TV News index
1) TV News case study 1: Channel 4 News
2) TV News case study 2: BBC News at Six
3) TV News case study 3: coverage of the General Election across different news programmes
4) TV News case study 4: independent case studies (BBC3 60 Second News and Newsround)
5) News Values blog task
6) TV News audience - creating a running order
7) TV News representation - analysing Sky News coverage of the 2011 riots
Thursday 21 May 2015
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Case study 3: news stories covering start of General Election campaign 2015
Case Study
Testing what you've learned...
1) What is the angle of a news story? There can be many different angles to a news story such as British angle by the BBC News.
2) What is the difference between tabloid and broadsheet news coverage? A tabloid newspaper is less serious and the stories are usually revolved around sports and celebrities. A broadsheet news is more serious and more about politics.
3) What would be an example of a tabloid-style TV news programme? An example is the female football that was spoken about.
4) What would be an example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme? The Scottish international election.
5) What is the difference between international, national, regional and local news coverage
International is world wide, national is wide in the UK, regional is places such as London, Yorkshire and Scotland. Local news is to do with incidents that occur in the area.
1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell? This would be national news.
Testing what you've learned...
1) What is the angle of a news story? There can be many different angles to a news story such as British angle by the BBC News.
2) What is the difference between tabloid and broadsheet news coverage? A tabloid newspaper is less serious and the stories are usually revolved around sports and celebrities. A broadsheet news is more serious and more about politics.
3) What would be an example of a tabloid-style TV news programme? An example is the female football that was spoken about.
4) What would be an example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme? The Scottish international election.
5) What is the difference between international, national, regional and local news coverage
International is world wide, national is wide in the UK, regional is places such as London, Yorkshire and Scotland. Local news is to do with incidents that occur in the area.
1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell? This would be national news.
2) What angle does the report take on the story? The story takes a UK angle (David Cameron or Ed Miliband)
3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? This is more broadcast style.
4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why? The audience would be more of the 18-35 age range because political stories wouldn't interest the younger ages due to the fact they don't feel like the are involved in the part of the news and when voting takes place they wouldn't be associated with it.
Sky News election story not available online - use your notes
1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell? National because it's an election in one country.
2) What angle does the report take on the story? Broadsheet-style angle.
3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? It's broadsheet-style angle because is involves serious information and stories to do with politics.
4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why? Those who are able to vote would be most likely to watch this type of TV News programme or even if they are interested in news to do with politics so usually over 18.
1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell? National because it's an election in one country.
2) What angle does the report take on the story? Broadsheet-style angle.
3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? It's broadsheet-style angle because is involves serious information and stories to do with politics.
4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why? Those who are able to vote would be most likely to watch this type of TV News programme or even if they are interested in news to do with politics so usually over 18.
STV coverage of the election story
1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell? This is a regional news story because it is more from the perspective of the people of Scotland and what they want.
2) What angle does the report take on the story? The report takes on the story from a regional angle.
3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? This is more tabloid style coverage because it is informal whilst presenting the story and the news mainly consists of interviews with the Scottish party.
4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why? I would expect an older audience in the age range of 16 to 40+ to watch this news programme because it is a traditional news story based on voting and elections which appeals to an older audience and what they want their country to be like.
Channel 4 News coverage of the election story.
1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell? National and regional. I can tell because is an election again.
2) What angle does the report take on the story? Political angle
3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? This is more of both tabloid and broadsheet.
4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why? I think even though they can't vote the ages would be young such as 15-35 due to presentation of channel 4 itself as a news programme.
2) What angle does the report take on the story? The report takes on the story from a regional angle.
3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? This is more tabloid style coverage because it is informal whilst presenting the story and the news mainly consists of interviews with the Scottish party.
4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why? I would expect an older audience in the age range of 16 to 40+ to watch this news programme because it is a traditional news story based on voting and elections which appeals to an older audience and what they want their country to be like.
Channel 4 News coverage of the election story.
1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell? National and regional. I can tell because is an election again.
2) What angle does the report take on the story? Political angle
3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? This is more of both tabloid and broadsheet.
4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why? I think even though they can't vote the ages would be young such as 15-35 due to presentation of channel 4 itself as a news programme.
Wednesday 29 April 2015
BBC News details
Basic details
1) What do the letters BBC stand for? The BBC is commonly known as the British Broadcasting Corporation and so this is what 'BBC' stands for.
2) How is the BBC funded? Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations.
