Index

Index

• 1. Channel 4: Case Study 
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• 2. BBC News at 6: Case Study 
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• 3. Election Angles
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• 4. Newsround Case Study 
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• 5. News Values 
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• 6. Bias/ TV News Representation 
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• 7. Running Order Channel 4

News Values

News Values

This news story would be at the top of the agenda because of its news values. Due to the fact that it has most of the news values, most people would find this interesting as it is a disaster caused by a terrorist and it is was is one of the biggest terrorist attacks yet and one of the two biggest towers in the world has been destroyed. This is also a popular story as most people have said that they would prefer and find it more interesting to watch a negative news story then a positive one. The viewers would like this news story as it is simple and straight to the point and it also covers live action from the scene. This story would interest people in England as many English people had died that day, but it wouldn't be in the news long as it didn't happen in England so people would eventually forget and move on to the next big thing happening. 9/11 Has happened along time ago now but is still unforgettable as it is not everyday you see two gigantic towers fall and kill thousands of people. If a terrorist attack happened like this in another country like Iraq it wouldn't be a popular as it is now because USA is a much bigger and popular country than Iraq.

TV News: Representation and Bias

Sky News: London Riot 2011

1) The police's perspective
2) The police are the innocent people or hero's in this news story
3) They are represented as the villains
4) Hand held videos taking from a phone ( citizen journalism) and reports from the crime scene all ruined.
5) Sky news uses a negative describing words to define young teenagers and kind words for the police officers which had been injured during the riot.
6) The citizen journalism put is used the most and is repeated and shown a lot of times.
7) The narrative has been used to engage the audience via the way it was introduced and the clips they have to show and the way they describe the scene and the people there.
8) The equilibrium is when the city was perfectly fine. The disequilibrium is when the rioters are burning cars and buildings and the city is ruined.
9) The heroes in this news story is the police and the villains are the rioters and the news reporters frame the police as innocent and the rioters as horrific.
10) Citizen Journalism was used to display the burning building along side the police man showing that the rioters are bad.

Running Order: Channel 4 News

Channel 4 News Schedule

Top Story: A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud.

Second Story: Gunfire has been reported on the streets of Moscow although no there are no details as yet regarding who has opened fire or why

Third Story: An anti-austerity march against government cuts has been held in London today and was attended by 50,000 people. The protest was calm.

Fourth Story: David Cameron’s office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.

Fifth Story: Two prisoners convicted of armed robbery have escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London.

Running Order: BBC Newsround

BBC News Newsround Schedule

Top Story: Lady Gaga is in London and has been spotted jogging in Hyde Park.

Second Story: Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant.

Third Story: A tweet by Miley Cyrus telling a fan to ‘get a life’ has started a ‘Twitter storm’.

Fourth Story: David Cameron’s office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.

Fifth Story: 20 people were killed in 15 different road accidents over the previous weekend.

Running Order: BBC3 60 Seconds

BBC3 60 Seconds Schedule

Top Story: A New series of BBC's drama Sherlock achieved record viewing figures last night

Second Story: A tweet by Miley Cyrus telling a fan to "get a life" has started a "Twitter Storm"

Third Story: David Cameron's office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.

Fourth Story: A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud.

Fifth Story: Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant.

Running Order: BBC News at Six

BBC News At Six Schedule

Top Story: Israel has shelled a residential area of Gaza killing around 25 civilians

Second Story: A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud

Third Story: A woman has been convicted of murdering her husband. He was a wealthy banker and she a stay-a-home mum.

Fourth Story: Two prisoners convicted of armed robbery have escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London.

Fifth Story: David Cameron's office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama

Case 4: BBC3 60 Seconds News

Case 4: BBC3 60 Seconds News

  1)    They have graphics, presenters and music but they are shown in an informal manner which wouldn't appeal to an older audience.

  2)    The presenters are wearing everyday clothes and are not wearing suits or formal clothing like other news shows. They are also young and aged in their late twenties.

  3)    No they do not use other presenters or reporters as they do not have time for interviews.

  4)    The studio is a room with a green screen and they use a tablet and phone to present the use and show the audience videos and pictures about it.

  5)    A clock counting down 60 seconds.

  6)    First they would introduce themselves and then they will introduce the news and the screen will cut to a tablet and a phone which will be show pictures and videos of the news stories the presenter is talking about.

  7)    18-30 age groups are the target audience for “60 Seconds News.” They would put this show on a predominantly entertainment-based channel as they want to keep the audience entertain and focused.

