BBC News at 6 case study

Basic details

1. British Broadcasting Corporation 
2. BBC is funded by tax payers money
3. Inform, educate and entertain
4. There remit is to be BBC's most popular mixed-genre TV service 
5. They present a variety of stories from around the world

Presenters

1. It's presented by Fiona Bruce, Sophie Raworth, George Algiah.
2. The presenters are dressed formally and this implies that the news is serious
3. They do this to engage other ethnicitys to watch the news rather than white British males/females.
4. The news is presented in a formal way to the audience.
5. There is a balance between the presenters and ethnicity of them. This communicates to that audience that all ethnicity's are expected and can watch the news.

Opening sequence
Analyse the opening 2 minutes of the programme.

1. The very first shot is the presenter
2. The graphics, videos, pictures ect are used to grab the audiences attention so they see the news stories presented in a unique and more appealing way
3. Dramatic music is played during the opening sequence.
4. The stories cover sports and serious topics. They present a small clip of each story before its shown.

Studio mise-en-scene

1. The audience can see the establishing shot of the studio and where the presenters sit
2. The presenters are standing up and this is to present the stories in a formal way
3. The technology is viewed by the audience.
4. BBC News used the colour red in the studio.

How news stories are presented

1. The BBC News presents stories in a serious way. They don't have personal opinions so they aren't bias
2. The programme uses presenter to camera, reporter on location, interviews, graphics and videos.
3. BBC cover news about sports stories such as football and tennis, politics with the upcoming election and stories from around the world are about isis. 
4. The use of graphics and the use of reporters on the actual location.

Running order

1. Watch the first 15 minutes of the programme – as recent as you can find.
2. The top story is Nepal Earthquake.
3. 8 minutes 
4. A male nurse sentenced to 18 years in prison for filming himself abusing and spying conscious  unconscious female patients, enquiry  2 children died in Yorkshire from carbon monoxide poisoning (8years ago), legal HIV self test on sale, labour stamp duty pledge for first time buyers, election 2015.
5. less than 5 minutes
6. to understand each point and view offered about the story.

Audience

1. 16-35 white British people
2. 4 million average
3. Is not as bias as news channels such as sky and fox and is presented in a more formal way.
4. through twitter and the website

Institution

1. BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, CBBC, Cbeebies, BBC News Channel, BBC Parliament, BBC ALBA, BBC World News
2. Ofcom regulates the content of the news to make sure that the stories are not from one point of view and that there aren't any personal opinions or comments.

TV News and New/Digital Media

1. YES 
2. stories they've missed out on and a chance for them to share their ideas.
3. yes
4. The audience can interact with the live programme and also give their own opinions and comments about the stories.
5. through the website and twitter.

TV News: representation and bias

1) Sky News present bias views on their stories

2) The police are presented has being heroic

3) Young people are presented as being dangerous and causing disruption to the peace in society.

4) They use video footage on the incidents and interviewed the police.

5) ''hidden and masked'' was used to describe the young people and this paints a negative view of them in society.

6) The most important part of the story was the police's point of view. This is to present the younger people in society to be wild and the police offers to be the hero.

7) The story starts off with clips of the riots and then moves on to a police officers point of view. It continues to show footage about what happened and from there shows the damage that's been caused after the riots.

8) The equilibrium was fine and nothing was disrupting the peace. The disequilibrium is when the rioters attacked the city. The new equilibrium is when the city and to be fixed and replaced.

9) In the story, the villains are the rioters as we can see that the presenters are showing violent clips of them and not of the police. The heroes are police as they are represented as helping everyone and making the world better and safer.

10) Citizen Journalism was used to display the burning building along side the police man showing that the rioters are bad.

BBC 60 second news case study

BBC3 60 Second News

1) Watch these YouTube clips of the BBC3 60 Second News:

 
 
2) They use the key conventions by having someone who presents the news, graphics and videos to present the news and a bar at the bottom to show news stories.

3) The presenters are Sam Naz, Ben Mundy, ChiChi Izundu, Tina Daheley. They are younger presenters and are dressed less formal and more casual compared to other news programmes.

4) 4 reporters are used when presenting the news.

5) The studio has a lot of graphics and shows how long the news is. The news is presented on a phone and a tablet.
6) The opening shot is the 60 Seconds logo and this fits in with the key conventions as its showing the logo of the programme.

7) The news is mainly presented by the use of video clips and this is shown by a graphic phone and tablet.

