Exam topic: TV News

Research 

1) I researched on Newsround and BBC One News Breakfast

2) Watch your two different TV News programmes on three different nights. Watch the whole bulletin each time and make notes on the following:

• Title, date and time of bulletin: 6:00am (BBC News Breakfast) & 8:15am, 3/3/14 (Newsround)
• Presenters: Ayshah Tull (Newsround) Sonya Jessop and Kate Kinsella (BBC Breakfast)
• News stories covered: Problems in the Ukraine, Oscars, Cricket Match, Pool Championships and Climate's affect on penguins (Newsround) Heathrow Terminal 2 Grand Opening, Car crash in Clapton, Weather and Strikes (BBC Breakfast News) 
• Use of graphics, animation, video packages, interviews and live links (key conventions of TV News) Live links, video packages, interviews, graphics to introduce the interviewee and show the map (Newsround) Video packages
• Use of modern or digital technology (cameraphone footage, audience tweets, hashtags, website links etc.) Website promotion (Newsround) Green screen (BBC Breakfast) 
• Anything that encourages the audience to keep watching (dramatic video, animated graphics, previews of news or features later in the programme etc.) Viewer interactions (Newsround) 

3) Research the institutions behind your two TV News programmes. Find out the following for each:

• Who owns or controls the institution: BBC (Newsround) BBC (BBC Breakfast) 
• How the institution is funded or makes money:  They get money from a TV License but they're a non profit company.
• Any controversial issues or complaints that the institution has had to deal with in recent years: Paedophile scandal regarding Jimmy Savile. 

4) Find out the target audience for your two TV News programmes. You should be able to find a detailed breakdown online if you search intelligently. If you cannot find anything, write what you think the target audience for the programme would be and why.


Planning

1) Brainstorm ideas for a new TV News programme aimed at young people. Plan out the following:

• Title: Newsflash
• Channel, day and time broadcast: E4, Mon-Fri, 8pm
• The length and structure of the programme: 15 minutes, 3-5 minutes for each segment. 
• The presenter or presenters: Ina Geraldine, Ashley Blake. 
• The types of news the programme will cover: Celeb, Sport, School/Uni/College, TV (e.g X Factor) and Music Charts.
• The brand identity for the show - logo, slogan, colour scheme etc: 'All the latest news in a flash' (Slogan), Red&Silver (Colour Scheme), NEWSFLASH! (Logo)
• How you will package the news - video, images, graphics, live links, interviews etc: It will be in a random order but every news segment will contain Videos and Images to introduce the story and graphs to introduce what's the story about. 

2) Plan how you will make your TV News programme interactive with opportunities for the audience to submit photos and video and comment on the issues covered.

3) Prepare for the creative task in the exam. Plan, sketch and draw the following:

• Logo and graphic identity for your TV News programme
• Website homepage for your TV News programme
• Storyboard for the opening 30 seconds of your TV News programme
• A storyboard for a TV advert for your TV News programme