  8)    The audience can get involved via website bbc.co.uk/news and @BBCNews

  9)    BBC News reporter was prisoned for reporting false news, Andy Murry lost match, Doctors say comedian is recovering and is doing well, Children expected to learn 12 times table at 11, Celtic won against rangers. Each story Is shown for about 20 seconds each.

  Extension 

  1)    The news stories may appeal to the target audience as it contains international news and the audience might be for there. The sport news may also appeal to the audience as most younger people like sport and the target audience is younger people.
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Case Study 3: News Stories Covering Start Of General Election Campaign 2015

Case Study 3: News Stories Covering Start Of General Election Campaign 2015

Testing what you’ve learnt

1)    The angle of a news story is that their views that they have, for example, most newspapers will focus on Britain

2)    When you read a tabloid it is dumbed down but when you read broadsheet it contains much more information and is harder to read

3)    BBC 60 Second News

4)    BBC News At 6

5)    International News in news all around the world, National news is news in the whole of the country, Regional is news in cities e.g. London, Scotland and Local news is news in West London

Questions on the election: BBC

1)    National News

2)    They give opinions on all the parties

3)    Broadsheet

4)    18-80 British, Wales and Scottish citizens

Questions on the election: Sky

1)    National

2)    They gave points from other parties apart from Labour

3)    Tabloid

4)    18-80 British, Wales and Scottish citizens

Questions on the election: STV

1)    National

2)    They mainly only show Labour and SNP point of views

3)    Broadsheet

4)    18-80 Scottish Citizens
    Questions on the election: Channel 4 News

1)    National

2)    They show every political party arguments

3)    Broadsheet

4)    18-80 British, Wales and Scottish citizens

BBC News Case Study 2

BBC News Case Study 2

Basics

1)    British Broadcast Corporation

2)    Tax payers money

3)    To inform, Educate and Entertain

4)    Mixed genre to offer a wide range of high quality programmes. Reflect the UK and to have original programmes

5)    It shows a wide range of news stories that interest the audience

Presenters

1)    Huw Edwards and Fiona Bruce

2)    The presenters are wearing very formal clothing e.g. Suits

3)    A TV news programme would use a variety of presenters to show diversity and to show that they don’t only use white males and females as presenters

4)    Other reporters or presenters would be used in interviewing and reporting from other parts in the world. They also sometimes get the news reporter that reported from that specific area to come back into the studio and talk about it.

5)    Yes there is a female and a male presenter and they are both white British.

Opening Sequence

1)    The brand logo.

2)    They use graphics to show pictures of the news story; in this case “Tesco has lost 6.4 Billion pounds” This gets the audience interested as it is most likely their local supermarket.

3)    The music in the beginning is used for the intro (opening scene) as is also used to introduce the main story or stories

4)    They put the main story first then they say that other news stories they are going to talk about (the order they mention them is the order they are going to talk about them).

Studio Mise-En-Scene

1)    Just before they introduce the main story the camera pans out into the studio and you can see all the studio and working people. It also pans out into the main casting area where the presenter is getting ready to talk about the news.

2)    When they are introducing the stories (the beginning) they are standing. I think they did this to make the audience feel like they are being talked too. While the programme goes on the presenter sits down.

3)    You can see the presenter and the technology they use just before the programme starts. I think they did this because they want the audience to know how prepared they are and how professional they are.

4)    The colour of the studio is the same colour of the logo.

How News Stories Are Presented

1)    They briefly explain the news stories when they are introducing them and after they introduce them they go into detail and talk about it more

2)    The programme uses a lot of interviews and video clips to keep the audience entertained

3)    Political, Sport, News in London, International.

4)    They use a series of video clips and they interview victims to see their point of view

Running Order

1)    “Tesco loses 6.4 Billion Pounds”

2)    10-15 minutes

3)    Main Story, Sub stories and Sport Stories

4)    To show how serious and how much there is to say about it.

Audience

1)    25-80 Working Class

2)    Equal amount of men and women, working class

3)    They might watch this news show than any other as it is on during dinner time and is very popular.

4)    The audience can tweet at the broadcasters to discuss their points of view which than can be shown on TV.

5)    Diversion – Escapism or entertainment. Surveillance – Information useful for living (e.g. weather, traffic news).

Institution

1)    Bbc news at 10, BBC Breakfast, BBC Three 60 Seconds, Eastenders, Doctor Who

2)    OFCOM doesn’t make sure BBC News is fair and accurate as they have their own regulators (BBC Trust).

3)    This means that they made the news easier to understand e.g. Have animations that resemble the news story and numbers on the screen.

TV News and New/Digital Media

1)    Yes bbc.co.uk/news

2)    It allows them to see the latest new stories if they missed it.

3)    Yes @BBCNews

4)    It gives them a link to the website.

