Research Assignment - News Package

Brief

Research and then pitch some ideas into the various aspects behind a newsworthy information package, relating to the Manchester College, for use within a Broadcast TV context.

I have been researching the methods of creating a news package, and have come across this video on YouTube made by Kimberly Fox, regarding the study habits of students at a college in America. Although the subject matter isn't quite relevant, the design and production of the piece will prove beneficial to my research, and in turn my end package.

The graphics used in the video are effective, and look relatively professional, also could be possibly re-created in some form with the use of Apple Motion (which we have used briefly in class). 

(screenshot demonstrating the use of 'lower third' effects)

Bibliography:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auGTCMlqXT0

News Package Research - Initial Ideas

Sport - Football

Transfers
Highlights
Behind The Scenes

"Behind The Scenes: Manchester City FC"

Start with a brief overview of the club (history etc.)
Have a presenter outside the ground that introduces the show.
Shots within the ground and a soundbyte over the top.

Interviews with people within the club who are making decisions at the top, interview locals asking how plans such as the new academy is affecting the community.

Include graphics that show the rate of which the club is spending versus income (cureent team sheet networth vs old team networth just before the takeover.)

Ensure an interview is gained with a director within the club, then a coupe of short interviews with locals and fans.

Finish the package with a summary from the presenter, including some personal opinion and something for the viewer to think about after the program, and a final point. Presenter can then do a sign off and be showing leaving the stadium as the camera stays still.

Assignment

Today Ricardo has assigned us a challenge that will become our assignment. We are to come up with an idea or a U-Stream Internet TV Channel. We must devise the following for the project:
- A name
- A target audience
- An idea for one program for the channel

The ideas for the individual program within the channel range from a music review show that focused on unsigned bands within Manchester, and would provide a platform for these bands to gain an audience. The show would include having new bands being reviewed by someone on the show, such as a live performance or a new single/album they were due to release. We would invite guests in to chat about their music, or music they love/hate, then we would have bands performing on the show. We would try and have resident DJ's doing podcasts etc.

Initial ideas that we have suggested within the group were things like, for the name, we had "The New Music Review" and "Student Life".

The target audience will be students, ideally aged 17 - 25 and based in Manchester.

Research Assignment - Tuition Fees

Brief

Research and then pitch some ideas into the various aspects behind a newsworthy information package, relating to the Manchester College, for use within a Broadcast TV context.

Research

It has been confirmed that from the start of the next school term, University fees will have risen to a maximum of £9,000 and that the country average for fees will be "£8,393". However, it has also been confirmed that the tuition fees for the Manchester College will reach no higher than "£5,585".


My research will look at tuition fees set by other colleges and Universities in the local area that offer similar courses, such as Salford and Manchester Met. 

I will also be looking at the pro's and con's of paying extra and then of paying less for a course, ranging from stats on eventual job prospects, drop-out rates and differences in the qualifications of tutors.

Vision Mixing

Today we had our first taste of Vision Mixing, using the tri-caster with Colin with a few others from the class. We learned the basics of using this system and the general precautions and routines you have to go through before use, such as turning all the cameras onto 'bars'.

We learned how to use both the composite connector and the component connector with the cameras, and the differences between both, and that we will generally be using composite. We will be using standard definition for the foreseeable future with the Vision Mixer setup, as this is all it is capable of at the moment. We learned that to change the inputs on certain camera number previews, we would go to 'input setup', then change to composite or component depending on the situation.

The order for the cables that are used with component, is a downward green, blue and red setup. I found out that when vision mixing, as a general rule of thumb, unless you are filming sport, you don't touch the live buttons, instead we should shift through shots with 'Take' and 'Next'. Also, that when working with transistors, we shouldn't use the stick, but use 'auto' as it does the effect for you.

03/10/11

Spent the morning updating our blogs, in some cases creating them.

Most of the day was then spent editing our interview pieces, trying to salvage something from the footage we had, and then watching everyone else's.

Some of the interviews were really well done, others not so much, I especially liked the camerawork in Mikael's, the editing in Andy G's and the overall work on Ashley's piece.