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Task 1 : channel 4

http://mohammedsmediablog123.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/tv-news-case-study-1-channel-4-news.html


Task 2: BBC News at Six

http://mohammedsmediablog123.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/tv-news-case-study-2-bbc-news-at-six.html

Task 3: General Election campaign 2015

http://mohammedsmediablog123.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/case-study-3-news-stories-covering.html

Task 4:BBC3 60 Second News and Newsround 

 TV News case study 4: independent case studies (BBC3 60 Second News and Newsround)

Task 5:News values

http://mohammedsmediablog123.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/news-values-blog-task.html

Task 6: creating a running order

 TV News audience - creating a running order

Task 7: analysing Sky News coverage of the 2011 riots

http://mohammedsmediablog123.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/tv-news-representation-analysing-sky.html

TV News representation - analysing Sky News coverage of the 2011 riots

Representation and bias

1) Whose perspective have Sky News used to present the story? (Clue: it’s in the opening line)

   they have  used the police officers perspective.



2) How are the police represented in this coverage?

  the police are presented as hero's trying to save an area that is filled with young rioters.3) How are young people represented in this coverage?

  young people are presented as villains that are attacking specifically the police and shops as they claim that a man has been shot by a member of the police force. 

4) What images and videos are selected by Sky News to accompany the story?

 Sky News have used actual footage of the burning buildings,cars and businesses. they also use citizen journalism.

5) What choice of words is used to present this news event?

 
6) What aspect of the story is chosen as the most important detail and included at the very beginning of the report?

that 8 police officers are in hospital with many others injured.


7) How is narrative used to engage the audience with this news story?

 primarily, they talk about the injured police man so it intrigues the audience to keep watching to find out who has injured them and for what reasons. additionally, the audience is told about why these police officers where injured and who by as the videos of young teenagers rioting in an area of Tottenham but this also emphasises that there will be more questions asked about what caused the young people to be rioting. lastly, the audience is told about the claiming of a police officer who has shot a young man. 8) How can we apply Todorov’s equilibrium theory to this coverage?



9) What examples of Propp’s character types can we find in this coverage? Are there heroes and villains? 

the police officers are seen to be the heroes who are protecting the area against the villains who are seen to be the young teenagers.

10) How might citizen journalism have been used to provide a different angle on this story?

   citizen journalism may have been used incorrectly as Sky News could cut the bits where it shows that the police are the only innocent ones and this could effect the audiences views towards young people but Sky News show the official citizen journalism which balances the angle of both sides

News values blog task

News values: notes

In 1965, media researchers Galtung & Ruge analysed news stories to find out what factors placed them at the top of the news agenda.

They came up with the following list of news values - a kind of scoring system to work out what might become news. A story which scores highly on each value is likely to be at the top of a TV news bulletin. Some of the news values they suggested include:

Negativity

 the 'Nepal Earthquake' reinforces the news value of negativity as any news that involves death, tragedy and natural disaster should be a serious and top story. this also effects the audience as it makes them feel sympathetic towards the people involved and how their future lives will be.


Closeness to home

the London riots fits perfectly in the news value of closeness to home as the audience can relate more to the stories or involve people from their country. this will make the audience intrigued to find out what will happen next and then they will create questions.


Immediacy

Prince William "Very Happy" After Birth Of Daughter is a recent story which has informed most people in the UK. although TV News is very competitive about breaking news but social media beats it is more common.

SimplicitySimple stories are preferred by TV news.  Palestine is complicated, a plane crash is easy to follow.

Uniqueness
‘Dog bites man’ is not news. ‘Man bites dog’ is. Unusual stories make it into the news – especially if there is good video to go with it.

Elite nations or people
Stories that focus on important countries or people are likely to make the news. Obama and USA = news, Outer Mongolia not so much.

Case study 3: news stories covering start of General Election campaign 2015

Testing what you've learned
1. the news angle is the perspective that the news providers takes on a certain event. changing the angle can significantly alter the way a news story is reported.
2. tabloid is less serious content and they focus mainly on celebrities,sports and crime stories. whereas, the broadsheet is more serious news like politics,economics and international news.
3. an example of a tabloid-style TV news programme is STV.
4.an example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme 
5. for international stories, TV news programmes will often try to find a British angle or perspective. E.G. Nepal earthquake.

questions on the election coverage clips
1. BBC News is national
2. BBC News takes a UK angle.
3. BBC News is mostly broadsheet
4. serious people would mostly look at this as it is aimed towards more educated people.