8) The target audience is between the ages of 16-25 as its shown late on TV and talks about more entertaining news than serious topics that have happened. It also presents the news in a shorty space of time.

9) People can get involved with the channel through social media and there are young people that have been shown on the channel. This is done through the news stories and through a young presenter.

10) The stories covered were about sports, school, an actor and only 1 world wide story. The first story was the one that was worldwide then about tennis, talking about schools and then about football towards the end. The sports section was shown for the longest amount of time.

Running Order

BBC News at 6

• Israel has shelled a residential area of Gaza killing around 25 civilians.
• Gunfire has been reported on the streets of Moscow although no there are no details as yet regarding who has opened fire or why.
• David Cameron’s office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.
• Two prisoners convicted of armed robbery have escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London.
• A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud.

Channel 4 News

• A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud.
• Gunfire has been reported on the streets of Moscow although no there are no details as yet regarding who has opened fire or why
• An anti-austerity march against government cuts has been held in London today and was attended by 50,000 people. The protest was calm.
• David Cameron’s office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.
• Two prisoners convicted of armed robbery have escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London.

BBC Newsround

• Lady Gaga is in London and has been spotted jogging in Hyde Park.
• Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant.
• A tweet by Miley Cyrus telling a fan to ‘get a life’ has started a ‘Twitter storm’.
• David Cameron’s office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.
• 20 people were killed in 15 different road accidents over the previous weekend.

BBC3 60 Second News

• A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud.
• A tweet by Miley Cyrus telling a fan to ‘get a life’ has started a ‘Twitter storm’.
• Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant.
• David Cameron’s office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.
• Lady Gaga is in London and has been spotted jogging in Hyde Park.

channel 4 news task

Basic details

1.       Channel 4 news comes on Mon-Fri at 7pm and runs for 55mins.

2.       It was first broadcasted in 1982.

3.       They’ve won the international Emmy award for news in 2014, 2013, 2004; also, British Academy Television Award for Best News Coverage in 2012, 2004, 1996 and British Academy Television Award for Best News and Current Affairs Journalism 1994, 1993.

4.       Channel 4

Presenters

1.       The presenters are Jon Snow, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Demetria Kalodimos and

 Bob Sellers.

2.       Jon Snow is known for wearing bright colours and this communicates to the audience that they are formal but very relaxed about things and are more left wing than right.

3.       They do this to target different ethnicities and to reach out to more people.

4.       The other reporters are used to report other news stories in other countries.

5.       There is a balance between the presenters have both male and female and a British Asian presenter as well.

   

Opening sequence

1.       The very first shot is the main story of the news on the day.

2.       The presenters stand to try and speak to the viewer making the news less formal to others.

3.       The music used is dramatic to show that the news stories used are serious.

4.       They introduce all the stories and also give the timing of the story so if the audience wanted to view a particular one they can just go back at that time and watch it.

Studio mise-en-scene

1.       The audience can see the screens in the studio and the desk behind the presenters.

2.       The presenters are standing up to communicate to the audience in a less formal way to other news channels.

3.       The technology is visible and this is done so the audience can see where the clips from other countries and news stories come from. It also represents the money that channel 4 get from advertisement being spent on the studio to present the news.

4.       The brand colour of Channel 4 News is purple and this is displayed in the intro and in the studio.

How news stories are presented

1.       They usually present a story by using videos from other countries or going under cover and then use the footage taken.

2.       There are interviews that take place when talking about a story and presenters going to other countries. Channel 4 also uses video footage of events that have occurred in other countries.

3.       Channel 4 cover news stories to do with other countries, the Uk, politics and sporting events.

4.       The first way news stories are presented are by conducting a interview between the presenter and whoever they’re interviewing. This engages the audience to keep watching as they can get a professional view on certain topics that someone specialises in. The second way is sending a presenter to another country and seeing what is going on there. This also makes the audience want to carry on watching as they can analyse what’s going on in those countries and how its effecting people.

Audience

1.    The audience is between the ages of 18-30.

2.    People may choose this over other news channels as it is unique to others. These are due  to the different ways of presenting news and are challenging people.

3.    The ways the audience can get involved is by posting comments on YouTube or by twitter where they can get their views across as well.

4.    The uses and gratifications, theorised by Blumler and Katz, for the institution are escapism and surveillance

Institution

1. Channel 4 is a publicly owned corporation whose board is appointed by OFCOM
2. Channel 4 also own E4, 4 music, 4 more.
3. Presents news in a unique way silimar to the channel it's on where programmes that have been on Channel 4 have also been unique compared to channels such as BBC and ITV.
4. What role does OFCOM have in making sure TV News is fair and accurate?

