen a target audience of Stoke Newington senior students, this represents the fact that I am aiming to broadcast the show to a wider audience, with stories that suite teachers and students. Local residents will also be a main focus in this news programme as I aim to include stories that effect them. Interviewing many people associated with the stories in the news programme will effect the audience that is being represented as many interviewees will be chosen. I also aim to interview people associated with the local area as they may see Stoke Newington School as a local landmark.

5.3 Shot list

Whilst opening sequence is playing there is going to be a voice over of what is coming up in the show. with images and videos of the stories, with headings below them.

Main Headline:

1. Focus pull of camera moving towards the news anchor. Leading to a close up/mid shot of anchor at news desk.
2. Cut to a brief report on the main headline and then a 'live' feed of interviewing people associated with the headline story. During the interviews there will be a close up on the faces of the people being interviewed. Following this, there will be a interactive board used to show figures on the main headline, with a voiceover that will acquire them or the anchor telling the audience the figures whilst seated.

Second News Report:

1. Close up again on anchor, with framing so that an image of the news story can be seen on part of the screen either to the left or right of the anchor.
2. A report follows this with images, videos, facts and figure about the story. Whilst mostly using a voiceover to get the news across to the audience.
3. This is then followed by an interview with people, giving points of view on the story, associated with the story, using close ups as the main camera shots.

Third News Report:

1. As there is another close up on the anchor, this time it is with a voiceover and just images and video of the report.
2. Images fade in and out on screen, along with figures based around the story.
3. May include a very short report on the story with an interview with someone associated with the story or just a report on the story from the reporter.

Final News Report:

1. Cut back to anchor from the last report for the final news report.
2. Includes a very short report on the story with video of the area which is being reported on. Also include a voiceover from the anchor on the report.
3. May include figures on the interactive board or just on an image from the report.

Sport

Camera will cut to a screen displaying results of the football, and may include a piece on the leisure centre with a reporter describing events taking place at the centre.

Weather

For the weather there will be a brief voiceover of what the upcoming days will look like with images of the weather conditions on screen.

Deconstruction of Video Channel 4 News (1.1.1)

Deconstruction of Video Channel 4 News

• Interactive images of what is coming up in the program
• Another focus pull towards the anchor
• Small clips of what is going to be shown in the news
• Also uses interactive board/television behind the anchor with figures/results
• Opinions from both sides of the arguments on news reports
• Images from newspapers on news stories
• Many special effects used but are done simple

As above suggests, Channel 4 News uses the common conventional requirements in news programs, but comes across as being more professional, along with being formal, due to it being for a for a maturer audience, with news stories and themes that support this. Compared to the BBC News, which is less formal, there are differences that are easily spotted between them. For example the choice of music to accompany the opening sequences are substantially different.

The use of shot types and framing in Channel 4 news is conventional as the news anchor is seen as the focus point, with the camera focusing mainly on him. However there are slight differences to the BBC as the news anchor in Channel 4 is standing, which gives a broader view on what is behind and to the sides of him. This in turn shows a more formal way of presenting as if the anchor is talking to a class or small group as he is seen as the main attraction/leader, compared to the BBC anchor whom is seated. As the focus pulls towards the anchor are slow, this gives the anchor time to tell the main headline straight to the audience, whilst the other news stories are presented with the anchor seated. Overall this shows that presenting the main headline whilst standing is more formal and gets the story's importance across to the audience. The use of interactive backboards are used throughout news programmes but especially Channel 4 News.

As this Channel 4 News programmes seems to be shot in the evening, the colours used are used to represent the time at which the programme is on. Using blue, purple and green in the opening sequence gives the audience the idea that the show is on at a later time than BBC, whom use much brighter colours. This convention of using darker toned colours has been used in many other news programmes such as channel FIVE News, which uses similar colours. However in my opinion the colours of Channel 4 News seems to contrast with how formal the show is trying to come across to be as I would expect them to use brighter colours to convey a sense of formality amongst viewers. For example the BBC uses formal colours which come across to the audience as being attractive to the eye. Compared to more historic news programs, the use of flat screen interactive televisions has increased, leading to a reduction in needing the use of actual human involvement. For example the use of the interactive figures appearing on screen seems to have been done quite simply and this type of news feature is being used to an advantage over past years news programs.

The lighting used in Channel 4 News is mostly non natural lighting as it seems to look much darker than the BBC's studio. As the anchor is the main target for the audience, the technique of focusing most of the unnatural light towards him is used throughout the headline story. The use of natural light is used in the reports which are shown on the news programs, as there is no need in using unnatural light through the day. Compared to the BBC's anchor, Channel 4's anchor seems to look quite darker compared to the natural light used in the BBC, as the Channel 4 anchor seems to look distant in the dark background he is in. Conventionally, Channel 4's lighting seems to be irregular as the audience can only focus on the news anchor and not what is in the background, compared to for example from the BBC's studio.

Through the use of editing in Channel 4's program, the opening sequence seems to look futuristic which contrasts with how formal the show is trying to come across to be. The use of cutting from story to story in the opening sequence shows many special effects and the opening sequence of the images appearing on the screen seem to look futuristic. The use of cuts between the news reporters and videos of the news story are conventional as they compare to the BBC's cuts. As for the conventional way of informing the audience of the headline story, Channel 4 News does portray to the audience the normal/conventional way in which the anchors gives the main story information and the there is a live report, which switches to an earlier filmed report on the story. This way in getting across the story is conventional and is a good way in getting across a news story as it informs the audience well of the stories important aspects and is used throughout news programmes world wide, but especially in the United Kingdom.

Through the use of special effects in this news programme compared to other programs, it uses much more effects than other news programs, with the effects mostly being in the opening sequence of the show. This extensive use of special effects does contrast with how formal the show is trying to come across as being, as it conveys a sense of futuristic/fun to the news programme. However through the music which is used in the program, this counters the effect that the special effects may have on the audience with the music being very formal and almost orchestral. For an audience of a younger generation this programme would be seen as a program mostly for maturer adults whom are interested in politics and the world news, with less news on entertainment and sport compared to the BBC.

The use of the shows title is very formal in that it tries to get across to the audience the main news programmes coming up in the show along with a voiceover from the news anchor on what is coming up in the show. In my opinion the music which acquires the images from the opening sequence seems to be out of place in that it does not seem to go along with the images on screen. However this music is probably used as it has been used for many years from when Channel 4 News first began in 1982. The title is roughly 15 seconds long, as it then cuts to a slow camera focus pull on the anchor.