Thursday 27 February 2014

questions about my character - Pats Lesson

1. What does your character want. = My character wants drugs as he is addicted to cocaine and has been from a early age.

2. What obstacles must they overcome to get what they want ? = He must overcome tough decision like murder and crime to get what he wants.

3. In the End, Do they get it ? Was getting/not getting it good or bad for them= In the end he got what he wanted which was a good thing because he got arrested and sent to prison for it and when he came out he was a changed man.

4. Why do we care? What makes your story so damm interesting that people would be willing to give up two hours of their life on it? i think people would care because on one hand you feel sorry for the character because of his bad up bring and emotional childhood but at the same time you don't because what he has become is horrible.

5. What does the character need? I think my character needs a father figure in his life as his father left at a young age.

6. Why is the story happening now? Why is the character this particular age

7. What is your characters worst nightmare. = His worst nightmare is running out of booze and drugs as this is the only thing that blocks out the bad memories of his life.

8.What is your main character willing to die for = At the start of the movie he would not be willing to die for anyone or anything but when it comes to the end he would be willing to die for his friends that have helped him get to where he is now.

New Topic - The big six film companies -

The Big 6 studios which control 90% of all films are :
.Warner Brothers
.Paramount
.20th century fox
.Walt Disney Pictures
.Columbia Pictures
.Universal Pictures

Universal pictures is owned by Comcast who are the largest telecoms company in the US. They also own Universal parks and resort as well as providing internet service and phone lines. They also own a number of channels show in america.

Columbia Pictures was founded in 1918, and began to grow in Hollywood, they were briefly owned by Coca Cola but now are owned by Sony Pictures entertainment, which is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment which is a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. Sony own a number of companies like Naughty dog (video game developers ) Music centre incorporated, EMI Music Publishing and many many more.

Walt Disney Pictures was founded in 1923 and are currently owned by The Walt Disney Company. Nearly all of Walt Disney Pictures releases are distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture. Walt Disney Company own many many other companies including Lucas Films, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and many more.

20th Century fox was founded in 1915 and is currently owned by News corp who also own 21st century fox. News Corp own companies such as Sky, Fox Daily Telegraphy and many more.

Warner Brothers Entertainment was found in 1903 and is currently owned by Time warner. Warner brothers are a member of the motion picture association of america. Time Warner own HBO the a amercian TV channel, also own Time inc, IPC media and many more
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Paramount Pictures was founded in 1911, and is currently owned by Viacom. Paramount pictures are one of the highest grossing movie studios of all time and in 2014 become the first hollywood studio to release all their films in digital only. Viacom own many companies such as MTV films, nickelodeon movies, Atom entertainment and many more.

Having only 6 big movie studios in hollywood has got positives and negatives. Some of the positives are that we can watch high budget films that are good quality, whereas if we just had loads of little companies they would not have the money for a high budget. The big companies have also more time to produce their film and train people. Some negative are the people that own the companies chooses what they want us to see which sometimes means their views on things also because there are only 6 big companies we often see the same type of film over and over again

Sunday 16 February 2014

Channel 21 News - Running Order

Running Order

Introducing - What is coming up on the show tonight

Opening Titles - This will be a 10-20second video where the theme tune will play in the background showing a visual video.

Train Prices (Studio) - There will be a 1-2 min introduction of when the train prices set to rise there prices and by how much (Studio - News bulliten 1)

Train Prices VT - This will be a 1-2min VT insert about the rise in train prices

Olympics - Informing the viewers about the opening of the park to the public, and what is going on with the park now.

Music and Dance - Talking about how younger people are being inspired to go into creative arts.

Music and Dance VT - This VT will include an interview with The MBG, and will last roughly 2-3Mins.

ADVERT BREAK

From Books to the screen - Talking about films that have been converted from a book to a film. Also an interview with tom hardy will be quoted on the TV screen.

Benefits street - Will be discussed with all the presenters as well as reading a script as to how the public have taken to disgrace with the programme.

