Television Production

In this workshop, we practiced writing a script to use in our studio shoot workshop. I wrote the script above as an example of how we could script the package to appeal to our younger audience. The intro is still too formal, but I was happier with how I scripted the explanation of copyright. I need to lighten up the tone more so that it's not so heavy for the younger audience to understand but it's not too simple. We then could use this script in our next workshop, however I ended up re-writing a section in order to use something that fit the auto-cue better, and it flowed a lot easier. I preferred the introduction that I rewrote to what is written here, as it was better suited to the younger audience. To begin, we shot a 'studio' sequence in front of a green screen. This helped us understand lighting for green screen, and also to learn how to use an autocue. Using the autocue was a great learning curve, as it was much harder than you might expect. It took a lot...

To Achieve Today: What approach we're taking for the package and the live How will it affect you? locations and contacts what are the stories promo ideas idea development research into Article 11 and 13 Package Presenter isn't present What is article 13? Talking about how memes are being controlled (Article 13 and 11) Negative for consumers  Non-profit group Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) who's members include Google, Facebook, EBay, Amazon and Netflix [1] have been vocal about their critique of Article 13, voicing their concerns in a joint-letter with EDiMA [2], a European trade association and government representation entity, who contribute to developments towards an EU digital single market that provides consumers with the benefits of the internet. [3] This all means that CCIA, who speak for very influential digital companies, has spoken against the Article 13 directive along-side an association that works to make an ...

BBC News What is it? News is made to inform the viewer of what's happening around the world at that current time. It's often updated very regularly, particularly with 'bigger' stories where they may have 'Breaking News' segments within which they've received the news in the past few minutes, or even Live coverage where a news reporter is sent to talk about the subject in person as it happens. There are different kinds of News programmes; Breakfast shows- Morning programmes with more light-hearted and family-friendly stories. Prime Time- Usually evening shows on 'prime time' TV that show more world news, politics and stories containing violence. 24-hour rolling channels- shows that report news constantly. Where can you find it? Popular British channels BBC and ITV both have their own News TV shows such as BBC Breakfast , BBC Six O'Clock News and ITV Evening News. The same channels have their own News websites where you can fin...

Critical Reflection Now the project is completed, I'm going to reflect on the project to understand what went well, and what went wrong, and why. The Process Preparation We began with brainstorming ideas that we thought would be appropriate for the audience. We had some very controversial ideas that would have been very interesting, but hard to justify only addressing for 10 minutes and also would be near impossible for us to get people on board. Some of our ideas included eating disorders, celebrities, body image, and selective breeding in pets. As we thought the selective breeding would be the easiest to find people and get them involved we decided to research down that route. Our idea developed onto dogs that are bred for dog shows as they are bred to have very particular traits, and we wanted to address if it was really ethical. We began to approach contributors who were all very helpful in passing us on to more appropriate people, however no one really wanted to ...

Sync Workshop. In this lesson we had a workshop on how to begin editing our documentary using transcripts and editing together an interview using a transcript and script. I found this lesson harder than usual as it isn't how I usually edit and because I didn't know the footage it made it harder, but I feel the short interview I edited together was okay considering. Working with a transcript did seem to make it simpler as it meant I could quickly get rid of anything that wasn't needed and being able to go through a transcript before editing the video meant that it was more simple to see what was said and narrow down what was needed and what wasn't. It really helps to organise files into narrowed down subjects to make the shots easier to find. So far this has made editing so much easier and I'm able to find the appropriate shot almost immediately. I have edited using our transcripts and it definitely makes it easier as you're able to quickly remove any f...

Editing. Documentaries are edited in a fairly uniform way, and as I will be editor for the project I want to put some research into how documentaries are edited first so that I know how to properly display our story for the screen. As examples, I used Reggie Yates' Extreme- Life and Death in Chicago and Louis Theroux: LA Stories- City of Dogs . I ensured to use BBC documentaries so that I was taking examples of something that is shown on BBC where our documentaries are aimed towards. Style The editing was styled to fit the topic of the documentary. In Extreme , it's a controversial topic that includes a lot of emotional stories. This is shown in the editing with slow-motion GVs while sad topics are discussed. Reggie gives his thoughts before going to an event and after going to an event. This helps the viewer to empathise with him and understand the reasons behind meeting the people. GVs are used to bring in any moments of speech so that the editing is smoother an...

BBC Three. Our documentary is going to be made with BBC Three as the target platform for screening. BBC Three is a popular channel which has moved from broadcast television to being online. This makes our audience more specific and I want to address our platform before making the documentary so that we are able to ensure that it fits into the usual content of BBC Three.  BBC Three moved to being an online channel in 2015, but is still full of content directed towards 16-34 year olds.  Audience BBC Three has a younger target audience at around 16-34. This makes their content quite specific as the channel has a lot of online competition in YouTube and Netflix. They make themselves unique with content that involves the audience; the documentaries are about young adults, the comedy revolves around young adult characters, and the other tabs involve challenges that young adults are facing head on at that age, such as sexuality, health and wellbeing, and drugs. In the ...