5 W's of news

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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.