5)    Yes they can tweet at them to get involved with the news story

Channel 4: Case Study

Channel 4: Case Study

Basic Details

1)    7pm

2)    1982
3)    International Emmy Award for News, British Academy Television Award for Best News Coverage and British Academy Television Award for Best News and Current Affairs Journalism.

4)     Channel 4

Presenters

1)    Jon Snow, Matt Frei, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Cathy Newman

2)    The presenters are wearing very formal clothing however Jon Snow wears bright coloured ties and socks to show that the show is energetic

3)    They would use a variety of presenters to show a diverse variety of presenters

4)    The other presenters are used for Interviewing, undercover and International coverage.

5)    The isn’t a balance of female and male presenters as there are three male presenters and one female presenter. However, one of the male presenters is Asian and the other two are male. This shows that they are stereotyping and they are not against other races and ethnicity.

Opening Sequence

1)    Their brand logo

2)    The opening sequence shows clips of the main story so the audience has an idea on what they are going to mention.

3)    The music that is played in the beginning is famous as the channel 4 news theme song so when people are not physically looking at the TV they know that it is on.

4)    The main news story will be the first one to start while there is a little bar on the bottom left which says what news stories they are going to talk about at what time to tell the audience when to come back and see it if they have something to do.

Studio Mise-En-Scene

1)    At the start of the show you can see two presenters standing in front a desk which as two huge screens opposite each other. They can also see the back of the studio in the background.

2)    At the start of the show the presenters are standing in front of the desk but then they move and sit next to it mid-way through the programme. I think they did this because they want the audience to feel like they are actually having a conversation with the presenters.

3)    Right before the show starts it pans out into the studio and you can see all the technology and camera men. This suggests to the audience that they are prepared and they are professional and ready to tell the news.

4)    They use the colours of the brand around the studio to tell the audience that they are watching channel 4 news.

How News Stories Are Presented

1)    Channel 4 News typically gets straight to the point when they introduce a news story. While the presenter is talking about it they normally get a screen behind him that show pictures related to the news story

2)    Channel 4 News normally have people that interview other people or even have people reporting from the news scene itself. They also have videos of the news story and images.

3)    Channel 4 News normally give news stories about that is going on in the world and what is most popular at the moment, e.g. voting for the next political party to run the government. They also give news stories around the world e.g. the war in Syria and interviews with victims and even sometimes the terrorists themselves.

4)    The news stories that they put up are almost always interesting or could involve your social environment, e.g. if a crime happened in your area or the general election which could decide the future of your life.

Running Order

1)    The top story is about immigrants and how many immigrants enter Britain.

2)    The main story is described by Jon Snow for 0:25 Seconds.

3)    International stories, deaths about M4 Disaster and news about politicians. Happy story (Nigerian family reunited).

4)    Most news stories last 10-20 seconds.

5)    Each story was covered by a certain amount of time due to its importance.

Audience

1)    18-65 age range

2)    This news channel covers news stories all around the world while some only cover a specific area.

3)    Yes people can get involved in the news stories by using a specific hash tag

4)    The audience will be pleased as the show might cover as it might cover news stories in their area.

Institution

1)    Channel 4 runs Channel 4 news

2)    Channel 4 does not produce any other type of news cast

3)    The broadcast fits the channel as it talks about news stories which they show TV shows such as documentaries.

4)     It makes sure that they are two sides off an argument and that there won’t be any explicit content in hours which children will be awake.

TV News and New/Digital Media

1)    The TV channel does a have a dedicated website.

2)    It offers news which they could have missed so they can catch up.

3)    The twitter feed for channel 4 news is @Channel4News

4)    It promotes the programme as it has a link to their website and YouTube Channel.

5)    They can tweet at them and they can discuss the news stories and give their opinions which then will be read out loud during the programme. 

Existing Product Research

OK GO: Writing On The Wall

OK GO have a series of music videos that consist of illusions or really good patterns that don't really make sense with the music that is actually playing. The special thing about this video is that it was all taken in one shot. All the props in this video have been placed in a very specific way that every time they take a shot from that angle it makes it seem like its all in place correctly when its scattered around the room.

WoodKid - Run Boy Run

WoodKid have made a series of good narrative music videos. In this music video it shows a boy aged 10-11 who is running. At the start he is joined by some crows that seem to be trying to attack him. Eventually he trips up, but a monster come out of the ground and help him get back up. The more he runs the more monsters come out of the ground and give him items. Finally he reaches the end of the path and he finally reaches the city. The music video end with him yelling and pointing his sword towards the city as if he was telling all the monsters to go and attack the city.

