Sonia's Television Blog

While i was away my group was filming and working on a production called 'The brook theatre'. They filled me in on everything that happened that day and what exactly they did. After they had filmed the project and put it together i decided to overlay the green screen and create the graphics for the project, editing is one of my strong points. I created the graphics myself in Photoshop as this really gives me a free rein and i can really be creative, in regards to the green screen i thought it would be much harder but it turned out to be a simple trip of masking the background and overlaying it, SIMPLE!  Weirdly i really enjoyed editing this project, i was very scared at first thinking i would let my group down by being absent on the filming days but when i started to edit the project i thought it turned out great. Although the clip mic's were fantastic i feel that there is WAY too much background noise, in our further projects we should minimise this. Taking into considera

Sources and Contacts A broadcast journalist relies on a wide range of sources and contacts in the never ending search. The best journalists do not just sit and wait for a story to 'appear', they go and FIND IT!  LOOK for great stories from newspapers, online stories, social media, word of mouth. Wherever you go, double check what you are being told.  News agencies, PR department, pressure groups. police. Primary Sources Your own direct contacts Original sources direct from source material eg archive material Public appeals  Press releases  Secondary sources Stingers Other platforms and media  These subject specialists work in newsrooms and are prized for their in depth knowledge and well honed contacts - lobby politics influential groups the government in such meetings to get their views across and attempt to influence policy.  They look like news packages and sound like them, but stories are to be approached with caution, as they are very often propa

Hidden Events When we were done with the briefing of the unit Helen asked us to form a group to be in for this unit. Me, Callum, Joni and Amber formed a group and started to discuss the kind of TV News we could film. After we have been discussing for a while Amber mentioned that there was an opened air cinema that will be in Rochester next weekend, we instantly jumped on the idea and started to brain storm from it.  Callum started ti think about all the event that are hidden from the public and not a lot of people think about. We all then came up with the idea that we should do a TV News production about all the hidden events that are based in Kent. We could really take advantage of this idea as it reaches a good age range of people between 15-30 and it could also reach out to people who love particular event.  Thinking about the idea more we decided to do the live element on the open-aired cinema and then try and research more into the hidden gems of Kent. We were originally goi

TV News This unit will be built from our first year experiences; - sourcing stories and storytelling  - sourcing contributors - sourcing locations  - script writing  - interviewing skills  - sequencing and actuality  - SWEFF  - good coverage (GVs)  - good sound (atmos, correct mic, control background)  - factual accuracy  - team work  - time management  - interpreting information  - sourcing talent  - studio presentation  Promote critical understanding of news and current affairs output!  Critically understanding news, thinking behind it! - Create your own original online news channel and produce content for that channel - Find a brand which will fit a particular audience and provide content for that audience  - Blog work is important!  - Design your own branded digital online news - Original title sequence  - Channel identity - 1 news package 2.00 - 2.30 minute duration - 1 live OB report on location - Written material on t