Video Insert Script

Video inserts

Music and Dance are one the many things which are inspiring a younger generation. With more street acts over the last two years performing on our streets than we would have ever seen ten years ago.  Our student correspondent Karenza Wheatley tells you more as she speaks to an up and coming indie rock band.

Every parent would love there child to follow there dreams whether it be through a creative arts way or something else, enduring their hobby as a profession.

Britain's Got Talent, The X Factor and The Voice are platforms which young peolple use as a stepping stone to get into the industry. Every high street in the UK will see at least one musician busking their way hoping for their big break.

For Sam, Ben, Laura and James this is exactly what they are hoping for.

This indie band from Essex who formed in August 2013, are mixing strong harmonies from indie original songs to create a distinctive and intense sound, for their upcoming gigs in 2014. With hours of rehearsing a week this local band are aiming high.  The MBG have worked there way through many gigs but is it what they want?

This local band are grabbing every opportunity possible. Having a studio in Sam's house, and working with band members some of which have been playing their instruments for over 10 Years!

The MBG are influenced by artists such as Mumford and sons, Jake Bugg and Fleet Foxes have been performing together for five months.

Where do you see yourself in five years time?

Is this something you would like to pursue as a career?

How did you form the band?

How did you get into playing the drums? 

What venue would you most like to perform in?

Do you think talent shows are inspiring people to form bands?

Were you inspired by a talent show? Or someone who was once on a talent show? 

How did you come up with your band name?

Ben, what got you into singing? And at what age did you start singing?

James how do you feel coming into an already formed band?

Research types

Criteria 1 - Understand the nature and purpose of Research Techniques

Types of research;

• Books - secondary
• Internet - secondary
• Surveys - primary
• Interviews - primary
• Professional talks - primary
• Films/TV Shows - secondary
• Statistics - secondary (sometimes primary)
• Questionnaires - primary 
• Newspapers - secondary
• Focus groups - primary
• Journals - secondary
• Undercover/Covert observations primary/secondary 

Quantitive research

Quantitive research is mainly statistics for example program ratings, hits on a website and box office figures ect..

Qualitative research

Qualitative research is stuff like game reviews, movie reviews, response to news coverage. So it is stuff thats for article based.  

What information might a researcher need?

A researcher will need primary and secondary research so they can conduct their news report in a way wherein they take in both sides of an opinion and so that the story is unbiased. They will need facts and figures so that the argument/story has enough substance to it so it seems believable and so you invest in it. For our video inserts we need evidence to show that the train prices have gone up, we will do this by charts and statistics. To get qualitative research we will interview the general public so we can get their opinions on the view. 

Why might they conduct research?

Researchers conduct research so they get all the information possible to make the news story interesting, they also need to do research to make sure they get correct information and not false information

What would a research need to consider?

Because this news story is about the train prices that have risen it is probably going to be quite biased because no one is going to be happy about the increase so therefore we will try and talk to a Greater Anglia representative so that we can keep the story unbiased  or we will get a statement. If not possible we will mention that they refused to talk.

The Rise in Train Prices - Video Insert

Primary research

Primary research is research you go out and do yourself, so stuff like interviews and questions you ask people. For out VT we will hopefully get permission to film inside the train station so we can ask regular commutes on the train what they feel about the prices going up, we will also hopefully interview students to see how it affects them. If we don't get permission to film inside the station then we will film people coming out the station and hopefully conduct interviews outside the station


Secondary research

Secondary research is research that someone else has already done, this could be stuff like newspapers, Books and the internet. For our VT we will be reaserching on the internet to see how much the trains have gone up by and see if there is a reason that the prices are rising.

An average 2.8% increase in rail fares comes into effect on Thursday the 2nd of January, pushing the cost of some commuter travel to more than £5,000 a year. The increase is the smallest rise in four years, according to the pan-industry Rail Delivery Group. Many questions are raised about the constant rise.

The purpose of research is to give the audience real and reliable information, there are percific people who are dedicated to do the research for a news show, they work around the clock to get information, they also work with other channels such as BBC and ITV and share information on news stories with each other 

Audience research

audience research is research that is aimed at your target audience, our news show is aimed at 16 - 20 years olds so many will be students, so we have chosen to do a story about the train fairs going up as this affects many students as for many of them the train is a daily travel to get to college, school ect.. 