Sky News election story not available online
1. Sky News is national
2. Sky News takes a UK government angle.
3. Sky News is both broadsheet and tabloid
4. casual, decent paid people would watch this as it is easily accessible.

STV (Scottish) coverage of the election story

1. This is a regional news story as it is more from the perspective of the people of Scotland and what they want.
2.  regional angle.
3. 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. 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. talks about the SNP as well as the other parties, this makes it National News.
2. The report takes on the story from a national angle.

3. This is a more tabloid style coverage because it is formal but modernly presented and is not traditional like BBC news.

4. 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.

TV News case study 2: BBC News at Six

Basic details

1.The British Broadcasting Corporation.

2.a publicly-funded broadcaster.

3.inform, educate and entertain.

4.to provide programmes for all licence-fee payers, it has sport, news, current affairs, and documentaries.

5. it fits in because they provide news and current affairs.

Presenters

1. Fiona Bruce,Sophie Raworth,George Alagiah

2. all three presenters are wearing smart clothes to indicate to the audience that they take their jobs seriously and want to give them the best stories possible.
3. A TV News programme would use a variety of presenters for the audience to hear from many tones of voices as if it was only one presenter they would be tired of hearing the same person over and over again.
4. Other reporters are used
5. There is a mixture in genders as there is 1 male presenter and 2 female presenters. There is also an Asian presenter meaning that the presenters are different races.

Opening sequence

1. 
2. the opening sequence uses a range of graphics to keep the audience intrigued. An example is when the slides are moving across the screen and giving us a brief of all the upcoming topics.
3. Music is used effectively as it is quite dramatic until it stops suddenly.
4. 

Studio mise-en-scene

1. there are many aspects that can be seen by the audience. some of these are: cameras,desks,lights and the office behind the studio.
2. the presenters of BBC News at Six are standing when presenting as they want to show the audience that they really care about the things they are saying and almost do it for respect towards their job. 
3. the journalists are visible and they are at the location where the main stories have occurred. this may convey that BBC News at Six is showing that they are sending journalists to find the most amount of information for the audience to be told about.
4. BBC News's studio uses dull but useful colours as they need the colours of black,red,white,grey to highlight to the audience that they are a serious news channel.

How news stories are presented

1 and 2. the news programme typically present a story as firstly the presenter speaks briefly about it then the journalist is live at the scene and describes the consequences and matters that have effected the story. Lastly, it goes back to the presenter then they end the story. Additionally, they use images and graphics as well as their voices under the picture.
3. politics, international, sport,local and crime.
4.

Running order:

1.done.
2.The top story is the Scottish international party
3.About 10 mins
4.They also cover sports. Female football.
5.Usually about 5-10 minutes depending on how important they are.
6.I think the most important stories are usually shown for the longest and in the beginning.

Audience

1) The target audience is mainly families.
2) 4 million viewers.
3) Someone might choose to watch this TV news programme over others because it is more traditional news and has been running for years therefore it is trustworthy and reliable.
4) There is an opportunity for the audience to get involved with the TV news programme as it has a website that people can visit and they also provide you with an email to send in your views.
5) The programme offers...

Institution

1) BBC offers BBC news at One, BBC news at Ten, CBBC and Cbeebies.
2) Ofcom has a set of rules which is called the Broadcasting code and they make sure that the TV news is fair and accurate by letting viewers call and complain about what they have seen so that OFCOM can review it.
3) I agree with the accusation that the news is dumbed down because in one of the shows they put a down arrow on an animated receipt when it clearly said decrease beside it.

TV News and New/Digital Media

1) The TV News programme has a dedicated website called BBC News.
2) The website offers viewers a chance to get involved with the news and send in videos.
3) The TV news programme has a twitter feed.
4) The Twitter feed promotes the programme by tweeting what is going to be shown next on the news and when the next programme airs.
5) There is an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme and submit news stories.

