News programmes coverage on the election

Case Study: News Angles

1.      The angle of a news story is their views that they have, for example, most newspapers will focus on the British side of things.

2.       Tabloids usually have less serious stories compared to broadsheets which have more sophisticated stories and English.

3.      BBC Three’s news bulletin “60 Seconds”

4.      BBC News at 6

5.      International is around the world, national news is news around the UK, regional is around London, Scotland etc

Sky news Election story

1.      This news is regional because it is mainly about London

2.      This takes a British angle on the news as the news clip is only about British people.

3.      Broadsheet

4.      18-80 Year olds

STV Coverage on the Election

1.      This is regional because it’s about London

2.      The angle which is taken is British

3.      This is more broadsheet

4.      I think people aged 30 and up would watch this report

Channel 4 Coverage

1.      National

2.      A British angle

3.      Broadsheet

4.      18-80 year olds that are Scottish citizens

Channel 4 News Case Study

Channel 4 News Case Study

Basic Details

1)     7pm

2)     198233)     “International Emmy Award for News, British Academy Award for Best News Coverage, Best News and Current Affairs Journalism.”

4)     Channel 4.

Presenters

1)     Jon Snow, Krishan Guru- Murthy, Cathy Newman

2)     The presenters are wearing formal clothes like suits, shirts and ties; however, Jon Snow wears brightly coloured ties and socks to show that the show is more energetic.

3)     A news broadcast would use a variety of presenters to show a diverse variety of presenters.

4)     The other presenters are used for interviewing, undercover investigating and international coverage.

5)     There isn’t a balance in female and male reporters as there is one female and 3 male. There is also an Asian reporter, which shows diversity in the presenters and that there are not only using white men as presenters and instead using minorities as presenters.

Opening sequence

1)      The opening shot is a shot of the logo to show brand identity of Channel 4.

2)      The opening sequence shows clips from the main story so the audience knows what it will be about.

3)     Music is used in the opening sequence to open the news broadcast, also to show synergy with the show because the theme tune is well known.

4)     The other news stories are shown by sliding across the screen so that you only see it briefly.

Studio mise-en-scene

1)     In the video, the audience can see: a desk with 2 chairs, two screens facing opposite each other, the two main anchors and a window with the studio behind it.

2)     The two anchors are standing in front of the desks to connect with audience so that it makes it feel like someone is right in front of you, having a conversation about the news.

3)     The technology on set is visible (2 television). I think that they did this to show that the show is more modern rather than more traditional and old fashioned.

4)     The studio uses purple a lot to show that you are watching Channel 4 News and not any other TV News programme.

How news stories are typically presented

1)     The anchors presents a news story by standing in front of the screen so that a relevant picture appears on the screens when talking about a news story.

2)     The channel will go to a medium close up on one of the anchors when talking about a specific story, however, when a reporter is speaking from a different country, they only record his chest up, instead of waist up when in the studio.

3)     The news programme typically covers stories about: politics, economics, the internet, conflict in other countries and international stories.

4)     News stories are presented and keep the audience entertained by using video clips and exclusive clips from undercover reporters to keep the audience engaged and entertained

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Running order

1)     The top story is about immigration and mass amounts of immigrants entering Britain.

2)     The main story, briefly described by Jon Snow, lasted 0:25 seconds.

3)     Channel 4 news also covered: international stories, news about deaths ("M4 Disaster" and news about the politician), and happier news stories (the Nigerian family being reunited)

4)     Most of the news stories covered lasted 10-20 seconds, with the exception of the main/top story

5)     Each story may have been covered for the certain amount of time because of its importance.

Audience

1)     The target audience is from 18-65 as there are some shows, for example documentaries, which the elderly may watch.

2)        Some people may choose to watch this News programme as it covers a wide range of news stories.

3)      The audience can interact with the programme by using hash tags on twitter to comment about the news stories. The audience can also do this by going to the Facebook fan page and comment about the show there.
4)     The audience may be pleased by the shows broadcasts as it may talk about the country/area which they're from.

Institution

1)     Channel 4

2)      Channel 4 does not produce any other type of news broadcast.

3)      The broadcast fits the channel as it talks about news stories which they show as TV shows, an example is documentaries.

4)      Ofcom makes sure that the news shows are not bias and are presents accurately.

TV News and new/digital media

1)      The broadcast does have a dedicated website.

2)      The website offers catch up with the broadcast so you can watch it online. It also offers you to meet the news anchors. Finally, it offers news which they cover, "UK News," etc.

3)     The titter account for Channel 4 news is @Channel4News.

4)     It promotes the news channel as it promotes the YouTube channel for the news broadcast.

