- Setting deadlines and targets for the feature writers,
- Keeping an up-to-date log of all ongoing projects and tasks - making this available to all members of the team, the editor and managing editor -
- Ensuring deadlines are met,
- Establishing suitable deadlines with the Chief sub-editor enabling content to be edited and uploaded to the site before the Wednesday bulletin,
- Attending editorial meetings to pass on all relevant information, and
- Answering to the editor.
Within the features team we have:
- Cara & Jake - What's On presenters and producers
- David - Music - (What's On)
- Justina and Domonique - WINOL Life Producers
- Zoe - Feature writer
- Becky - Feature writer
- Poppy - Feature writer
- Ewan - Feature writer
Last week was the features dummy week in order to give the feature writers a chance to practice using the cameras, editing and planning the feature as a whole ensuring the angle of the piece was the main focus. I have made the decision not to put any content of the features page of www.winol.co.uk due to lack of content so far. I would like to launch the features page having a few video and written pieces at good quality. The deadline for features each week is Tuesday at 2pm. This has been decided because the feature writers will have a full week to plan and produce their features, and this gives time for the cheif sub-editor and the sub-editors to edit the written articles and embed the videos on the site in time for the Wednesday bulletin going up - therefore giving us a fresh site each week on all pages, because the chance of people coming back if they notice the features content is the same as the previous week is very unlikely.
What's On has made a good start, interviewing Rebecca Vaughan, star of I, Elizabeth and including an interview with football legend Matt Le Tissier. This is presented by Cara and Jake with a 'One Show' feel to it. This will be a weekly show presented by both.
The first episode for the Music side of What's On will be ready for next week. This will be based on the Ventnor Fringe Festival - Isle of Wright. The following episode will be produced for the following week - which will be based on The Shoots.
Zoe and Becky produced their first feature well. Autumn Trends 2011 was a strong piece, filmed in Winchester High Street, included a PTC and interviewed a number of people. During editing they included text on screen, music and voice overs. For their first piece it was very good. When filming the microphone lead was in shot, however this was not noticed until the footage was being edited. We would be unable to put this on the site due to this, so it is something to be sure of in the future. Another way to improve this piece would be to include the interviewee's faces to make the interviews more personal.
Ewan created a piece based on Fresher's life. The aim was to find out how first year students cope with living on their own for the first time in their lives. This piece was good, again, for his first piece. PTC, general views and interviews were included in the package. Ways to make this piece stronger is to ensure sound levels are loud enough when filming (use headphones), film more general views to use within the package (you can never have enough), and to edit the footage to be quick and to make sense. When editing, watch it with the view of the audience, if you are bored, they will be too - shots need to be quick.
Poppy will predominately be producing written features. She will be writing a weekly comment piece in the style of Dorothy Parker - who was known for her opinions and wit. Poppy will be writing a weekly comment piece as well as another general feature each week too. Her first piece was 'This is Jinsy'. Based on a sitcom in a similar style of The Mighty Boosh. The piece was strong and is relevant to our audience - 18-24 year-olds - as they are likely to watch The Mighty Boosh and any similar television shows.
Having Poppy submit at least 2 articles per week, this will ensure we have content regularly being updated on the features page.
We are due to produce our first episode of WINOL Life on the 18th October. This first episode will be a chance to show a guest editor current features packages and listen to their feedback. We are in preparation of organising a guest editor. The first episode will be a chance for everyone to understand the format of the show, then in future weeks we are thinking of having themed shows. Again, this is still all being planned by the producers of WINOL Life (Justina and Domonique) and myself.
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