Uk Floods - We will be talking about the flooded areas, and what have/can be done to help those in need.

Closing titles - This we be about 30seconds long, and will included the names of those who helped out in the production .

Channel 21 news Set Design

Set design - Set desiging is a huge part which makes a television news show sucsssful, using the space and the equipment you have to your advantage. Above you can see many different ways in which news show use there space to conduct an interesting set design, which is interesting the the audience, working with ket features, like having windows looking onto london.

We as a production team were inspired by many set designs, from news shows. Below you can see out basic set design.

We took into consideration, the time of day which our news show would be broadcasted, as many morning/day time shows have a more relaxed set, with sofas, and photos on coffee tables. However during the evening, the sets become more formal, with desk and laptops.

Lighting - Lights are a huge part of studios as you want to light the studio well, but keep the light natural, letting the audience feel like the presenters are in a room, and not a studio. Having been in a news studio myself, and seeing the light set ups, i understood that studios use artificial lighting, was lights the studio how the sun would light it. We as a production team have decided to follow the same lighting rule, although we have been given coloured paper to change the lighting colour.

Work done by Karenza Wheatly

Channel 21 news - Shooting Schedul

Below is the shooting schedule we used for filming our VTs. Having a schedule is vital as it allows you to be able to time yourself in knowing you won't run out of time. But it also allows you to know when your film each scene/VT

Thursday 13 February 2014

Channel 21 news - Music VT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJwUb0CsBDY

This is our 2nd VT for our news show about the music industry

Channel 21 news - Train VT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96IBl2wxXjM

This is a link to the first VT that me and my group have filmed and edited for our news show Channel 21 news

Channel 21 News - My news Opening Sequance

This is the opening title sequence for my news show, it has clips of the stories that will be in the news show

Production research - Floor plan / Camera setup

Above is the floor plan of our News show, and where the camera will be placed. We are starting with one camera in the visual mixing room to be more engaging with the audience, and to allow the presenter to interactive with the crew that work behind the scenes. We also want to have an opening title that allows the audience to always know what show they are watching when the news programme starts. Like on the BBC News the presenter will stand by a TV screen and inform you with the top 3 or 4 headlines. There will be a separate area where the camera will film the presenter in front of a TV screen, to allow some news bulletins that need pictures to illustrate the information. This also gives the audience a different setting to look at instead of just watching the two presenters on the sofa.

Call Sheet for Channel 21 News

CALL SHEET

PRODUCTION NAME:	Channel 21 news

Director	Sam Goodfellow
Producer	Karenza Wheatley
Camera	Peter, Mitch, Andrew
Sound	Paige, Georgia
Lighting	Sid, Ollie

Location	South essex college, Live Television studio
Weather	The filming for the live studio will take place inside, however when filming the VT's especially the train VT's, we will be unable to film when raining due to the equipment getting wet. However when interviewingThe MBG, we will be inside.

Scenes	Pages	Day/Night	Int/Ext	Location	Synopsis	Other
2 4 1,3 and 5-20	2 4 1,3 and 5	Day Day/Night Day	Ext Ext Int	Train station (Billericay and southend Victoria) And Southend Highstreet The MBG Studio, and southend College. Southend College Film and TV Studio.	This is the first VT. Where we inform the audience about the rise in train prices. This is our Second VT. Where we promote the music band the MBG, Whilst talking about how younger people are bing inspired. This is the main base of our news show. Where the presenters will talk directly to the audience Live.	Presenter to dress formal with suite.

