News Values

We've been focusing on NEWS VALUES this last week.

Make sure you now KNOW what they are for both GALTUNG & RUGE and HARCUP and O'NEIL. You should have analysed the news reports in the lesson and if you didn't finish you should have done this in your own time.

The NEWS VALUES are shown in the cartoon above and DON"T FORGET that your homework was to draw your own version of the cartoon for HARCUP & O'NEIL's news values...due Thurs 27th Nov 08...

Looking forward to it guys...

Forms & Conventions

Don't forget to watch the broadcast openings and programs to analyse how the broadcasts are actually formed. You need to look out for:

Mise-en-scene

Sounds

Graphics & Idents

Order of events

Presenters - looks, clothes, voice, pronunciation, seated? standing?

Technical aspects employed - OB, VT, Vox Pops etc

You should have analysed ALL the openings and compared them and at least TWO of the presenters - preferably BBC and SKY.

Make sure you're clear about the technical language relating to the construction of news broadcasts and that YOU are happy that you know the conventions and form of a news broadcast, how these might differ using/depending on at least 4 of the broadcasters we've covered and make sure you have made notes on the stories that have been reported.

Have Fun!