1. {
Audience –
How is it being made
clear who the
audience is? And how
they are trying to
appeal to an audience
and get them
involved?
Representation,
Stereotypes,
Language
Social media/E-Media
Codes and
Conventions
What is the format
of the show? What
are we seeing?
intro, camera work,
sounds, types of
stories, story order.
Mise en scene
What choices have
been made to make
the show visually
appealing?
Set, Presenter,
Graphics,
locations, Camera
angles, editing.
News story case studies – For your exam you need to be able to recite a
news story, details of story, what channel it was on, date.
Objective: begin building case studies

2.  Piece to camera (eye contact)
 Cutaways
 Voice overs
 Interviews
 Voice of the public/street canvasing
 Expert witness (usually on location
 Graphics (graphs, reconstructions)
Filming format

3.  Piece to camera (eye contact)
 Cutaways
 Voice overs
 Interviews
 Voice of the public/street canvasing
 Expert witness (usually on location
 Graphics (graphs, reconstructions)
Visual Language/Codes &
Conventions

4.  Tasks
 1) Watch 1st news clip – 10 minutes
 2) Complete form – this will involve
researching the chosen programmes website
and schedule
 3) Watch 2nd clip clip – 5 minutes
 4) Complete form –
 5) Begin to plan answer for question
Todays Lesson

5. Entertaining
as well as
informative
Use new
and e-media
to help
engage
audience
Highly
visual

6.  Professional studio
 Backdrop shows the main news building (modern
set up)
 Screen behind presenter
 “Celebrity” Presenter – face of ch4 news since 1989
 Has own blog on official site and “snowmail”
 Segments where presenters interviews guest in
studio
 Represents the voice of the audience
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqnCNKkKWj
s
Channel 4 Case study

10. Talk show format

11.  News specifically for kids
 Kid friendly language
 Youthful presenters, not dressed in a conventional
way
 Light entertaining news bites, see more on the
website
 Constant referral to website to “see more” or to see
entertaining news videos
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3pn-15M3aQ
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PupcDHmtm-
U&feature=youtu.be
Newsround- CBBC

18.  News as event
 Starts different to conventional show
 Large focus (13 minutes) entirely on one story,
with multiple sources
 5 different reporters, multiple locations
 In depth look at different sides/angles
approaches to the story
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFHa7xF9
dPo
BBC news – Paris attack

19.  Regional accents on presenters (in some cases)
 Presenter a regional “celeb” that isn’t always just in
the studio, face of the community (events, openings
etc)
 Stories focus on local issues
 Use of famous landmarks/places of the area
 Voice of the people (street interviews with Joe
Public)
 In depth local weather and sport
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjk8W74GnWQ
Look North

20.  Studio has much less technology on show than
competitors
 Focus on personalities and celebs more than
other channels
 More of a “tabloid” feel to some of the stories
 In Studio panel/interviews for part of feature.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQOtY0EV
Upw
Channel 5

21. Leading stories all British
based

28.  What is on the website (describe the layout and
features)
 How can you get involved as an audience
member?
 Links to e-media/social media involvement?
 Do the types of stories link with what you
would expect to see in the television broadcast?
Website research

29.  What do you think the demographic is for the
television channel of your news program
 A) In general
 B) During and around the time slot of the news
broadcast
Channel research

30. Entertaining
as well as
informative
Use new
and e-media
to help
engage
Highly
visual