News Essay

Doc Mini Task

Production diary - documentury

29/04/2013
Finilised on an idea together which is Cancer, we then carried on to make a list of questions to ask and who to ask them to. We have come to a stage where we want to start filming.

01/05/2013
Today I brought some footage in for me and matt to start editing and to get an idea of what more we need and how to strucuture the documentary.

02/05/13
We have put the still of my mums dad into the footage and added effects to it so it dissolves with the footage. We have also been looking at music but havn't decided on anything.

03/05/13
We have put fades in and out so it gives the documentry more emotion and we have also decided what we are going to do for out final part of the documentry.

06/05/13
We have made the title for the start of the documentry and made the lower thirds.

07/05/13
matt was lazy and didnt do anything.

08/05/13
Today we put another still image into my part of the documentry and one of me and my mum when I was little. We also found some suitable music that we could use for our documentry. Hopefully within the next few days we can get the last of our footage.

   

3 minute wonder idea

My proposed idea for my 3 minute wonder is to show the effects that cancer can have on peoples lives, I want to show someone that is going through the process with a fight with cancer and the effects it has on their family and friends. We want to show the emotions of going through the treatment and how people react to it, e.g do they act differently around them? Our documentary is going to be a Interactive documentary.

Three Minute Wonder

The first three minute wonder i watched was about a man who was inspired by Graffiti, he said its because of graffiti he got into art and it has taught him discipline, how to use colours and he went on to get a degree in fine art.




The second three minute wonder is about a man on death row, Its called "Last supper" this is because on the day of your death you will be offered any meal of your choice, this angers him as he thinks its their way of mocking people on death row. His view is that he gets to pass away peacefully and all his worries are gone, however his family are the ones to suffer and they didn't commit any crime.

Iconography of tv news - News At 10 - 2009

The starting sequence starts straight away with a loud bell sound alarming us that it is 10 o-clock news, this draws the viewers attention, then it goes on to show a brief part of a important story which will be presented later in the show. After the brief version of the important story the news at 10 theme starts with the upbeat music and rushing/smooth computer graphics, this may give the impression that they are bring the news to you fast and efficiently. The sequence goes the London and through the London eye then end up coming to a holt at the face of big ben which is a phallic symbol. This tell the audience that its on time because they are using the time from a trustworthy landmark attraction which everyone knows about. After this shot it cuts to the studio where another loud bell sound alarms the audience telling them that the news is about to be presented.

As you can see from the start they have kept it very similar from 1998, however the computer graphics have been upgraded, therefor apart from the crystal clear graphics the main concept has stayed the same, it starts with rushing graphics or camera movements and ends up on a clock face. it has the following transparent objects, clocks, landmarks from cities, phallic symbols, male voice overs  Beauty  fast-paced music often brass instruments, rushing camera graphics or camera movements, technology, eyes, the world from space and satellites. the whole starting sequence is the same through all the years, however the the technology has advanced and therefore gives us this feeling that's its very fast, clear and always on time.


After the alarming bell sound is starts to pan in towards the presenters as they speak. this may connect with trying to draw the viewers attention, and this tries to draw the viewers by using the camera movement. when the camera stops moving and we are close to the presenters it cuts straight away to the news stories which will be coming up later on.

This may connect with trying to draw the viewers attention, and this tries to draw the viewers by using the camera movement. The male leans forwards when talking and holds his hands together as if to say "i have important new for you." the presenters are very well dressed which tell us they are reliable and are serious about what they do, however the female is a bit more glamoured up and not as old, i think this is because a nice welcoming face keeps the viewers intrigued. When the camera stops moving and we are close to the presenters it cuts straight away to the news stories which will be coming up later on.

At the start of each of these "coming up stories" the same alarming bell noise is played as each one pops  up on screen, i think this is to refresh / alarm the viewers on the individual stories which will be coming up in the news.

After they have told the audience about the stories which are coming up the camera cuts to the studio and the camera glides from the right to the left as some more upbeat music is playing, the the camera stops, another alarming bell sound is played as the camera cuts to a close up of the presenters face as he presents the news.

The Mise-En-Scene of the studio is very calm due to the all the blue lights and the blue platform which they present on, also the London city is behind them which looks peaceful from where they are, all the blue colours are nice relaxing colours which helps people to relax and listen to the news after there day at work. also the studio is very big and the desk is too, however it is very tidy and clean which tell the audience they are very organised and they are only there to present you the news you want to hear.