Sunday, October 30, 2011

WINOL Blog - Week 5


The quality of the bulletin is never consistent from week to week. This week it was said that the pictures within the packages are not captivating enough. This is a must. A way to improve is to simply watch BBC and ITV news bulletins. While watching note down each shot as this will bring in an understanding of all the things which can be included in a package.
A major issue is checking your facts. Once an interview has taken place, the interviewee's name and job title must be obtained and verified. By doing this no mistakes will be made, such as giving someone the wrong job title.

George was director this week - he did a really good job. He was confident in what he was instructing and had a good understanding of the gallery. One issue within production was the VT machine. This is an issue which cannot be helped but in this situation in future, the bulletin must continue. An apology for the technical issue is essential but from that, continue reading from the autocue and if possible play the next package. Technical issues are difficult to avoid.
Well done to Justina and Aimee who presented this week. I thought they both did really well.

This week our guest editor was unable to make it. Next week we have Sam Baker - Editor of Red Magazine. She will in from around 12pm, after which she will be introduced to each of the departments. This is a great opportunity for features and the magazine to show Sam content from the magazine and video features produced so far this semester. If you have produced video features then it will be good to reversion them to a shorter more improved version (if possible) to show her, and this way you can explain how you have got to the finished product, then asking her for feedback and advice.
It is highly recommended that we all meet the guest editors as this is a very good way to increase our contacts from within the industry and can do nothing but help us all for the future.
Have a look at this page for brief information on Sam Baker:

1 comment:

  1. i enjoy WINOL each week and agree with your comments on this week well last Wednesday's news programme. They are produced to a high standard like a real news programme and I like the idea of guests to increase your contacts and to feed back on your work, can't wait for this as I am currently 1st year

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