Wednesday 29 April 2015

TV News case study 2: BBC News at Six

Basic Details

1) BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation.
2) BBC is a publicly-funded service.
3) BBC's mission statement is 'Inform, Educate and Entertain'.
4) BBC1's programme remit is to be the BBC's most popular channel and attract high viewing figures.
5) BBC news at six fits into BBC1's remit because it has high viewing figures.

Presenters

1) The presenters are George Alagiah, Fiona Bruce, Sophie Raworth, Mishal Husain and Sian Williams.
2) The presenters are dressed formally which indicates to the audience that this news programme is serious with it's news and is a traditional news programme that is aimed more at elder people.
3) A TV news programme uses a variety of presenters to present different news stories because it could become boring watching the same presenter present every news story.
4) Other reporters or presenters are used in the TV news programme to present different news stories because the audience could get bored of watching one presenter throughout the whole news programme presenting each story to the viewers.
5) There isn't a balance between male and female presenters or race and ethnicity as there is one male presenter and the rest are female. This may make have an impact on the audience as the presenters are mainly British which could indicate that the audience is also mainly British.

Opening Sequence

1) The first shot is the graphics of the name of the news show.
2) The opening sequence includes graphics as it has graphics in the first few shots of the BBC news title and a moving screen which continuously shows moving animations.
3) Music is used in the opening sequence as it is used as the theme song of the BBC news title.
4) The audience are told the several stories that will be shown throughout the programme and all of the titles of the stories are introduced to them so that they know what they are going to be watching in that episode.

Studio mise-en-scène

1) The audience can see the cameras that are set in place to record the programme as well as the desks, the lights, the screen behind that the news is presented on as well as the studio.
2) The presenters are behind desks and I think this is because they have scripts or newspapers behind them to read everything that they need to say. Also, it looks more professional therefore it appeals to the audience,
3) Journalists and technology such as the cameras are visible to the audience and this shows them how everything done so that it feels more realistic to the viewers.
4) The studio is red as a background and has 4 main colours; black, white, red and grey.#

How news stories are presented

1) They present the story whilst standing behind a desk and telling the headlines of the story in which after, they show citizen journalism or the journalist goes to the destination.
2)  The programme has the presenter to camera, the reporter on the location, they present interviews, have graphics and images.
3) The TV News programme covers politics such as the elections, international news stories from around the world, sports news and also news related to crime and murder.
4) News stories are presented to keep the interest of the audience by making sure that the screen is continuously moving so that it does not bore the audience. They also keep the interest of their audience by not talking about one news story for the whole of the news programme.

Running Order

1) The top story is the elections.
2) The top story lasts 7 minutes.
3) It will cover the earthquake in Nepal.
4) Each story is shown for 4 minutes.
5) It was shown for the time that it was because they weren't as important as the main story.

Audience

1) The target audience is mainly families.
2) 4 million viewers.
3) Someone might choose to watch this TV news programme over others because it is more traditional news and has been running for years therefore it is trustworthy and reliable.
4) There is an opportunity for the audience to get involved with the TV news programme as it has a website that people can visit and they also provide you with an email to send in your views.
5) The programme offers...

Institution

1) BBC offers BBC news at One, BBC news at Ten, CBBC and Cbeebies.
2) Ofcom has a set of rules which is called the Broadcasting code and they make sure that the TV news is fair and accurate by letting viewers call and complain about what they have seen so that OFCOM can review it.
3) I agree with the accusation that the news is dumbed down because in one of the shows they put a down arrow on an animated receipt when it clearly said decrease beside it.

TV News and New/Digital Media

1) The TV News programme has a dedicated website called BBC News.
2) The website offers viewers a chance to get involved with the news and send in videos.
3) The TV news programme has a twitter feed.
4) The Twitter feed promotes the programme by tweeting what is going to be shown next on the news and when the next programme airs.
5) There is an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme and submit news stories.

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