GOOD NEWS REPORT
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BAD NEWS REPORT
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Within this report I will be discussing and displaying examples of the conventions which you would find within a conventional news report as well as the conventions which you would not typically see within a news report. This is split into 4 categories including studio news readers or anchors, mode of address to viewer, interviewing experts and witnesses and the report structure.
Studio news readers or anchors
Costume: The costume of the news reporter includes what they are wearing and how the use of their clothing impacts the audience and how they perceive the reporter due to their clothing which they are wearing, within the news report displaying the good conventions we the first video displayed above the clothing seen is that of a formal range of clothing as seen in the opening of the news report at 0:05 the reporter in this case Darren is seen to be wearing very formal clothing in terms of a shirt and a coat which use neutral colors which are not too bright for the audience whilst also giving the audience a perception of the reporter being intellectual, smart and that of an expert which helps the story gain extra validity for the audience. Whereas within the bad news report as displayed above in the second video the use of costume is less formal as seen in the video at 0:03 of the video we can see the presenters shirt is tucked and wrinkled and the collars on the coat are flicked up, this gives the perception of a less formal and professional presenter making the news report feel more laid back and less informative. The use of costume impacts the audience as they perceive the presenter to be less informed on the information and less of an expert within the subject which they are talking about within the news report, this reduces the overall validity in the news for the audience.
Framing: The framing of a news report is important to the story and important in gaining the audiences attention in order to get them on their side in terms of belief of the story being stated, the framing of the camera helps the presenter to better be able to connect with the audience in terms of the way they are sitting and the way the camera is focused on them. Within the news report displaying the typical conventions the framing is set straight on the presenter directly down the middle and is set so the audience is able to see the presenters facial and body language to the story, as seen at 0:17 of the video during the presenter talking the camera is set directly down the middle and at eye level by having it at eye level it gives the audience the perception of the presenter talking and engaging with them one on one so they feel more engaged with the story and the presenter. This engagement with the audience also helps to increase their belief in the story than that if they were told information with the camera off centered and not focusing on the presenter directly. Within the second news report displaying the bad conventions we can clearly see the framing is more centered to the right hand centre of the screen as opposed to directly on the presenter, this off center camera does not engage the audience and gives a less professional feel to the news report, the camera is not directly on the face of the presenter not allowing for it to pick up on the facial reactions of the presenter which gives the perception of less engagement with both the audience and to the story. This impacts the audience as they are less inclined to believe the information which they are given within the news report.
Body language:The body language within the news report helps to strengthen the validity of the story and the information which is given throughout the news report, the body language helps to give the presenter credibility making them seem more intelligent and more of an expert on the situation as opposed to having the news told by a presenter who is less formal in their body language in terms their posture and overall body language. Within the first news report stating the good conventions we can clearly see the overall body language of the presenter is that of a formal and professional presenter, in terms of an upright posture and the use of his hand placement. This is seen at 0:22 of the video where we can see the presenter sat in an upright position without slouching whilst having his hands kept in his lap together as opposed to having a laid back presenter who is slouched as seen in the second news report displaying the bad conventions. The use of body language gives the presenter a perception of being both an expert and highly knowledgeable on the information which is given out, the body language overall helps to add another form of validity of the story to the audience due to their perception of the presenter. As seen in the second video displaying the bad conventions we can see the body language of the audience is far more laid back in terms of how the presenter is sitting in this case more laid back in a slouched position as opposed to being upright and formal, in terms of his hand positioning it is seen to be more open and less formal and laid back. This is seen at 0:07 of the video the presenters body is slouched to the left hand position as opposed to being centered and upright as seen in the first video giving both the news report and the presenter a less professional feel, the audience perceive the presenter to be less informed on the story which reduces the audiences belief and perception of the story.
Mode of address to viewer
Tone of voice: The tone of voice from the presenter is important to the mode of address for the audience and viewer in order to give off a certain feel and perception to a story to the audience and viewer watching, the tone of voice helps to set the tone and mood of the story for the audience and can change and impact the audiences perception. The tone set within the first video is that of a serious, formal and to the point tone according to the story being told due to the nature of the story being told the tone of voice needs to match the tone in order for the presenter and the news to give off a certain feeling and perception of the story to the audience. This is seen at 0:05 of the opening of the news report, the introduction to the presenter and to the news story is that of a serious and formal tone of voice accommodating the stories feels and perception. The tone of voice also gives the presenter further credibility in terms of being an expert and highly knowledgeable on the story, the tone of voice of the presenter helps to strengthen the validity and credibility of the story for the audience and the viewer than that of a tone of which is more laid back and less formal as seen within the second example of a news report displaying bad conventions which you wouldn't usually see within a typical news report. This is seen at 0:08 of the second video displaying the bad conventions where the presenter's tone of voice is more laid back and less formal the tone of voice less professional and is perceived to be a tone of voice used when talking among friends as opposed to a within a professional environment. The tone of voice of the presenter within news report encourages the audience to perceive them as less knowledgeable and less informative than that if they had used a formal tone of voice as seen within the first video, due to the audience having this judgment they are less likely to believe the information which they are displayed as they perceive it to be coming from a less than reliable source due to the tone of voice used.