5)      The twitter account does give the audience a chance to submit news stories.

Music Video Treatment

Hoodie Allen- Act My Age

Scene 1

As two teenagers walk along the pavement of Greenford Broadway, talking about what they are going to do to spend the sunny day. The camera, in a first person point of view, switches between the two teens as the walk along the pavement of the library.

Scene 2

The camera fades and pans to places around Greenford Broadway in which they could go to. Then the camera fades to where the two teenagers walk towards the park where they mess around, again, in a first person view.

Scene 3

After exiting the park, one of the two teens looks to the other and says that he is hungry and they then walk to a fast food restaurant (KFC). They then walk into the restaurant, eat and then walk out after.

Scene 4

After walking out of the restaurant, one of the teenagers looks at his wrist, pretending that its a watch (for slight aspect of comedy).The camera then cuts to when the two average teenagers are making their journey back to their houses. 

Applying Theory's:

Todorov: Equilibrium

The 3 part structure to the trailer of my chosen film is: Christoph Waltz saves Jamie Fox from a slave owner and kills them, Christoph Waltz and Jamie Fox hunt for Jamie Fox's wife by searching every cotton plantation. They find his wife but, in an unfortunate turn of events, Christoph Waltz ends up getting shot dead, restoring the balance to the equilibrium.

Propp: Character types

The character types shown in the trailer are: main protagonist (Jamie Fox) who theatres Django, the person who rescues Django and helps him rescue his wife from the mentor/Helper/donor

(Christoph Waltz), Villain/Antagonist (Leonardo DiCaprio) and a heroine (Jamie Fox's "wife")  

Barthes: Enigma code

The enigmas that could be thought of are: Does Django get his wife back? Does he or Christoph Waltz die? These questions could intrigue the audience and make them want to watch this film.

Barthes: Action code 

Action codes in this trailer are: when blood splatters all over the cotton, the audience could be thinking who dies, and did he make the shot. Another action code is when the pair are riding to get to a plantation. The audience may be thinking where are they going, do they make it there.

Film Representation: Django Unchained

                                       

In the film "Django Unchained," white people are portrayed as in power, rich, wealthy and snobby. This is shown where Leonardo Dicaprio turns to look at the camera, smoking a cigarette, on a sofa in front of a fire place. This suggests that he is rich and wealthy because only people who could afford cigarettes could smoke
them. Furthermore, it would have costed a lot of money to buy tobacco cigarettes, so you would have had to be very rich and wealthy to afford them. Also, the clothes that he was wearing were red and looked like they cost a lot of money. This suggests that he is wealthy because of the expensive looking clothes that he was wearing also.To afford these expensive clothes in those times, you needed to be very rich and wealthy because of the material and quality. Black people are portrayed as weak. This is shown throughout the whole film as the black people are shown as slaves because during those times black people were slaves. However, they are also shown as powerful as the hero of the film, Jamie Fox, is killing people who have done him wrong which shows him as powerful. Non-Americans are portrayed as skilled and heroic. This is showed where the German character, Christoph Waltz, saves Django and kills the slave owners within a matter of seconds.  

Film Trailer and Poster analysis

1)This is the poster for "Django Unchained"  This is the trailer for my chosen                                                                                           film.

4) The key poster conventions that I can find are: The central image and secondary images;The title;The slogan;The release date;The main stars of the film and the production blurb.

   5)In the trailer, you see the director, short key moments that introduce key     characters,on screen text, institutional details (Studios etc.) and music that communicates the genre of the film.

   6) In my opinion, I think that the poster and trailer do promote my chosen film because the trailer says that "Directed by Quintin Tarantino" which promotes the film because people will know who the director and will want to see the film because of his other works which people may have liked so they may want to see his latest films.

The poster promotes the film because of the cast. Christoph Waltz. Being a German actor, could attract a German audience because, he is a German actor and when people see that he is in "Django Uunchained," they would see that a German actor is in a Hollywood film.

Film Pitch

One Last Job

A former assassin Kevin Shaw is struggling to find work as a civilian. At the point where he has lost all hope and is about to lose is family home, he is offered one last chance, an assassination which will be his pension pay out, offered to him by ex-partner Tucker White.  His wife, Skyler, who doesn't want him to accept the mission offers up the ultimatum ‘it’s me or the job’. Shaw risks it all, his wife, his family and his home all for the thrill of one last mission.  When Shaw’s wife leaves their seemingly happy home, the wife’s good friend, Ryan Smith, who is part of the central London police department, suspects something and begins to investigate the husband and his whereabouts.  This thriller will be similar to Taken.