3) What is the BBC's famous mission statement? (Clue: it's three words) Inform, educate and entertain
4) What is BBC1's programme remit? The BBC's remit is be the most popular TV service across the UK with high quality programmes.
5) How does the BBC News at Six fit into BBC1's remit? They share the views of the whole UK rather than their own views only.
Presenters
1) Who are the presenters of BBC News at Six? The presenters are Fiona Bruce, Sophie Raworth and Huw Edwards
2) What are the presenters wearing? What does this communicate to the audience? The presenters are wearing formal clothing such as suits and ties.
3) Why might a TV News programme use a variety of presenters? They would use a variety so that they can have a variety of people watching who are from different backgrounds also and this would help make them feel more engaged.
4) How are other reporters or presenters used in the TV news programme? There are many presenters entitled to different jobs so one who presents the headlines and the reporters and those who talk on the show.
5) Is there a balance between male and female presenters? What about race/ethnicity? What effect might these aspects have on an audience? There has to be a balance and there is because if not this would affect the consumers as they may feel offended by the fact that males for example have more attention.
Audience
1) What do the letters BBC stand for? The BBC is commonly known as the British Broadcasting Corporation and so this is what 'BBC' stands for.
2) How is the BBC funded? Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations.
3) What is the BBC's famous mission statement? (Clue: it's three words) Inform, educate and entertain
4) What is BBC1's programme remit? The BBC's remit is be the most popular TV service across the UK with high quality programmes.
5) How does the BBC News at Six fit into BBC1's remit? They share the views of the whole UK rather than their own views only.
Presenters
1) Who are the presenters of BBC News at Six? The presenters are Fiona Bruce, Sophie Raworth and Huw Edwards
2) What are the presenters wearing? What does this communicate to the audience? The presenters are wearing formal clothing such as suits and ties.
3) Why might a TV News programme use a variety of presenters? They would use a variety so that they can have a variety of people watching who are from different backgrounds also and this would help make them feel more engaged.
4) How are other reporters or presenters used in the TV news programme? There are many presenters entitled to different jobs so one who presents the headlines and the reporters and those who talk on the show.
5) Is there a balance between male and female presenters? What about race/ethnicity? What effect might these aspects have on an audience? There has to be a balance and there is because if not this would affect the consumers as they may feel offended by the fact that males for example have more attention.
Opening sequence
Analyse the opening 2 minutes of the programme.
1) What is the very first shot? Different and quick clips showing a globe and the news that will come up.
2) How does the opening sequence use graphics or images to grab the attention of the audience? It a globe type of shape to show that it covers stories from around the world.
3) How is music used in the opening sequence? There's music but then fades out as the reporter goes on to speak.
4) How are news stories introduced in the opening two minutes? Is there just one story or are the audience told what will be coming up later? Information is given about the stories and the audience already know what is coming up but not everything which is probably what tempts them to stay.
1) What is the very first shot? Different and quick clips showing a globe and the news that will come up.
2) How does the opening sequence use graphics or images to grab the attention of the audience? It a globe type of shape to show that it covers stories from around the world.
3) How is music used in the opening sequence? There's music but then fades out as the reporter goes on to speak.
4) How are news stories introduced in the opening two minutes? Is there just one story or are the audience told what will be coming up later? Information is given about the stories and the audience already know what is coming up but not everything which is probably what tempts them to stay.
Studio Mise-en-scene:
1) What aspects of the studio can be seen by the audience? As the opening shot is a medium shot you can only see the first few inches of the desk that the presenter is sitting at. You can see the atmosphere behind the presenter with computers and television screens behind her.
2) Are the presenters standing or behind desks? Why do you think this? The presenter is sitting behind a desk.
3) Are journalist or technology visible? What might this suggest to the audience. There is no one behind the presenter which makes her the main focus telling the audience that we should keep our eyes on her. Also, the presenter has a pen and paper in front of them instead of technology which suggests that they are not up to date with technology and like everything when its formal.
4) How does the studio use color? The studio has a color scheme of red and black which has synergy with their logo.
1) What aspects of the studio can be seen by the audience? As the opening shot is a medium shot you can only see the first few inches of the desk that the presenter is sitting at. You can see the atmosphere behind the presenter with computers and television screens behind her.
2) Are the presenters standing or behind desks? Why do you think this? The presenter is sitting behind a desk.
