Research - Green Screen

In a modern day newsroom a green screen is an integral item and as we as a group have never
used one it was important that we practised before we came to film the real thing.

After ironing the screen, to eliminate any imperfections that may cause shadows, taylor held it up behind James and we recorded him speaking. Although not an ideal situation it worked well for just a practise; but in the real take we will securely attach it to a wall. To key the green out we used Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 which took some getting used too.

Progress Update - 27/11

Over the weekend we carried out some filming, during the day we filmed our progress.

Timings & Website Research

In a live broadcast, timings are crucial in delivering a professional production, as just one slip up can cause a domino effect on the rest of the schedule. To ensure our timings look professional, we conducted some research.

Order:

Channel ident -> introducer introduces news

Summarize the day’s top stories: 5 stories -> inserts of relevant footage

‘Also’, ‘And’ used as co-ordinating conjunctions -> last story is light-hearted/uplifting

Intro sequence

“Good Evening. Welcome to the news at 6” -> stood up in front of desk

Introduces first story -> “Our middle-eastern correspondent ‘John Davis’ reports from Gaza”

Dramatic opening shot of story -> outside reporter states time of incident -> reports the story

Shot of reporter talking about story -> may be walking towards the camera

Back to voiceover inserts

Interview with person related to incident

“Will Davis. BBC News. Gaza” sign out

Back to studio -> “Our correspondent Kathy Smith is in Ashbor. Kathy…” -> she gives her opinion, other facts she has learned -> LIVE -> “Kathy Smith in Ashbor. Thank you.”

Progress Update VLOG

Update: Filming over the weekend went successfully getting most shots we needed in a relatively small period of time, currently we are editing it together.

Marjons Media Trip

Today, 14th November, Our group to a trip to a nearby university to partake in a media production masterclass, in which we would learn some vital skills for our upcoming news broadcast.

This is the video diary of the day:

After an initial briefing, we were tasked to create a front page of a tabloid newspaper. This involved us creating a story that could be easily taken within campus. Naturally, as a sports university, Marjon had a great swimming pool, which we utilized to create a fictional story about a shark in the pool. After taking the shot, James photoshopped a shark into the frame and using Adobe Indesign we created the page. The story was meant to be unrealistic, just as a demonstration. 

We believe this helped us with especially creative writing which we can utilize when scripting the main leading story in our news broadcast.

Later in the day, we created a viral clip about Jam, a play on words on the Journalism and Media department at Marjon, which helped us creatively think about shots, especially framing. 

Media Day Trip

Tomorrow, 14th November, myself and the two other members of TBC productions will be visiting UCP Marjon's to partake in a news production course, this should enable our group to create a more professional news production.