Market research

The rise in commuters train fares has heavily impacted news corporations such as the BBC. Although the rise in train fare is a yearly thing, it still makes the front head line. The train prices always cause controversy towards the end and the start of the new year. However not many news companies have revisited the rise in train fares, asking the members of the public how the rise in train fare has effected them a month later. 

Although many news articles have touched on where the money goes , and how it is spent.
We similarly will be trying to work out, where all the money goes, and how there using the fare increase to make the train service better. Although we will not be looking at all the different train companies, but will be focusing on one train line, near to the London area. 

On the other hand BBC news worked out the price of different train companies to and from London, Working out how much it will cost a year for the average working class to travel. Sadly we have not worked out the prince in which it takes to travel to London from other train companies, even though our News show is for the whole of the UK. This would have been a good idea to put into our VT and to show, as it allows our audience to compeer there train company pre ices with other train company prices. 

Production research

Below is the floor plan for a news studio where the programming will take place. The show will begin with the presenter in the vision mixing room where he will introduce the show and tell the audience the headlines, while he is talking he will slowly walk out while the camera moves back and follows him, then it will cut to the title intro which will last about 15 seconds to give the presenter time to get to the desk,. Then we will have 2 cameras facing the desk on the reporter. We then will have another presenter next to a tv screen where we will show different VT's and pictures on a tv screen,we will have one camera on him. -
Our production won't cost us to make as all the equipment is being supplied to us by the college. 
We are sticking white paper to the wall to give it more colour so we don't just use the black curtain. 

25 tips on writing a script

1. Clear Setting - That should be locked in the first slug line

2. Describe that setting

3. Introducing Characters - Throw in a couple of vivid details to make the reader picture the character in their head

4. Naming your characters - Make sure each character's name is different, and looks different when writhed down. Give characters a surname. If they've only got a first name, this comes across as an incomplete identity

5. Conflict, Conflict, Conflict - Not only should your screen play be based on a wider conflict of some kind, but each character should also have internal conflicts that they are dealing with.

6. She's Filled With Secrets - Giving your character secrets, whether big or small, enable you to pick away layer and keep your viewer interested along the way

7. Keep it Consistent - Make sure that you keep your characters consistent in both background and behaviour

8. Dialogue stuff : Sentences - People don't speak in complete sentences, nor do all people speak alike.

9. Stay away from the nose - The phrase 'on the nose' refers to dialogue that states too clearly what a character is thinking without filtering it through their personality and agenda.

10. Keep it unpredictable - When Princess Leia tells Han Solo 'i love you' in The Empire Strikes Back, the scene is most memorable for his response ' I know '

11. Keep it varied - Does a character even need to respond verbally to a statement ?

12. First line- The first line your character speaks should sum up an aspect of their personality

13. Language = Life - Make sure your characters dialogue reflects their life experiences

14. Double Hyphen - Has one character stepped on another's line? Cutting them off before they finish speaking ?

15. Fresh Slang - Why not make up your own slang? Using the latest words, phrases and cultural reference will date your script extremely quickly

16.  Mix Dialogue and action  - In life, stuff happens all at once. People don't stop talking because a bus is about to explode the bus explodes whilst they're in mind sentence.

17. Don't tell me what i've seen! - If Debbies' head just exploded, the viewer doesn't need James to tell them

18.  No Place for Closed questions - If you've got a question which leads to a 'yes or no' response  in your dialogue get rid of it.

19. Misunderstandings - Characters should misunderstand and misinterpret each other just as people do in real life. It give you opportunities for conflict and comedy

20. Style stuff: Present tense - Always keep your action descriptions in the present tense.

21. What not include - THe action descriptions in your screenplay should not include - thoughts - hopes - back story - Anything that can't be shown visually. You need to show them through events or dialogue

22. Keep it clear

23. OH MY GOD - Using ALL CAPITALS in your action descriptions signifies something important. It's a way of making the important elements pop when someone read the script

24. Keep it punchy - Break long sentences and keep your descriptions as vivid as you can

25. Write it first, then edit - This script won't be as punchy, exciting and engaging as possible on the first draft - Your mission on the first draft is just to get the thing written - Second, third, fourth and fifth drafts are the opportunity to make your screen everything it can be.


Partially adapted from the material in "500 ways to beat the hollywood script reader" by Jennifer Lerch

The Lead
As the new year comes in once again greater anglia train prices have risen, between London Liverpool street and Southend Victoria have gone up by 3%, this is due to the train fuel prices rising and staff costs rising.