3) Are journalist or technology visible? What might this suggest to the audience. There is no one behind the presenter which makes her the main focus telling the audience that we should keep our eyes on her. Also, the presenter has a pen and paper in front of them instead of technology which suggests that they are not up to date with technology and like everything when its formal.
4) How does the studio use color? The studio has a color scheme of red and black which has synergy with their logo.
How news stories are presented
1) They present the story whilst standing behind a desk and telling the headlines of the story in which after, they show citizen journalism or the journalist goes to the destination.
2) The programme has the presenter to camera, the reporter on the location, they present interviews, have graphics and images.
3) The TV News programme covers politics such as the elections, international news stories from around the world, sports news and also news related to crime and murder.
4) News stories are presented to keep the interest of the audience by making sure that the screen is continuously moving so that it does not bore the audience. They also keep the interest of their audience by not talking about one news story for the whole of the news programme.
1) They present the story whilst standing behind a desk and telling the headlines of the story in which after, they show citizen journalism or the journalist goes to the destination.
2) The programme has the presenter to camera, the reporter on the location, they present interviews, have graphics and images.
3) The TV News programme covers politics such as the elections, international news stories from around the world, sports news and also news related to crime and murder.
4) News stories are presented to keep the interest of the audience by making sure that the screen is continuously moving so that it does not bore the audience. They also keep the interest of their audience by not talking about one news story for the whole of the news programme.
Running order
Watch the first 15 minutes of the programme – as recent as you can find.
1) What is the top story?
The top story is Nepal Earthquake and trying to find survivors.
2) How long does the top story last for?
1:50-10:01 (8:51 minutes)
3) What are the other stories the programme does or will cover? List them in the order they are presented in (the ‘running order’).
A male nurse sentenced to 18 years in prison for filming himself abusing and spying conscious unconscious female patients, enquiry 2 children died in Yorkshire from carbon monoxide poisoning (8years ago), legal HIV self test on sale, labour stamp duty pledge for first time buyers, election 2015.
Watch the first 15 minutes of the programme – as recent as you can find.
1) What is the top story?
The top story is Nepal Earthquake and trying to find survivors.
2) How long does the top story last for?
1:50-10:01 (8:51 minutes)
3) What are the other stories the programme does or will cover? List them in the order they are presented in (the ‘running order’).
A male nurse sentenced to 18 years in prison for filming himself abusing and spying conscious unconscious female patients, enquiry 2 children died in Yorkshire from carbon monoxide poisoning (8years ago), legal HIV self test on sale, labour stamp duty pledge for first time buyers, election 2015.
1) What is the target audience for this BBC News at Six? Research online – you should be able to find plenty of suggestions to the target audience if not the official target audience of the programme.Over 35 Years old.
2) What are the viewing figures for BBC News at Six? 9.6 million on average per week.
3) Why might someone choose to watch this TV news programme over others? They are a reliable source. It is also on at a time when the audience are home from work.
4) Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme or comment? They Can get involved on twitter.
5) What audience pleasures (Uses and Gratifications theory – Blumler and Katz) does the programme offer? It lets people know what is going on around the world despite not being there.
Institution
1) What other news programmes and services does the BBC offer in addition to the BBC News at Six? The BBC has several radio shows, entertainment, lifestyle, knowledge and sport news.
2) What role does OFCOM have in making sure TV News is fair and accurate? OFCOM set regulations for most TV and Radio Shows. Section 5 ensures that news, in whatever form, is reported with due accuracy and presented with due impartially. However, BBC News is NOT regulated by OFCOM, it is regulated by BBC Trust which has similar rules.
TV News and New/Digital Media
1) Does the TV News programme have a dedicated website? Yes, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007mpkn
2) What does the website offer viewers? The Website allows all viewers to read all news stories in as much detail as possible. It shows the most recent news, some that might be so recent it hasn't been shown on TV yet. It also lets people read stories from previous days.
3) Does the TV News programme have a Twitter feed? Yes
4) How does the Twitter feed promote the programme? They promote their programme by re-tweeting/tweeting about interesting stories that'll interest people who are not already viewing their TV News Show. This could also be seen as an attempt to attract a younger audience.
5) Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme or submit news stories? There are only some opportunities for the audience to get involved
Institution
1) What other news programmes and services does the BBC offer in addition to the BBC News at Six? The BBC has several radio shows, entertainment, lifestyle, knowledge and sport news.
2) What role does OFCOM have in making sure TV News is fair and accurate? OFCOM set regulations for most TV and Radio Shows. Section 5 ensures that news, in whatever form, is reported with due accuracy and presented with due impartially. However, BBC News is NOT regulated by OFCOM, it is regulated by BBC Trust which has similar rules.
