Thursday 21 May 2015

TV News: Index



1) TV News case study 1: Channel 4 News
http://mathusasmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/tv-news-case-study-1-channel-4-news.html
2) TV News case study 2: BBC News at Six
http://mathusasmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/tv-news-case-study-2-bbc-news-at-six.html
3) TV News case study 3: coverage of the General Election across different news programmes
http://mathusasmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/cast-study-3-news-stories-covering.html
4) TV News case study 4: independent case studies (BBC3 60 Second News and Newsround)

5) News Values blog task
http://mathusasmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/news-values-blog-task.html
6) TV News audience - creating a running order

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

Friday 8 May 2015

News values blog task


The birth of the new baby girl in the royal family would be categorised under Elite nation or people. As it is the royal family this would have been breaking news and may have been on for the whole day so that viewers know when they get out of hospital and see the new baby. The audience would have also wanted to know what the royal baby was going to be named and what number she would have been in throne. 





There are also more theories by Galtung and Ruge that also occurs with the news. An example from one of the theories is "Currency". An example of a story that has to do with Currency is the murder of Alice Gross. This story had gone on between end of August till end of September as her body was found towards the end of September. This is a regional and National news. As it was told every where around the country. This story had been running for weeks and weeks and nothing new happened towards the end. 

















Sunday 3 May 2015

Cast study 3: News stories covering start of General Election campaign 2015

Testing what you've learned

1) What is the angle of a news story?
BBC News show it from a National angle which is more broadsheets but has some a bit of tabloids.

2) What is the difference between tabloid and broadsheet news coverage?
Tabloids are less serious and focus more on celebrities, sports and crime stories. Where as Broad sheets are more serious, has international news and  have a political and economic view.

3) What would be an example of a tabloid-style TV news programme?
An example of a Tabloid would be Russia Today.

4)What would be an example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme?
An example of a broadsheet style would be BBC News.

5)What is the difference between international, national, regional and local news coverage? International is world news, National would be UK news, regional would be London Yorkshire and Scotland and Local news would be London, Leeds and Edinburgh.

Answer the questions on the election coverage clips

BBC NEWS

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
It is National because it is about the election which is going on in the UK.

2) what angle does the report take on the story?
The angle of the Election Story is from a British angle.

3) Is this more tabloids or broadsheet-style coverage?
It is more Broadsheet style and a bit of tabloid in it.

4) What kinds of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
I think a wide range of audiences would watch it because the BBC are showing each party members in the shot and they have a lot to say that tells the audience about the promises they are making to everyone including young people.

Sky News

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
 It is national because it is only going on about the election.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?
It is more of a British angle but they mostly have positive stories about conservative.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
Sky News is more Broad sheet but they also have a bit of Tabloid in it.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
A British audience would watch this because it is aimed at an British audience.

 STV

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
STV is more regional because it is Scottish and it has a Scottish perspective.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?
STV take a Scottish angle on the story.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet- style coverage?
STV is in the middle because they are not that serious with the news stories.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
 A Scottish audience would want to watch this because they had shown the parties that would be elected but from they show the Scottish versions of the parties such as Labour and Conservative, UKIP, Green party and Lib Dem.

Channel 4 
1) Is their international, national, regional or local news?
There is more international and national. It is more balanced.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?
They take a British angle of the story.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet- style coverage?
Channel 4 News is more Broadsheet.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?
A wide range of audiences would also watch this type of news because it is one of the 5 channels that show the news because it is the public channels. A lot of different races would also watch Channel 4 news because of Channel 4's international news but for the Political news they showed fair stories of each party.

Saturday 2 May 2015

TV News case study 2: BBC News at Six



Basic Details 

1. What do the letters BBC stand for?
British Broadcasting Co-operation.

2. How is the BBC funded?
BBC is funded by the public who pay for their TV license but they only have to pay if they have a TV.

3.What is the BBC's famous mission statement? To enrich people's lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain.

