Hard and soft news

Hard news: news thats in your face. (war, crime, politics etc)

Soft news: entertainment 

My inverted pyramid

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540216/Pictured-Public-school-runaways-16-beach-five-star-luxury-resort-Caribbean.html

The inverted pyramid

The Inverted Pyramid is used in the media industry as a guideline for journalists. From looking through news stories on various websites, i noticed that most

biased - news

Factual programme - news, documentary
Fiction- A made up story. It could be based on a real life story. 

Biased - unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something. 
             - subjective opinion 

Balance
Fairness
Fact
Truth
Opinion 
Subjective 

Docusoap - TOWIE, Made in Chelsea etc (constructive reality) 

News conventions (TV): 

• VT
• Desk
• Studio
• Camera shot - central 
• Intervention 
• Formal or in-formal 
• Presenter(s) 
• Debates 
• Graphics
• Props

Plan a 5 minute news presentation in groups of 4. All planning should be evidenced in "sketchbook" 

Identifying the five W's.

Five W's Chart

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540092/Tragic-moment-tourist-killed-lightning-runs-sea-Brazilian-beach-warn-son-water.html

Name _______________________________________________ Date ______________________

Fill in each row with details that answer the question.

What happened?

A mother was killed in front of her family when she was struck by lightning

Who was there?

her 11-year-old son to get out of the sea

The victim’s brother

According to the Biavati, another sister who was standing near to Roseangela

A total of 13 members, all from the same family, had gone to the beach for the day.

Why did it happen?

Climatologist Rodolfo Bonafim, from environmental organisation Friends of Water, said that the lightning bolts are common around this time of year.

There is a high incidence of lightning now because of an increase in heat and humidity. It’s more concentrated at this time during the summer than at other times in the year because the humidity is higher.

When did it happen?

They arrived at midday but by 3pm the sunny weather had changed as storm clouds gathered and the weather became overcast and the atmosphere heavy.

Where did it happen?

on a Brazilian beach.

Biased

Bias through use of names: News media often use labels and titles to describe people, places and events. A person can be called "ex-con"or be referred to as someone "who served time twenty years ago for a minor offence.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2536278/Spectacular-photographs-moment-Niagara-Falls-FROZE-polar-vortex-saw-record-breaking-temperatures-tourist-mecca.html 

Bias through statistics and crowd counts:

Bias source control: "Record breaking". This doesn't identify the source or which record it is breaking. This is to make the audience assume this is the worst its ever been. This isn't justified

Bias through headline: 

Bias through word choice and tone: 

Bias through placement:

bias though selection and omission:

Factual programming

Task one- pre production

Groups of 4-5.

3 news stories

20 minutes exactly

90 seconds advert break mid show

2 pre-recorded footages -1:30 long (roughly)

Stories must be real and recent.

Deadline- 14^th March

Task 2: planning

Running order

List of job roles

Script

Mood board

Set designs

Costume designs

Floor plans indicating camera positions and lighting

Deadline- Feb 9^th

Task 3: VT inserts

2 inserts

a proposal for your video tap

Relevant research

Pre-production

Legal issues

Deadline – 9^th Feb

Produce a live show – 24^th March