Beyonce - Sweet Dreams

This music video starts off with the main singer (Beyonce) Sleeping whilst having a nightmare. She slowly starts floating up into the air and suddenly opens her eyes which start the song. The song starts out with her dancing straight away and joined by two other women who dance alongside her. The song carries on with her dancing with other women but she changes clothes every shot, but the women alongside her do not. Mid-way through the song she changes clothes and so do the women alongside her and they change clothes into something every similar to her. The song ends with her posing and the camera slowly going down and then a black screen come up and the song ends.

Jayz And Kanye West - In Paris

The song starts out with a crowd jumping and the names of the singers come. The song starts out with loads of flashing lights shining down at the singers and every time it goes dark for a second they move positions. The mirror effect was used in this music video a series of times on the singers and the crowd. The whole of the music video is the artists performing this song live while they get recorded. The mirror effect was used to show a bigger crowd. Half way through the music video it cuts to an old film clip that may seem odd to the viewer.

Rudimental - Waiting All Night ft, Ella Eyre

This song starts off this a group of men riding around the city on their bikes when suddenly their friend gets hit by a truck. There are a series of clips of the man lying in bed in hospital with a missing leg. The video is mostly filmed in first person or with a Go Pro. All the shot taken in this music video are medium shot, Close up or a long shot. The video is almost filmed like a documentary about the man’s life.

Coldplay - Paradise

This song is about a elephant that is prisoned in some type of zoo and its mission to get back to his family in the wild. The elephant had to go through a various of tasks such as sneaking onto a plane and making it's way back to the wild only using a unicycle. The whole band at the end are all dressed in elephant costumes and playing the drums and guitar which goes along with the music in the actual video. 

Macklemore - Ceiling Can't Hold Us

This music video was taken in two different continents ranging from the Pacific Northwest to Southern California to New Zealand. In this music video they use all the camera shots, mainly medium, close up, long and medium close up shots. There are approximately 400 shots in this video.  At the very end it shows the singer (Maklemore) on a cart that is being pulled by a car and the camera pans out and the credits appear. 

Rudimental - Right Here

This song has an estimate of 250-300 shots, and they are nearly all close ups or medium shots. They have loads of shots that pan out and in into another object or person. This music video is about a man who is creating a bond with a tiger who is then moved and kidnapped by some robbers and he then goes and tries to save the tiger with another girl who helps and saves his life by releasing the tiger and scaring off the robbers. The music video ends with them happily returning home.

Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don't You

This song is all in black and white, and it starts of with showing a teenage boy aged around 14-15 who is mimicking the song ,but in sign language which almost makes him look like he is dancing. Toward the end there are motifs to match the song lyrics. The song ends with showing the singer of the video. The actual song artist actually only appears in the music video for about 6 seconds.

Fall Out Boy - Centuries

The story this music video is story lined based. The song is telling the audience to remember the four men that fought in the arena. This music video was set around the ancient Roman times.The video starts off with a robed man approaching four cellars with men trapped inside. The robed man gives each man a small gift for them to use in the arena. The four men are forced to fight against a man who is clearly much stronger then them. The use there gifts to create a weapon to kill the man and hopefully be set free. The video ends with the four men kill the other man and a huge door opening and another man standing there ready to fight.

Treatment

Scene 1: We record our way to the football pitch (first person) and one the way there he bumps into a man and we rewind it that the second time he walked pass the man he ignores him and carries on his way to the bus stop where he will get the bus and carry on his journey to the football pitch

Scene 2: He walks into the pitch and no one is playing so we rewind it again and the second time he walks in there are people playing a match.

Scene 3: The man is taking a penalty and he misses the goal and then we rewind it and go back to him running up to take it again and this time he actually scores the penalty.

Scene 4: We record a first person view of him doing some football tricks

Scene 5: A first person view again of the man taking some more shots.

Representation

In this film they are very stereotypical about the gender of the actors in it and which could be offensive to people. In the film Wolf of Wall Street men are represented as big business men that are very protective about their money. The business men in this film are represented as very rich and spend their money to try bribe women and to buy drugs and other illegal items. The dwarf (the disabled person) in the film is used as throwing object. In this film they have protracted The American Dream in a very bad way because the man in this film (Leonardo Dicaprio) is doing illegal stuff to reach this dream and is ripping off people and breaking promises to gain money. USA is represented as a place where men are full of money and the women are bribed by the men. It is also represented as a place where everyone does drugs and other illegal acts. The 1980's are represented as very chaotic and most white people are rich/high business men while black people ain't so rich and struggle to make a living. As there are hardly any black people in this film it tells us that black people back in the 80's weren't as rich as white people.