3. Studio news readers
• A news reader is someone who .. reads the news on a TV or radio broadcast.
• Their image must be just right as thousands of people will be watching. Their
speech and grammar must also be at a high standard.
• All their information has to be at least 110% accurate. The audience cannot be
misled into believing something that is harmful or untrue.
• Their role is to provide the audience with all the up to date news stories that cover
the country.
• An example of a studio news reader =
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh_Kb5z6S1U
4. Field Reporters
• A field reporter is a type of journalist who researches and presents
information in certain types of mass media.
Reporters gather their information in a variety of ways, including tips, press
releases, sources (individuals with newsworthy information) and witnessing
events. They perform research through interviews, public records, and other
sources.
• The information-gathering part of the job is sometimes called "reporting" as
distinct from the production part of the job, such as writing articles. Reporters
generally split their time between working in a newsroom and going out to
witness events or interview people.
• An example of this could be at a sporting match, or if an incident has just
happened and they need an on set location interview there. You would see
this sometimes if the weather is bad ( snowing)
5. Modes of Address to viewer
Point of view Directness Formality
textual context: the conventions of the genre and of a specific syntagmatic structure;
• social context (e.g. the presence or absence of the producer of the text, the scale
and social
composition of the audience, institutional and economic factors); and
• technological constraints (features of the medium employed). textual context: the
conventions of the genre and of a specific syntagmatic structure;
• social context (e.g. the presence or absence of the producer of the text, the scale
and social
composition of the audience, institutional and economic factors); and
• technological constraints (features of the medium employed).
6. Interviewing
• A somewhat formal discussion between a hirer and
an applicant or candidate, typically in person, in which information is exchanged, with
the intention of establishing the applicant’s suitability for a position.
• An example of an interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1MGi12RspA
• Interviews show the realism of the story and how people have been effected by
situations.
7. Witnesses and Experts
• Witnesses and Experts are almost on Tv
programmes everyday.
• They are there to provide truthful and factual
information.
• The expert is there to explain it all in more
depth and giving supporting evidence.
• While the Witness may have experienced
whatever the ‘subject matter’ is.
8. Actuality Footage
• uses footage of real events, places, and things
in news bulletins - by doing so the viewer
becomes more engaged and gets a feeling of
being there and seeing it first hand. War
footage, riot footage etc... are examples of
actuality footage
11. Realism
• Documentaries, are regarded as high-status
programmes that represent ‘truth’ when are
shown.
• It is an approach to the ‘real’ rather than a
product of the imaginary
• Based on real life event or occurrence
• Shaped or created by an individual
• Audience are positioned to feel a particular
way.
12. Language used to shape realism
through documentaries
Placing the audience in the action :
- Un even hand held camera work
- Film makers presence
- Location shooting
- Natural lighting
- Interviews with witnesses
13. Techniques that allow the audience to be
‘objective’
- Archive footage
- Voice over
- Expert testimonial
- Material shaped into a narrative
14. Dramatisation
• the reconstruction of an event, novel, story in
a form suitable for dramatic presentation - So
in the from of a documentary they may
dramatize an event to make it more sellable to
the audience. Although the story is true, the
producer will have spiced it up to make it
watchable and interesting.
15. Impact it has on the audience (news)
• The news has always been a huge consistent part
of the media industry and as a rule most viewers
and listeners are informed with huge regularity
(mostly daily)
• News broadcasts from television studios, has a
visual impact directly to the audience, video
footage of incidents give the audience a powerful
connection and believability to the story. The
audience rely on the truthful accuracy of these
news stories and so interviews, witnesses and
experts add greater validity.
16. ...
• When listening to the news e.g. Car, the
relaying information is brief yet factual and
allows a listening audience to digest the
information easier.
• The use of audio interviews also lends a
truthful adaptation of the event.
17. Impact on the audience
(documentaries)
• Documentaries display a much more detailed and
informative delivery as they are solely focused on
the specific subject.
• Documentaries can have varying impacts on an
audience. Interviews can offer and varying point
of view on the subject and this adds to the
dramatic effect.
• Documentaries can occasionally be prone to
hyperbole which again gives more of a dramatic
vibe.