4. What is BBC 1's programme remit? BBC 1's want to have the mixed genre tv service all around the UK.

5. How does the BBC News at Six fit into BBC 1's remit? They fit because they offer a huge range of mixed television services.

Presenters

1.Who are the presenters of BBC News at Six? The presenters on the BBC 6pm News are George Alagiah and Sophie Raworth

2. What are the presenters wearing? What does this communicate to the audience? The presenters are wearing a smart clothes and this communicates to the audience that the news stories that are going to be told is serious. ;

3. Why might a TV News programme use a variety of presenters? A TV News programme may use a variety of presenters because if one of the presenters had to travel abroad to film something or if one of the presenters were the channel would need more presenters.

4. How are other reporters or presenters used in the TV news programme? Other reporters and presenters are shown in different places such as a different country or outside a place and they interview a person or tell us what happen in that place.

5. Is there a balance between male and female presenters? What about race/ethnicity? What effect might these aspects have on an audience? There is a balance between the male and female presenters and their race and their ethnicity. This is because it may appeal to the audience.

Opening sequence
Analyse the opening 2 minutes of the programme

1. What is the very first shot? The very first shot was one of the presenters in Nepal talking about what is going to come up on the news.

2. How does the opening sequence use graphics or images to grab the attention of the audience? The opening sequence for BBC News is largely known so if the BBC News was going on people would what News it is.

3. How is music used in the opening sequence? The music is used as an introduction in the beginning.


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? The top stories and the breaking news are shown.


Studio mise-en-scene 

1. What aspects of the studio can be seen by the audience? BBC News have a background of computer and they use a pan to show the whole studio and the computers that are in the studio.

2. Are the presenters standing or behind desks? What do you think is? In the beginning the presenters are standing but when they are telling the top stories they sit behind a desk and present the news.

3. Are journalists or technology visible? What might these things to the audience? There are technology and journalist are visible. For example BBC News have journalists from different countries telling the audience what is going to come up on the news.

4. How does the studio use colour?
The colour of BBC News studio room is more of a white and red colour which may show that the news that BBC show maybe shown as serious.

How news stories are presented

1. How does the news programme typically present a story? BBC News show pictures and have an interview with anyone that has to do with the news story.

2. What difference techniques does the programme use to present the news? (E.g presenter to camera, reporter on location, interviews, graphics, image, video etc.)
BBC News have reporters in different locations and shows interview and images and videos in some news stories.

3. What types of news does the TV News programme typically cover? Give five examples (e.g. politics, international, sport etc.)
The cover UK news, political stories, international stories, business stories and education.

4. Give two real examples of how news stories are presented to keep the interest of the audience.

Running order

1. Watch the first 15 minutes of the programme- as recent as you can find.

2. What is the top story? The top stories that was on BBC News on the 27th of April:
- Nepal's earth quake that happened on Saturday where many people died
- A nurse who sexually assaulted female patients.
- Election and an interview with Nick clegg.

3. How long does the top story last for?
The top stories run for 5 minutes, it is also shown at the end when BBC News end the news.

4. What are the other stories the programme does or will cover? List them in the order they are presented in (the 'running order').

The Nepal earthquake story went on for 5 minutes. The nurse who sexually assaulted female patients also went on for 5 minutes and the election news and the interview went on for 10 minutes.


5. How long is each story shown for? Each story is shown for 5 minutes or more.

6. Why do you think each story was shown for the time it was? It was shown for the time it was because it goes from most important to least important.


Audience

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.

2. What are the viewing figures for BBC News at Six? About 4 million.

3. Why might someone choose to watch this TV news programme over others? It is at a time that everyone gets back home or have done something and want to watch the news.

4. Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme or comment?

5. What audience pleasures (Uses and Gratifications theory - Blumler and Katz) does the programme offer? The Gratification theory would be Blumler because the audience are watching it to get some information.


Institution

1. What other news programmes and services does the BBC offer in the addition to the BBC News at six? They have the Breakfast news and news at 10.

2. What role does OFCOM have in making sure TV News is fair and accurate? OFCOM see if BBC news are showing news stories fairly or if they are not going against the rules. Rules such as showing anything that is violent after a certain time.

