PGDIP BROADCAST

 

WEEK 1

 

Monday 26^th April Room A3.17

 

            Introduction to news programmes

            Review recent news broadcast

            Break 12.30 to 2.30

            (1pm Princes Trust Meeting M1.15)

            Look at Newsday production from last year

 

Tuesday 27^th April Room A5.11

 

            Rob Kirk Ð Sky News

Review news bulletin from last night

            Voice overs

            Break 12.45 to 3pm

            ÒPeople Like UsÓ

 

Wednesday 28^th April Room LT3

 

            Local news

            Intro writing

            Studio update

            Cameras operation

            Introduction to editing

            Allocate bulletin roles Ð for May10th

 

From here on till Wednesday May 5^th (Monday is a Bank Holiday) you will have video cameras to go and shoot stories. I would like each person to shoot one piece and you might do this in teams of two or three, taking turns to produce, present and operate the camera, so work out who to share with.

 

You are required to make simple news item of up to 1m 30s. I am not expecting Watergate, but stories should have a journalistic edge rather than just being a PR puff. Of course you should exhibit proper journalistic values e.g. fairness, accuracy and legal.  You should try and use all the basic techniques of TV, with interviews, general views, a piece to camera, voice over etc.

 

You might want to consider stories that you can re-use the following week to jump-start your regular bulletin production on Monday 10th

 

You will have access to the Annexe for editing from lunchtime on Wednesday but you will only have till Thursday afternoon to edit your material. We are having a showing of your work at 6pm on Thursday in the Kodak Lecture Theatre. This is the best opportunity we have to look at your work and offer criticism.

 

As an update on the operation of the Newsroom Annexe, I am delighted to tell you that Chris Horrie has arranged for an ex-student, now at C4, to come in as Òguest editorÓ for a day in Week Four of our six weeks and I hope that Rob Kirk from Sky News will pay a return visit after Week One for an afternoon to offer his advice.