TV News and New/Digital Media
1) Does the TV News programme have a dedicated website? Yes, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007mpkn
2) What does the website offer viewers? The Website allows all viewers to read all news stories in as much detail as possible. It shows the most recent news, some that might be so recent it hasn't been shown on TV yet. It also lets people read stories from previous days.
3) Does the TV News programme have a Twitter feed? Yes
4) How does the Twitter feed promote the programme? They promote their programme by re-tweeting/tweeting about interesting stories that'll interest people who are not already viewing their TV News Show. This could also be seen as an attempt to attract a younger audience.
5) Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme or submit news stories? There are only some opportunities for the audience to get involved
Thursday 23 April 2015
TV News Case Study 1: Channel 4 News
Basic details
Presenters
Jon Snow, Matt Frei, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Cathy Newman.2. The presenters are wearing formal clothing the men are wearing suits and the women are wearing dresses. This suggests they want to be taken seriously .However the colour of the clothing is not like as seen on other news shows this is suggesting that the news show is trying to not be like BBC news at six or like ITV news at 6. In the video Jon Snow’s tie the colour or pattern looks different. I think this relates to the News program itself as it wanted to target minorities this is its remit.3. The news program presenters otherwise it will become uninteresting without a variety .The audience will become disengaged with the show .If a news program uses a variety of presenters .The variety of presenters means that they have particular presenters for each type of story at the current time .4. The other reporters in the program investigate stories this is what makes channel 4 different from other news shows as they investigate deeply into stories. And are live from wherever it is this makes it more edgy for the audience and the reporters this cause’s people to feel more involved with the show.5.There are more male presenters but this news program but in the program itself on each story there are male and female journalists presenting the story this is done in order to show the program is not sexist . The program use people from different ethnic backgrounds the presenter Kirshan Guru is of Asian background .
Opening sequence
Studio mise-en-scene
1.What aspects of the studio can be seen by the audience? (Desk, cameras etc.)
Running order
Audience
TV News and New/Digital Media
- When is Channel 4 News on?
Monday - Friday 7:00pm - 7:55pm
When was the programme first broadcast?
2 November 1982 at 4.45pm.
What awards has the programme won?
Drama, Comedy, TV News ect. What is the media institution that produces Channel 4 News?
Advertisements and it's a terrestrial channel.
Presenters
Jon Snow, Matt Frei, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Cathy Newman.2. The presenters are wearing formal clothing the men are wearing suits and the women are wearing dresses. This suggests they want to be taken seriously .However the colour of the clothing is not like as seen on other news shows this is suggesting that the news show is trying to not be like BBC news at six or like ITV news at 6. In the video Jon Snow’s tie the colour or pattern looks different. I think this relates to the News program itself as it wanted to target minorities this is its remit.3. The news program presenters otherwise it will become uninteresting without a variety .The audience will become disengaged with the show .If a news program uses a variety of presenters .The variety of presenters means that they have particular presenters for each type of story at the current time .4. The other reporters in the program investigate stories this is what makes channel 4 different from other news shows as they investigate deeply into stories. And are live from wherever it is this makes it more edgy for the audience and the reporters this cause’s people to feel more involved with the show.5.There are more male presenters but this news program but in the program itself on each story there are male and female journalists presenting the story this is done in order to show the program is not sexist . The program use people from different ethnic backgrounds the presenter Kirshan Guru is of Asian background .
Opening sequence
The first shot is when john snow introduces the programing.
The first sequence is a moving animation that introduces channel four news.
There is dramatic news music at the start of the animation to make it look professional.
All news stories are introduced at the beginning.
Studio mise-en-scene
1.What aspects of the studio can be seen by the audience? (Desk, cameras etc.)
You see the lights and background – airy and spacious it is – no green screens – very realistic.
2.Are the presenters standing or behind desks? Why do you think this is?
They are either standing or sitting on a desk – this makes it seem so much more informal and as if the presenters are talking to you directly to the audience which creates a more relaxed atmosphere.
3. Are journalists or technology visible? What might these things suggest to the audience?
Some technology is visible (overhead cameras) which may show how modern the studio is – however, the technology is no overdone so it doesn’t look cheap and fake.
4.How does the studio use colour?
The studio uses a wide range of colour including white, purple, pink, red and orange which adds fun and colour to make it seem more informal and can target a wider range of audience, also uses the channels colour purple.