Presenter	Name	Pick-up	Arrive	Leave
Boy	Sam Goodfellow	12AM	1:30PM	4:00PM

Girl

Karenza

Wheatley

5PM

6PM

8PM

Presenter	Name	Pick-up	Arrive	Leave
Boy	Lee Stark	8:30AM	9:30AM	12:45AM

Presenter	Name	Pick-up	Arrive	Leave
Girl	Karla	9:10AM	9:30AM	12:45AM

Presenter	Name	Pick-up	Arrive	Leave
Boy	Dom	7:30AM	9:30AM	12:45AM

Make-up/Costume	Dom and Lee (Studio Presenters)- To wear smart suite, Any colour, although black jacket is preferable, with a coloured/white shirt. Tie is optional. Karla - (Studio presenter) Smart dressed. Skirt/dress with blouse. No bright colours, or revealing outfits. Not to tight. Comfutable yet appripte shoes. Sam (VT Presenter) - Smart suite. Black blazer. No tie. Smart shoes Karenza (VT Presenter)- Blouse Smart shorts/skirt. Natural make-up for all.
Lighting	Natural sunlight / Lights in the studio.
Sfx	No special effects are planned to be used at the moment.
Catering	Bring your own food
Transport	Walking and train to film the VTS
Parking	Driveway will be available for the MBG interview although we will not be using a car to transport us around.
Toilets	Toilets will be at al timing locations, and at the live studio
Other	Props needed; EXT Props (VT) N/A - Band members are to bring there own musical interments to the interview. INT Props (Studio) Desk Chairs Television screen Newspapers Laptop (Maybe)

Idea Generation - Channel 21 News

News story ideas;

Having the right news stories in your news program is crusal, as what you may think is "News" Others may not agree with you.
Below you can see the mind mapping we did. We wrote down any thing that came to mind, that we could report on, Keeping in mind our target audience and wanting to keep the news bulletins not to serious;

After discussing each topic and creating arguments as to why we should have one topic and not another, we came up with our 5 news stories that would be filling our 20 minute news show;

The Rise in train fares
More film directors are using books for inspiration?
The rise in music and dance in the UK over the last 2 years
How concerts are going to be held in the Olympic stadium, and What can the opening of the new park bring?
Benefit street, and how more people are being pushed to leave there homes and become homeless?

We then discussed what News bulletins should have VT's included in them, after abit of time discussing the pros and cons we decided that;

The rise in train fares
The rise in music and dancers in the UK Over the last 2 years

Would have a VT in bedded in the news bulletin. However some articles Like the

Olympic stadium
films using books for inspiration

Would be presented by the TV screen, where pictures of what the presenter is talking about can be projected on the screen, allowing the audience to get some visual, whilst watching the news bulletin.

Target audience
Although all Programmes have a target audience. Most news shows are targeting to informal the whole general public specifically young adults, adults and elders with the daily news. However some news show specifically target there news program at a certain aged audience. For instant Newsround, on CBBC, there target audience is specifically for 6-12 year old audience. On the news round website they clearly state that "News-round has a target audience of 6 to 12-year-olds and the stories and language used in our bulletins reflects that.

We try to pick stories that will appeal to our viewers - and we try to bring a child's view into our reports."

One other important factor to consider is the time and the in which you will broacast your show, as bard casting news round at 1:00Pm ion the afternoon everyday, will not get many views as the main target audience is at school. The same with broadcasting BBC news at Mindnight, when the majority of people are asleep. When programmes are broadcasted in the afternoon on a weekday, the target audience will genially be people who are retied, from around the age of 60 and above. Below you can see the target audience we were considering;

We chose 16-20 Year olds, as we can approach the news show from a more entertainment point of view other than being a serious formal news show like BBC One. Hence why were having light hearted stories. We are aiming our news show for both genders, but also the working, and higher education class of people. Giving them interesting yet up to date information that they can go and talk to there friends about, giving them conversation. We also to broadcast our news show on Thursday evening at 8:00PM, as it allows for workers to be able to watch the light hearted news show, but its also a prime time TV, where the majority of the UK sit and watch TV. We chose Thursday instead of Friday, as the majority of our targeted age group, will be out with friends and partying on the evening of friday, also it allows the presenters to give an overview of the weeks news and music.

