2. Form: TV news bulletin
Structure: Headlines, news reports, sport, weather
Content: Current affairs
Technical conventions: Codes and conventions
Mode of address: Formal, serious, informative
(Commercial TV news a bit less formal) Tries to be
objective
3. Archival Footage: Archival footage is footage that is recorded in the past and displayed later on.
Television news use a lot of archival footage because it helps them go back to past crime cases that may
be under investigation in the future. An example of archival footage is when Madeleine McCann went
missing and years later her last steps and cctv was shown from the past. This is archival footage.
Interviews: An interview is a formal meeting mainly between two people. This mainly consists of
questions and answers between the two people. Television news use a lot of interviews because this
helps them get a professional insight into different cases and it helps the audience understand the
different opinions of the story.
L-cut: This is an edit transition between two shots. This is often done to enhance the flow of the film as
L cuts allow the audience to see context of speaking rather than just the speaking itself.
4. Titles to tell us names: This is used to
establish who is talking in the scene
so that the audience is aware of who's
opinion they may be listening to.
Music at the beginning: This is a
sign of seriousness and is there to
catch the audiences attention. It
shows a more official and
professional look to the news
programmed so that the audience
will engage at the start of the show.
It is a form of alerting people that
the show has begun.
5. Ident – The ident is the feature
that separates all the different
News Companies. This
includes the representation of
each company. E.g. BBC News
has the world and also color
coded red and white.
News anchor, midshot behind desk –
One convention most news shows have
is the presenter sitting behind a desk
when reporting the news. This shows
signs of a meeting or a important
conference or talk which helps the
audience take the show more seriously.
6. Seeing the newsroom behind – This is
very iconic to a television news because
this signifies that there is live research on
the world news and that everything will
be shown on the news channel first.
Photos of suspect/victim and slow
zooms – During a news show or
program they present a case where
they display a picture of the suspect.
This is so that the audience are aware
of who took part in the crime. Also
there may be slow zooms that occur at
crime scene for dramatic affect.
7. Rack Focus is when the focus on a
camera changes. They may use a
rack focus on television news for
focusing on the presenter and then
focusing on the crime scene behind
him right after.
Representation of news anchor – the
representation of a news anchor is
formal. This is because they are on
national television presenting a formal
news. This will assure the audience that
the information given is reliable.
8. Anonymising Faces – This may be
used for safety reasons in an
interview with a victim of a crime or
also because of the insecurity that
someone may have of being on
national television.