The Body
This is not unfamiliar for regular commuters as they seen this happen every year but it has got to the point where people are starting to get very annoyed and some people even refused to pay and still get on the train. It causes a bigger problem for students who barley find the money to pay for their train tickets but have to because its their only way to get to college/university 

script for a story on my news show

The controversial Channel 4 show Benefits Street has once again drawn in complaints when its second episode was aired on Monday night. Once again the residents of James Turner Street (Benefits Street) are angry over the way their road is represented in the show. People have took to twitter calling the street 'Hell' and 'Scum'. But the residents of the street have a different view saying the street really isn't that bad place to live and that the show is not showing the full picture of what the street is really like. They did say though that the 2nd episode was better than the first as it focused more on the Romanians moving into the street. Mark Thomas, one of the shows regulars along with his partner Becky has received abuse on twitter about their life style after they talked about getting £1,500 in benefits on episode one. He claimed that the 2nd episode was better than the first and he told everyone it would get better, he also added after the abuse on twitter he and Becky are just going to get on with their life now.
Now channel 4 are waiting until next week for episode 3 to be aired and see what reception they get 

Inverted Pyramid - News report

5 W's of news

Five W's Chart

Name _______________________________________________ Date ______________________

Fill in each row with details that answer the question.

What happened?

 Dozens of cars left trapped by floodwater and landslides were shipped to safety aboard Royal Marine landing craft

Who was there?

Royal Marines

Why did it happen?

Schoolboy Charlie Southcott came up with a plan to reach the marooned motors by water.

When did it happen?

Yesterday (15^th January )

Where did it happen?

Calstock, Cornwall

News Show Running Order

This is the Running order for Channel 21 News show 


Opening titles - 30 seconds

Introduction (includes what's coming up in the programme)  - 2 minutes

Intro - 10 seconds
First video insert - 4 minutes (tbc)

News story - 3 minutes

Advert break - 90 seconds

Second news story - 2 minutes

Intro - 10 seconds
Second video insert - 4 minutes (tbc)

Third news story - 2 minutes

Conclusion - 1 minute

Definitions

Opinion - Someones own views on something and doesn't mean its fact or the truth, e.g if someone things a song is the worst song in the world, thats the opinion it dosn't mean its true.

Fact - A fact is something that is the truth and can often be backed up by proof. e.g.. its a fact that we need water to survive.

Bias - One sided, it only show one side of the story - e.g. if a news show only shows one politician views and not the other.

Primary research - Research you get yourself e.g through a interview

Secondary research - Information you get from someone else's research e.g. internet and books 

Tv News Conventions

  Tv News Conventions 
Voice Overs - leads people through the footage and tell the audience what is happening.

Graphics - Charts - Statistics

Title sequence - Prepares us for whats to come

VT Insertes

Music - Dramatic ( Not so much used now but back when the news started it was used a lot ) it is also used for continuity.

Reporter on the scene - talking directly to us, direct mode of address makes the audience feel like he is telling the truth because they are looking at you in the eye.

Interviews - They are involved

Formal cloths

Proposal - Factual News Programme

30 Totters Road 

Billericay 

Essex

CM12 9WQA

South Essex College
Lucker Road
Southend On Sea
SS11 1ND




Working title = Channel 21 News 
Company name =  SEC News Corporation
Intended audience = 16-30 year olds
Contact = South Essex College

Dear Sir/Madam 

The general concept for our factual news programme is that we will show all aspects of the news spectrum in the UK. For instance we will various UK news articles on music, film and television and the general news. We will have a very minimal budget because we have access to all the facilities required. Such as the video cameras, the television studio where we can record our news show, auto cues and the vision mixing room. We will only need to spend a budget on little things like parts of the set which we can add in, we may also need to spend a little amount on clothes for the presenters or accessories.

The theme of our news show will be fairly light hearted as we are mainly reporting news which is part of the entertainment industry. However we will have a more serious news story which can engage any casual viewer.  Our news show will look like any conventional news programme. We will have a desk with two presenters who will present in the studio. We will also have a television screen which will project images or videos which will relate to the particular news story. The broadcast time will be at 8.00pm, this is so that we can bring in adults viewers just after they have got home all settled after work.

