Introduction To The News
Introduction to the news task
Part one
I watched the ITV News on April the 23rd 2006.
Firstly, it was Iraq in possible civil war. Secondly, they
started to talk about Tony Blair and how the economy is going. Thirdly they
talked about an experimental drug that went very wrong. Finally, football fans who were fighting at
the Fulham vs Chelsea game.
In the start sequence you have the intro, which is Big Ben’s
chime bell hit, which catches your attention. The audio and visuals have been
used to catch the attention of the audience, possibly getting them to watch the
news.
Part two
The story was about Iraq who are possibly going into civil
war. We were led in with the news reader talking about how Iraq were going into
civil war, with images/videos behind her on the screen with fires. The main
content is the labour party with Tony Blair who is accused with financial
matters. The final comments are the football scores and what is coming up at 10
PM.
In the different stories there is Tony Blair, the former
prime minister of Iraq, when they talked about the civil war.
Tony Blair is represented as an evil person who is failing
the country. Whereas the ex-prime minister of Iraq is presented as an ok
person, who is commenting on the current issue in Iraq.
Part four
News ordering is the term given to when you put the news in
order. When you put the news report in chronological order ready for the
broadcast.
The story that is most likely to be shown first is the most
important story, possibly to shock and grab the audience’s attention. It is
used for promoting people to stick around and watch the news.
The ability to think and act quickly in the news is important
because they are live, if something goes wrong you need a team who are able to
work around the problem and can act fast.
A slow news is a time when media organisations publish trivial
stories due to the lack of more substantial topics.
The term is to
close off the news broadcast and its function is to lighten the day up.
News values are "criteria that influence the
selection and presentation of events as published news". These values help
explain what makes something "newsworthy". News values are not universal and
can vary between different cultures.
Actuality is the term for raw film footage of
real-life events (reality), places and people as opposed to fictional films
which use actors, scripted stories and artificial sets.
Stock footage, also called stock video or b-roll, is a piece of video content, a clip or shot
(normally shorter than 1 minute, but there are exceptions) inserted in
larger video production
and that was not shot specifically for said production.
News report 23rd April 2006
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