Accent: The accent used within a typical news report is important and is a crucial factor in helping to strengthen the level of validity, credibility and perception of both the news as well as the news presenter presenting the story in hand. The accent used within the first news report in which we had created was that of a formal, posh and assertive accent with a more upper class feel in terms of the language and the accent, an example of this is clearly seen during the opening of the news report where the presenter is displaying the range of stories and headlines to be coming up within the news at 0:07 of the video. The accent within the duration of the opening is clearly set and seen to be more of a higher class posh accent, the audiences reaction and perception of the news shows that there is a higher amount of belief in a story if told within a posh and upper class accent, this is because the accent makes the presenter seem more educated and informed on the story so displaying a posh accent within a news report is far more beneficial and appropriate for a news reporter and the news team. Within the second video the use of the accent is seen to be far less formal than that of the first video, within the second news report and its use of accent is seen to be more slang accent with less use of vocabulary and less enunciation of words within the report, this is evident at 0:12 of the video where the presenter (Darren) is stating the news to come, The impacts the audiences perception of both the presenter and the news itself in terms of the news report which is being stated, the news and the presenter of the news loses a sense of credibility and validity to the story as people are less inclined to believe a set of information being told in a informal accent as opposed to a formal accent.
Language: The language within news report allow for the news to better explain the situation as well as the situation of the problem in terms of the feeling and atmosphere of the story at a particular time, the language used within news report help to display and convey certain emotions and feelings to the audience to engage them further. The language we used within the first news report displaying the typical conventions within a news report was that of a formal more upper class language in terms of the language and vocabulary used within the video as opposed to using abbreviations and slang language to depict the news story as seen within the second news report which we had created. The use of language as seen within the first video allows the story and news report to be explained better allowing the audience to be able to understand and interpret it better and far easier whilst also allowing both the news reporter and the news to add a sense of credibility, the audience and viewer intake and believe the information given far more when it is given by a individual who speaks in a posh upper class accent whilst also using a diverse upper class language in terms of the vocabulary and the language complexity. The language used within the second news report is seen to be more of a laid back informal language with a lower amount of complex language, the language used within this news report is seen to have more of a slang style to it with the use of improper English more commonly associated with people who are talking among their friends as opposed to within a professional environment. This is seen at the start of the video where the presenter (Darren) introduces himself with "Hi sup" as opposed to a more formal language for example "My names Darren you join us at 6pm for the news in the latest today" using this form of language as opposed to using the language displayed within the first video creates a perception from the audience of them believing the presenter is not educated and not knowledgeable on the information in which they are discussing and thus they choose to have their own opinion and opt to not believe the presenter due to the tone of their voice which is far less informative than that of the language used within the first video.
Eye Contact
The eye contact used within the first news report in which we had created was direct to the camera at all times with the camera centered on the face of the presenter, this gives the effect of the presenter talking directly to the audience face to face allowing for the audience to be more engaged with the news and the story allowing for them to gain their own opinions allowing for the news report to gain more validity with the news due to the engagement with the audience. The eye contact with the audience is seen at 0:01 to 0:27 of the video whereby the presenter (in this case Darren) is stating all that is going to occur within the news in terms of the different reports and stories which will be displayed, throughout the duration of this opening scene the eye contact with the camera and with the audience is kept throughout ensuring maximum amount of engagement with the audience in order to maintain their attention to keep their belief with the story. The eye contact used within the second news report in which we had created is less on the camera and is more on his phone which is in his hand, this form of eye contact used does not engage the audience as much as the eye contact used within the first news report as they feel as if the presenter is not focused on them which would also have them questioning the authenticity of the information they are being given, the audience prefer it when the presenter is talking to them as it gives the appeal of a more factual form of information as opposed to a distracted presenter.