We ill have two VT's playing in a news show, the first one will be about train prices and the students that have to pay them, we will have a few clips of trains and facts coming up on the screen, we will also have interviews with commuters who use trains regular and ask their views on the train prices rising in the new year. 

The 2nd VT will be about the music and dance industry, We are going to interview a local band who have agreed and gave us permission to film them, We will have a few clips of them playing and have narrating over these clips, we are also going to interview them and ask them general information about their band and ask them their views on the industry and how to get into it, we are also going to have clips of dance and have facts coming up on the screen over this. 

Yours Sincerely  
Matthew Flower 

Bias

Bias Through use of names and titles.

News media often use labels and titles to describe people, places and events.

Bias through statistics and crowd counts

To make a disaster seem more spectacular, number can be inflated e.g more than 900 hundred people turned up – Fewer than 1000 people showed up

Bias by source control

To detect bias, always consider where the news item comes from? Is the information supplied by a reporter, an eye witness, police or fire officials ? eg..

Bias by photos captions and camera angels

Bias by headline

Bias by word choice and tone

Bias through selection and omission 

Bias through placement 

Example of bias through headline is the story of mark duggan, in the title they call him a gangster and they have a picture of his looking bad, making him out to be a bad person on the daily mail where on the bbd news website it has picture of him smile and no negative language towards him is used. 

Factual pogroming planning

What factual programming consists of

•    Bias

•    Balance

•    Objective

•    Subjective

•    Fiction

•    Factual programme production - news documentary 

•    Fact

•    Truth

•    Opinion

•    Interpretation

•    Sometimes Conservative views - George Bush

•    Ideology - set of ideas or belief

TV News Conventions

•    Video inserts

•    Desk/studio

•    Newsreader

•    Correspondents

•    Reports

•    Screens

•    Visual audios

•    Debates

•    Graphics/graphs

•    Cutaways

•    Laptops/paper

Plan a five-minute news presentation in a group no more than four. All planning should be evidenced in a sketchbook.   

Plan - script

REPORTER IN STUDIO: 

Hello and welcome to the BBC news, a helicopter has crashed off the coast of Norfolk. 4 American soldiers have died in the crash, which is suspected to be caused by a bird. 

Jim is at the scene of the crash, so Jim what’s the damage like now?

CUT TO VT OF JIM BY THE HELICOPTER  (We cut to Jim at the start of the bulletin, to allow the audience the see the extent of the scene, and to see how close to the see and houses the crash is. I t also makes the audience feel like there, there by seeing the helicopter)

Reporter at the scene (Jim):

JIM: Do you think the poor weather conditions have helped to cause this crash?

EXPERT: I think that the weather has certainly not helped for this helicopter journey. However I do not believe that this is the sole cause of the crash. Other factors worth considering would be an animal getting caught in the front. Possibly a bird? I have heard from some eyewitnesses that a bird was seen flying into the front and that its remains have been found. However this has not been confirmed.

JIM: So are you aware of the type of species of the bird that caused the crash of the plane? 

EXPERT: We are still not 100% sure as to what caused the crash however we think it might be a bird, but we are uncertain SO THEREFORE WE CANT TELL YOU WHAT TYPE OF BIRD CAUSED THE CRASH, BECAUSE A BIRD MAY HAVE NOT CAUSED IT! 

JIM: Well as you can see it is getting a little heated here, so ill pass you back to Sue. 

Talking to the expert at the scene of the crash will allow the audience to think that he has studied what has happen, and compared it with other crashes. This should also give more faith in the audience, as he should know what he is talking about so therefore they trust him. 

SUE: Well thank you for that Jim, the helicopter was seen to be flying out of control by eye whiteness, here's an amateur video that was sent in by an eyewitness.

VIDEO

Showing the video of the helicopter crash half way through the video will keep the audience interested but also will make them want to watch the bulletin to the end. It also breaks up the talking by having a video in the middle of the bulletin 

SUE: Well we are back with Jim who is at Norfolk with an eye witness, and who also phoned the crash in, so Jim, what was the whiteness doing at the time?

JIM: Well I've been told that the whiteness was walking their hamster along the beach where they thought it was a shooting star coming straight for them.

Mini Evaluation 
For our news report about the helicopter crash we decided to have the report in the studio and also have a reporter at she scene this will make the story more interesting for the viewers and also make the audience feel like they are at the scene of the crash. We would also have both male and female reporter so it would appeal to all audiences.