Week 3

This week, production worked really well and it looked much better.  The news overall was rather weak with the sports dominating.  Also grammar needs attention in the bulletin, as within the script it said 'off of', when it should only be 'off.

The headlines also need a bit of work as they are a little boring, and the links are short with no explaination.  The OOV and UPSOT brought a professional look to the bulletin, as these are usual in proper news bulletins.  Angus set the aim for 2/3 each week, and 20/30 secs each.

The firestation should have been ordered before the sport, so that it gave the news bulletin balance.

Also, when stories are produced, they need to be located geographically, so the audience knows exactly where it is in relation to them.


This week in the production I moved from working the cameras to VT in the gallery. We had a little trouble with the computer, but other than that it went well.  We managed to set up the OB for the football as recommended by Angus the week before.  This techically worked but unfortunately it was disliked because Jake, the presenter, was in front of a tree, when it would have looked better with a pitch in the background.  Unfortunately we were limited by our equipment, as we have no battery packs to run the tricaster out in the middle of a field.

I also began work on finding new extentions for our Joomla site - these are the things that will help transform the site into something much more user friendly, as well as attractive.  One particular extention to catch my eye has been the VTEM Drawer, which I would like to install for the features page.  It relies heavily on a large picture in the article, so this will require feature writers to not only think of the words, but also finding good quality photos.

I have got a copy of Adobe Fireworks, a fantastic design tool, and with Chris we designed a new Barker for the front page.  The Barker is a clickable picture that links directly to the article.  This specific one was for The Big Interview for features on Jon Boden.
At the same time as doing my own things, I helped Kieran with filming at the university whilst he conducted an interview.