Contributor Release Form - Channel 21 News

PROGRAMME TITLE: Channel 21 News

TX: ___________________________________________

Date of Recording: Friday 31st January

To:South Essex College, Luker Road , Southend On Sea

I confirm that I have agreed to appear in, to contribute to, or to participate in, the above recording as agreed with Channel 21 News

I agree to and hereby give all consents and permission and grant any licence that be required under any legislation or regulation to permit my contribution/performance to be used in whole or part in any manner by Channel 21 News in all media without restriction.

My contribution will be an honest and truthful account of my experience and I confirm that I have not misled Channel 21 News in any way as to my identity, experience, or as to the nature and/or content of my Contribution.

Name: Julie Smith

Address: 37 Bishopsteignton, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea

Signed: J.Smith

Date: 31/01/14

Where the contributor is under 18 years of age, I confirm that I am the parent/guardian and agree my acceptance of the above on behalf of the contributor.

Signature: ___________________________________________

PROGRAMME TITLE: Channel 21 News

TX: ___________________________________________

Date of Recording: Friday 31st January

To: South Essex College, Luker Road , Southend On Sea

I confirm that I have agreed to appear in, to contribute to, or to participate in, the above recording as agreed with Channel 21 news Representative.

Name: Darren Cox

Address: 2 Arundel Road, Rochford

Signed: Darren.C

Date: 31/01/14

Where the contributor is under 18 years of age, I confirm that I am the parent/guardian and agree my acceptance of the above on behalf of the contributor.

Signature: ___________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

The MBG

PROGRAMME TITLE: Channel 21 News

TX: ___________________________________________

Date of Recording: Wednesday 29th January

To: South Essex College, Luker Road , Southend On Sea

I confirm that I have agreed to appear in, to contribute to, or to participate in, the above recording as agreed with Channel 21 News Representative.

My contribution will be an honest and truthful account of my experience and I confirm that I have not misled Channel 21 news in any way as to my identity, experience, or as to the nature and/or content of my Contribution.

Name: Laura Alison

Address: 105, Norsey View Drive, Billericay

Signed: L.A

Date: 29/01/14

Where the contributor is under 18 years of age, I confirm that I am the parent/guardian and agree my acceptance of the above on behalf of the contributor.

Signature: Cindy.Alison

PROGRAMME TITLE: Channel 21 News

TX: ___________________________________________

Date of Recording: Wednesday 29th January

To: South Essex College, Luker Road , Southend On Sea

I confirm that I have agreed to appear in, to contribute to, or to participate in, the above recording as agreed with Channel 21 News Representative.

Name: Ben Miles

Address: 56 Walton Gardens, Hutton, Brentwood

Signed: Ben.Miles

Date: 29/01/14

Where the contributor is under 18 years of age, I confirm that I am the parent/guardian and agree my acceptance of the above on behalf of the contributor.

Signature: D.Miles

PROGRAMME TITLE: Channel 21 News

TX: ___________________________________________

Date of Recording: Wednesday 29th January

To: South Essex College, Luker Road , Southend On Sea

I confirm that I have agreed to appear in, to contribute to, or to participate in, the above recording as agreed with Channel 21 News Representative.

Name: James Fallon

Address: 35 Walton Gardens, Hutton, Brentwood

Signed: J.Fallon

Date: 29/01/14

Where the contributor is under 18 years of age, I confirm that I am the parent/guardian and agree my acceptance of the above on behalf of the contributor.

Signature: _______________________________________

PROGRAMME TITLE: Channel 21 News

TX: ___________________________________________

Date of Recording: Wednesday 29th January

To: South Essex College, Luker Road , Southend On Sea

I confirm that I have agreed to appear in, to contribute to, or to participate in, the above recording as agreed with Channel 21 News Representative.

My contribution will be an honest and truthful account of my experience and I confirm that I have not misled East Coast Media in any way as to my identity, experience, or as to the nature and/or content of my Contribution.

Name: Ben Miles

Address: 56 Walton Gardens, Hutton, Brentwood

Signed: Ben.Miles

Date: 29/01/14

Where the contributor is under 18 years of age, I confirm that I am the parent/guardian and agree my acceptance of the above on behalf of the contributor.