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.”