TV News and New/Digital Media

1. Channel 4 news has a website.
2.    The website offers news stories for the audience to watch if they've missed out on previous stories.
3. Channel 4 news is on twitter.
4.    Channel 4 news promotes the news promotes news on twitter by showing video clips of news stories.
5. The audience are able to hashtag on twitter to get their views across

PPE 2 preperation

1. The title of the news will be Global News. It will be between Monday to Friday between 5:30 - 6:00. The show will start of with stories that are local and then talk about issues that are global. There will also be stories that are less serious to be viewed such as sports. The presenters will be between the ages of 19-25 and will have 1 male and 1 female presenter. A local story that would be perfect for the target audience would be about the 3 girls who have potentially traveled to Syria. A global story could be about the Malaysian plane that went missing (Flight MH307) and is now marking its first anniversary. Sporting news about the Aston Villa pitch invasion. The logo of the show will be a globe and the slogan 'News for you'. The colour scheme will mainly be blue. With each news story provided there will be either a clip of what is going on or a interview with someone. Some graphics may be used but not all the time. The opening 60 seconds will have the brand identity of the show along with introducing the presenters. Clips of news stories will be shown so the audience will be identified on the stories on the day. There will be an establishing shot of the studio for the audience to see.

2. The show can also be viewed online. It will be on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Viewers will be able to interact on all these websites out posting their views and getting their side across. This will help promotion as teenagers may be going out they are still able to watch the news and comment. Members of the public will able to post videos or pictures they've taken to promote citizen journalism. 

3.

music video analysis

Narrative

The Notorious B.I.G. - "Hypnotize"

Biggie smalls was a rap artist in the early 90's. He's well known for the rap he's produced. This song is successful due to the narrative. The narrative of the song is him commenting a crime and then running away from the police to get away with it. He starts off by getting into a car and then driving away from the police. As the video progresses he then gets away by getting onto a boat and escaping.

Visual Effects

Jay-z and Kanye West - In Paris

This song is successful because of the visual effects. It uses visual effects throughout the video from the start to the end. This is a unique video as not all visual effect songs uses effects that have been used in this song. The lighting and the effect of a mirror being placed in the centre of the screen duplicating the events shown on both sides of the screen make this video particularly successful.

Performance Element

Missy Elliot - Get your freak on

Get your freak on was released in 2001. I've picked this video because of the performers in the video. The performers in this particular video made it successful because it combined dancing mainly used in rap videos with bhangra. The performers were mainly dancing throughout the video and this made the video successful. The dancing is also considered to be break dancing and this could make people want to dance because it synergies well with the song.

Camera Work

Rudimental - Waiting all night

I've picked this song because of the camera shots that are in this particular video. There are close ups of individuals, medium close ups and long shots. I feel that this videos most effective camera shots was when the camera was attached to the bike and recorded someone riding it on the streets. The camera is aimed on mainly one individual and there are over 5 different shots in this video.

Creative Concept

Childish Gambino - Sweatpants

The song I've chosen for creative concept is Childish Gambino Sweatpants. This is because the rapper keeps on being duplicating in the video. I feel that this is successful because each one of duplications say something different as they are set out to have different personalities.

  

Mise-en-scene

David Guetta - Sexy Chick

The video of this song is recording a party. This makes the video successful as it seems more realistic as people go out to parties. The way people are acting in the video reflects the mood that they are in. The video is mainly focusing on one individual in the song and his experience at the party.

Editing

Kid Cudi - Just what i am 

I've picked this video because of the editing in the video. There are lots of different shots in this video and effects that make this music video successful. There are close ups of people in the video, long shots, medium close ups ect.

I picked this video because of the visual effects. I find that the most successful effect is when the foreground freeze and the rapper in the video continues as normal. Another successful feature was when the foreground was slower than the rapper in the video.

This music video is successful because of mise-en-scene. The whole video is Childish Gambino at fair on a frerris wheel and is recording himself on it. It gives the artist a realistic branding as pweople will associate the artist being down to earth

I picked this song because of the narrative. The song starts of as a young thug trying to make it in a gang. He then gets a gun from someone who has more authority in the gang. He thinks about shooting someone but doesn't. This is attractive to the audience as they are familiar with gang cultures and entices them.