3. The BBC has been accused of 'dumbing down' the News at Six. What does this mean? Do you agree with the accusation that the news is ' dumbed down'? I agree because they are using a lot graphics. BBC have defended themselves by saying that it would help the audience understand what is going on properly.


TV News and New/Digital Media

1. Does the TV News programme have a dedicated website? Yes

2. What does the website offer viewers? BBC's website offers many thing on their website such as the news stories that had be on at 6.

3.Does the TV News programme have a Twitter feed? BBC News at six do have a twitter feed.

4. How does the Twitter feed promote the programme? By showing the hash tags or the links for their page.

5. Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme or submit news stories? No




Thursday 23 April 2015

TV news Case Study 1: Channel 4 news

Basic details

1. When is Channel 4 News on?
Channel 4 News is on Monday to Friday at 7pm till 7:55pm.

2. When was the programme first broadcast?
Channel 4 News was first broadcast on 2nd of November 1982

3. What awards has the programme won?
Channel 4 News has won the News Coverage from British Academy Television Award in 2004 and the International Emmy for best news programmes produced. Jon Snow won the British Academy Television award in 2005 for contribution to the current affairs and world news.

4. What is the media institution that produces Channel 4 News?
The media institution that produces Channel 4 News is owned by ITV, general trust, Reuters and united business media

Presenters

1. Who are the presenters?
The presenters of Channel 4 News are Jon Snow, Krishnan GuruMurthy,  Cathy Newman.

2. What are the presenters wearing? What does this communicate to the audience?
The presenters are wearing smart clothes. This communicates to the audience that they are serious, even though channel 4 news is aimed at a younger audience and Jon Snows tie is in different colours which tells the audience it is not that serious.

3. Why might a TV News programme use a variety of presenters? A TV News may use a variety or presenters because if one of the presenters are sick the other person could cover for them.

4. How are other reporters or presenters used in the TV News programme?
The reporters and the presenters are used in the Channel 4 news as the coming live from an area and telling the side of the story that they have heard so far.

5. Is there a balance between male and female presenters? What about race/ethnicity? What effect might these aspects have on an audience?
There are two male presenters and a female presenter. One of the male presenters is an asian male presenter. A larger amount of audience would watch Channel 4 news.

Opening sequence 

1. What is the very first shot?
The very first shot is the Channel 4 logo that is in purple.

2. How does the opening sequence use graphics or images to grab the attention of the audience?
 The graphics in the opening sequence is always moving which may grab the audiences attention.

3. How is the music used in the opening sequence?
The music that is used in the opening sequence is intense and serious.

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?
They show the news stories and then have the opening sequence after the news stories.

Studio mise-en-scene


1. What aspects of the studio can be seen by the audience?
 The whole of the studio, so you can see the lights and the background.

2. Are the presenters standing or behind desks? Why do you think this is?
The presenters are standing up and they have a desk that is in the background.

3. Are journalists or technology visible? What might these things suggest to the audience?
There are journalists and technology available. This suggests to the audience that Channel 4 news travel around the world to get the news story that is going on and also make interviews if possible.

4. How does the studio use colour?
Channel 4 News studio use the colour purple for it to look futuristic.

How news stories are presented

1. How does the news programme typically present a story?
 Channel 4 News show both sides of the stories. For example if a person was stabbed to death then they would have the victims side of story and the person who committed the crimes side of story.

2. What difference techniques does the programme use to present the news? (E.g. presenter to camera, reporter on location, interviews, graphics, images, video etc.)
Channel 4 News always have their camera moving when it is being presented. They also have images and videos that is by the public which is called citizen journalism.

3. What types of news does the TV news programme typically cover? Give five examples (e.g. politics, international, sport etc.)
Channel 4 news covers  political, international, UK, celebrity news and the weather.

4. Give two real examples of how news stories presented to keep the interest of the audience.
Channel 4 news present their news stories by showing pictures or videos from the news story. This will keep them interested in the news and when the shots are moving it may also keep the audiences interested.