Running order
1. The top story is Tesco losing £6.5 billion
2. The story lasts for about 5 minutes
3. The other stories involve the food bank problem, migrants
and the Mediterranean sea, the elections, and an interview with Robert Downey
Jr about Age of Ultron.
4. Tesco: 5 mins, Mediterranean: 10 mins, Wall Street: 2
mins Elections: 15 mins, RDJ: 7 mins
5. I think that the Elections have the most time since it's
an important topic that many are affected by.
Audience
1. The target audience is young adults at 16+
2. people may choose to watch Channel 4 as it challenges
controversy as well as look modernized for a younger audience to enjoy.
3. There doesn't look to be any form of interaction during
the programme
4. The programme successfully does surveillance for the uses
and gratification theory so people are informed about what's happening.
- 1.In the studio the main presenters are stood in a studio with a decks and chair behind them this is an aspect of traditional news shows . In the background though as the audience you can see the rest of the studio this is not graphics this is the rest of the building . And you can see a screen behind the presenters this has whatever story they are reporting . Also the audience can also see the camera's and lighting above . This News program use's aspects of other news programs as it has a balance of moving graphics and the studio itself .
- During the running of the program there are different techniques .An example of this is when in the program a reporter is live from wherever the news story has taken place also they have use of images .This is using modern technology to report the news the audience want to see how the issues look in real life .Also use of image is more powerful than the use of words .The program use graphics.
TV News and New/Digital Media
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1. Channel 4 News has a dedicated website with catch-up available.2. It offers catch-up and clips from the show so that people can be informed of the news.3. Channel 4 News has a twitter feed.4. The Twitter page helps promotion by posting parts of the show so that people maybe intrigued.5. People cannot use twitter to get their stories on the programme.
Thursday 15 January 2015
Narrative theory
Taken:
The movie trailer is full of Barthes's enigma and action
codes. These are designed to draw the attention of the audience which will
encourage them to watch the entire movie to answers all their questions. The
main enigma codes which the audience would like to resolve would probably be
whether Liam Neeson will find his daughter or not. However, there are many
other enigma codes such as what happened to his daughter while she was drugged.
In the genre of biography, action codes are not that important. However, it
portrays this movie could be critical. The films narrative is clearly
introduced in the trailer which leads Todorov's theory of equilibrium. The
state of balance is Liam Neeson was living happily with his family. The
disequilibrium is introduced when Liam Neeson’s daughter travels to Paris and
gets kidnapped. The New equilibrium is when he found his daughter in Paris and
how he executes the guys who kidnapped Liam’s daughter. The trailer for Taken
uses many narrative techniques applying Propp’s character theory such as a
protagonist (hero) Liam Neeson. Although Maggie Grace is also a major character, she doesn’t
really fit in the role of a heroine. In many ways Famke Janssen is exposed as a powerful character as he helps
Liam find his daughter.
Wednesday 12 November 2014
Genre and NCIS
Genre
Action
Narrative
The story line is clearly shown to be the worlds greatest super heroes willing to go to any lengths to rescue humanity. This is a dramatic narrative that fits the action genre well.
Character
The characters are typical of a Hollywood action - the heroes: strong, brave and willing to do anything to rescue humanity . The villain is a robot who is very terrifying .
Iconography
There is plenty of iconography typical of the action genre: gunshots, violence, technology, running and explosions. All of these are typical of the action or fantasy genres - in connection with the narrative, we can confidently say this is a action.
Setting
The setting is in somewhere like New York or Manhattan.
Genre
Comedy
Narrative
The story line is about minions going on an adventure to find a new evil master.
Character
The characters are the Minions and some of the evil masters they look for but they main ones are the Minions.
Iconography
The iconography is that Minions struggle to find a new master so they give up and only 3 minions go to find the new master they have been seeking for after the rest give up.
Setting
Although the trailer was three minutes long, there was a huge hint that the movie was set in New York because of the statue of Liberty.
Genre
Action
Action
Narrative
This is about a young boy who learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
Character
The characters are: Clark Kent (The Man Of Steel), Lois Lane and General Zod but the main character is Clark Kent and General Zod.
Iconography
There are plenty of gun fires, explosions an physical fighting in the movie trailer. All of these are typical of the action or Sci-Fi genres.
Setting
Although the trailer is only three minutes long, the location is in another world which looks more scientific and also its is set in some parts of the USA.
Tuesday 14 October 2014
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