Interviewing experts and witnesses
Camera techniques
Within our news report we had gained interviews from witnesses from the story in which we had created and displayed within the news report, in this case we had chosen a witness from a robbery the victim of the robbery which had taken place within our news report story. Within the first news report in which we had created the camera technique during the interviewing of the witness was of a mid shot of both of the individuals taking part of the scene, this camera shot was used in order to gain both peoples body language and facial reactions to the story taking place to allow the audience to better understand and interpret the atmosphere of the scene. An example of the camera technique used within the news report is seen at 0:32 during the interview with the witness whereby she was explaining what had happened with the robbery, throughout the duration of this interview scene the camera technique was kept steady at a mid shot in order to gauge both individuals facial reaction and body language for the audience in order to engage them further as well as to better explain the situation taking place. The camera technique used within the second news report is that of a unsteady shot which is constantly being moved around which is more off centered to the left hand side which only shows the individuals interviewed from close up which does not allow the audience to interpret their body language,this is seen at 0:39 the camera cuts out the presenters body on the left hand side and does not allow the audience to gauge the body language of the presenter and the interviewee, this form of camera language is far less engaging with the audience as opposed to the camera language used within the first news report which we had created.
Status of intervietwee:
The status of the interviewee allows the news to add another form of evidence and actuality to the news report than that if they were to just display the information verbally with no back up video evidence, the status of the interviewee within the first news report in which we had created is the witness in this case the victim of the robbery who is seen to be very posh and intellectual in terms of the way she speaks and the way she presents herself in terms of her posture this is seen at 0:32 of the video, the interviewee which we had chosen is good for the story as it helps to add validity to the story and to how the situation feels and what atmosphere it evident within the situation. This interviewee helps the audience to gain another perspective to the story and engages them further whilst also giving another form of evidence to the story and information which had been given in the news, by having this extra evidence it helps to form a higher amount of fact to the news which increases the amount of belief which the audience has towards the news. Within the second news report in which we had created the interviewee is kept the same with the witness however the personality has changed the interviewee language is more slang and informal and the information which is being offered is very limited, the interviewee within the second news report is less credible as the information which is being offered is less informative as well as this the personality and background of the interviewee as opposed to the first one makes the audience question her legitimacy as they tend to believe information stated from someone of an upper class background with a more formal approach to the fact.
Graphics
The graphics used within the interviewing stage of the first news report contained the use of name badges for the presenter as well as the interviewee as well as with the location in order to give the audience information on the location of the situation as well as the name of the victim. This is seen within the first news report video at 0:30 where by a name badge graphic pops up under both the presenter in this case me as well as the victim in this case Monique who is stating what had taken place within the situation. The use of graphics allows the audience to see the information in terms of location and names, by having location names and seeing them on the location it helps to add further validity to the story than that if they were to talk about the situation without providing physical video evidence of the eye witness and the situation.Within the second news report during the duration of the interview with the interview there was no use of graphics for either the location or the name for the presenter or the interviewee, this lack of graphics reduces the amount of information provided by the news which reduces the level of evidence and validity which is perceived by the audience. Graphics are essential and are important in order to provide the audience with the most amount of factual information with the most amount of back up evidence to back it up.
Questioning Technique
The questioning technique used within the first news report during the interview with the interviewee eye witness is that of a basic questioning technique aimed at gaining the most amount of information as possible from the situation which had taken place, This is seen within the first news report at 0:31 when the presenter (Ravinder) is seen asking questions as to what happened and whether or not other people were involved and how it had happened by asking these questions the presenter is able to gain a rough representation of it for the audience in order to be able to explain the situation both better and easier for the audience this makes the story easier to interpret than it would be if it was just told verbally. In the second news report video which we had made the questioning technique used was less in depth with less information with the only question being asked so what happened there was no set of follow up questions this is seen at 0:38 of the video where the question of what had occurred had been asked the question did not allow the interviewee to go into depth and so only provided a small amount of information for the audience lacking the amount of evidence which the first video provided which reduces validity for the audience.
Report structure
The report structure refers to the order of the start of the show in terms of the graphics, the music and the images used at the start of a conventional news report, within the introduction of the first video includes and shows a clear conventional start to the news report in the form of having a theme tune to the show then into the presenter stating what news stories will be involved throughout the show. The introduction creates a regular occurrence everyday making it more memorable allowing for the audience to engage with it easier and better. This is seen at the start of the video at 0:01 with the use of the theme tune to the news which is used as well as a range of graphics, the graphics and the theme tune creates a repetitive theme to the show to make it more recognisable whilst also adding a form of professionalism as it looks far more smoother and informative as opposed to having no graphics and images with the camera just cutting directly into the presenter as seen within the second video this is seen at 0:03 whereby the camera just cuts into the presenter, without the use of the theme tune both the audience and the presenter are unable to tell whether or not it has started or not as seen within the video whereby the presenter (Darren) was caught of guard at the last minute cause there was a lack of order and routine within the start of the news report. Within the start our video's lacked the use links to on location reports through the use of archive footage, if we was to do this again we would add the use of on location reports in order to give the start of the show a more conventional feel while also helping to add more order and routine to the beginning for the audience as well as the presenter.
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