TV News Case Study 1: Channel 4 News

Channel 4 News

Basic details:

1. Monday-Friday 7pm - 7.55pm
2. Channel 4 began scheduled transmissions on 2 November 1982.
3. From BAFTAs to BIFAs, from Cannes to Creative Circle, from Rose D'or to RTS. From 2004 to 2012.
4. it is owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation

Presenters:

1. The presenters of Channel 4 News are Jon Snow, Cathy Newman, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Matt Frei.
2. The presenter Jon Snow wears a smart suit to indicate to the audience that he is serious about his work and the words that are coming out of his mouth matter to the audience.
3. A TV News programme would use a variety of presenters for the audience to hear from many tones of voices as if it was only one presenter they would be tired of hearing the same person over and over again.
4. Other reporters are used 
5. There is a mixture in genders as there are 3 male presenters and 1 female presenter. There is also an Asian presenter meaning that the presenters are different races.

Opening sequence:

1. The very first shot is of the logo.
2. the opening sequence uses a range of graphics to keep the audience intrigued. An example is when the slides are moving across the screen and giving us a brief of all the upcoming topics.
3. Music is used effectively as it is quite dramatic until it stops suddenly.
4. the audience are being told about the stories that are coming up but very briefly as there is a range of stories therefore need to be shortened until they present them into depth later on.

Studio mise-en-scene:

1. there are many aspects that can be seen by the audience. some of these are: cameras,desks,lights and the office behind the studio.
2. the presenters of Channel 4 are standing when presenting as they want to show the audience that they really care about the things they are saying and almost do it for respect towards their job. 
3. the journalists are visible and they are at the location where the main stories have occurred. this may convey that Channel 4 News is showing that they are sending journalists to find the most amount of information for the audience to be told about.
4. Channel 4 News's studio has bright colours of purple,white and grey. this is done as they have a young target audience and they want to catch their eyes by these bright colours.

How news stories are presented:

1 and 2. the news programme typically present a story as firstly the presenter speaks briefly about it then the journalist is live at the scene and describes the consequences and matters that have effected the story. Lastly, it goes back to the presenter then they end the story. Additionally, they use images and graphics as well as their voices under the picture.
3. politics, international, sport,local and crime.
4.


Running order:

1) Immigration control.
2) 5 minutes.
3) The running order is most important to least important.
4) 2-3 minutes.
5) It depends on its importance.

Audience:

1) The target audience is mainly 16-24 year olds in the UK.
2) The average amount of viewers is 2.5 million people.
3) Someone might choose to watch this TV news programme over others as it has humour in it and presents their stories in a way that intrigues their audience and does not bore them.
4) There is an option for the audience to get involved with the news programme as they can send their views in on Facebook or twitter.
5) It doesn't offer anything.

Institution:

1) It is owned by Channel 4 News Corporation.
2) Ofcom has to make sure that the TV news is fair and accurate by letting people send in their views and opinions on what they have watched. They have set a Broadcasting Code which is a set of rules that TV news programmes have to abide by.

TV News and New/Digital Media:

1) Channel 4 has a dedicated website for their news that updates their broadcasts regularly.
2) The website shows the viewers news.
3) Channel 4 news has a twitter feed which you can also contact Jon Snow on.
4) The twitter feed promotes the programme by telling you when it is going to be airing and what is going to be on.
5) You can submit stories on the twitter account or watch their YouTube channels as it gives you a chance to engage with the news.

film promotion: writing a film pitch

Title: The Martorano

Tagline:  Rest in Pieces.

Genre: Crime/thriller

Storyline: The Don Martorano is dead. The two Martorano brothers Louis and Luigi sit and have a conversation about the death of their father. The outcome of the conversation was to take revenge on the killer that had murdered Don Martorano. The brothers check their father’s diary to find all of the other families which were enemies. They enter every family and invade their property to kill the Don. Once they have taken out all of the enemies, Louis finds out that his brother Luigi was the one who killed his father just to become the don of the Martorano family. Finally, Louis pretends to forgive Luigi but then violently kills him. Louis Martorano becomes the Don and runs the family.

This is a familiar film to ‘The Godfather’.

The target audience is aimed at 12-25 year olds.

The main characters are the two brothers Luigi and Louis.

The setting is south Italy and in a quiet area.

Log line:  Don Martorano is murdered and his sons Luigi and Louis are taking revenge on the killer who was responsible for the death of their father so therefore they both take down all the enemies and at the end Louis finds out that his brother was the one who killed their father so he kills him and takes over the Martoranos family.