Running order  

1. What is the top story? The top story is the Nepal earthquake that happened on Saturday 25th of April

2. How long does the top story last for?
It was shown for the whole 13 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').
The other stories that Channel 4 news was not shown for the whole 15 minutes because of the Nepal earthquake incident.

4. How long is each story shown for? 5 minutes

5. Why do you think each story was shown for the time it was?
Each story is shown for the time it has because when the channel are broadcasting the news they have to have fair points for both sides in the story. For example if a person got stabbed then the news channel have to say something fair about the victim and something fair about the person you had stabbed the victim but if it was a story about something that effected the whole country then a news channel would most likely show it for more than 15 minutes with interviews pictures and videos of the incident.

Audience

1. What is the target audience for this TV News programme? Research online -  you should be able to find plenty of suggestions to the target audience if not the official target audience of the programme.
The target audience for Channel 4 news is aimed at a younger audience because of Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow, as he stands up for young people.

2. Why might someone choose to watch this TV News programme over others?
Someone might choose Channel 4 news programme because they may want to watch international news which other Channels do not show much.

3. Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme or comment?
Audiences can comment if they want to but it would not be heard by the programme. There is also social media tags and links that the audience can visit.

4. What audience pleasures (Uses and Gratifications theory - Blumler and Katz) does the programme offer?
Channel 4 News is used for surveillance and could also be used for personal identity.

Institution

1. Who owns, runs or produces this TV News programme?
Half of it is owned by ITV.

2. Does the institution own, run or produce any other TV News programmes, channels or newspapers? Channel 4 have other other channels such as E4 and E4+1 and more 4.

3. How does the programme fit the TV channel it is on?
It does not really have any thing that specifically fits Channel 4.

4. What role does OFCOM have in making sure TV News is fair and accurate?
OFCOM make sure that T.V channels do not have air anything that is violent or sexual after 9 and if any of this does happen then the T.V channel will get a fine or they even take away the T.V channels T.V licenses.

TV News and New/Digital Media

1. Does the TV News programme have a dedicated website? Channel 4 News have a separate website.
2. What does the website offer viewers?
Channel 4 news offers viewers an update of news stories and tweets from presenters of channel 4 news and they also have an option of if they want to see any other news stories that are happening around the world, political news, weather and technology.

3.  Does the TV News programme have a Twitter feed?
Channel 4 news do have a twitter feed and it is also shown on the Channel 4 website.

4. How does the Twitter feed promote the programme?
It gives updates of the world news and other types of news and also say that you could extras on YouTube and they also have the presenters of Channel 4 news tweeting about what interview they are having.

5. Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme or submit news stories? Channel 4 news do not have anything on their website for their audiences to get involved.

Tuesday 6 January 2015

Representation: Blog task


The film "Taken" has a stereotypical representation of gender. Liam Neeson plays as the hero who finds out that his daughter has been kidnapped and try's finding her. He is described as a typical male hero in a action film (brave,strong,smart,risk taker and cunning). His daughter (who is played by Maggie Grace) is shown as the vulnerable and innocent girl that has been kidnapped. The villains in the film are shown as typical European men, that don't care about peoples lives and only cares about making money. This is the kind of representation we would expect in an American action film. This shows us that the main character does not want the police to get involved and wants to sort it out his self and find his daughter. There are females presented all the way through the whole film, but they are shown as being the ones that need to saved by an male and they are also shown as being weak and there is no way they could escape from what has happened to them. The whole film shows us that females need to be saved only by a male hero. This is a stereotypical representation of women.

Saturday 15 November 2014

Coincidence Film pitch

Coincidence is a romantic comedy about a teenage girl called Aliyah who keeps bumping into a guy called James outside of school. Aliyah does stupid things every time she see's him. What James does not know is that Aliyah has strong feelings for him, but will her feelings change when Aliyah starts bumping into James girlfriend Sarah? Will Aliyah have the guts to tell him that she may have feelings for him?