1. DATE TASK PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION EVALUATION OF TASK
16/11/2016 Planningourtargetaudience Whilstplanningourtargetaudience Icontributedby
usingdemographicsandpsychographicstohelp
identifyasuitable targetaudience forournewscast.
Thistask was fairlyeasy,howeverwe did
finditdifficulttofindasuitable time that
was appropriate forus.
19/11/2016 Treatmentfornewsstory(1) WhenI was decidingonastory to reporton I found
it difficulttofindastory that wassuitable and would
attract our target audience.
I foundthistaskdifficultasIstruggledto
finda goodstory to reporton.
21/11/2016 Treatmentfornewsstory(2) As I keptupto date withcurrent local newsIlearnt
of the increase inmobile robberiesandIthought
thisstory wasmore suitable andfittedtoourtarget
audience.
AfterI discoveredthe issueof mobile
robberiesIfounditeasyto constructfacts
and victimsforthisstory.
23/11/2016 Planningournewscastpitch As part of our preparation forthe pitchwe
constructed a mindmap thathad all the ideasfor
our pitch.
Thistask was easyas all we had to dowas
write downourideas.
24/11/2016 Contingencyplan I had to come up witha back planwhichwasmy
contingencyplanjustincase my planA fails.
Comingupwithmy contingencyplanwas
easyas I discoveredthistopicwhilstatthe
BFI.
25/11/2016 Pitch At our pitchI had the responsibilityto explainthe
aimsand objectivesof ournewscast.
Thistask was easybutI didstruggle to
ensure ouraimswere differenttoother
newscastsasI wantedFlashFmto be
unique.
28/11/2016 Focusgroup My groupand I leda focusgroup togain an insight
on whatpeople inourage range like aboutnews.
The focus grouphelpedusconstructour
newscasttosuitour target audience and
ensure we metthe requirements.
01/12/2016 Filmingaudience profile (boy) For the audience profilemypartnerTasnimandI
videoedLamardoingactivitieshe woulddoona day
to day basis.We thenrecordeda scriptto narrate
the videoandtalkabout Lamars interestsand
hobbies.
Usinga phone torecord washard as we
had to ensure thatthe qualityof the
footage wasgoodbut inthe endwe learnt
that itwas easiertouse than a camera.
04/12/2016 Audience profile editing My partnerandI usedFinal cut to editouraudience At firstwe were notsure howto use the
2. profile,we removedanysceneswe didnotwantor
need.
software however,lateronIgot the hang
of itand wasable to use it confidently.
22/12/2016 Draft Script Duringthe processof writingmyscriptI ensuredthe
waymy story wasintroducedwassuitable and
catchingfor my audience.The feedbackfrommy
peershelpedme.
The draft scripthelpedme thinkabouthow
I wouldattract myaudience andkeep
themlistening.
02/01/2017 InterviewwithPolice For my storyI interviewedaPolice Officersothatmy
listenerscangainan insightonthe viewsof an
officer.Icreatedquestionstoaskthemto ensure
the accuratelyaddressthe issue of mobile robberies.
My interviewwassuccessful asthe
recordingwasclearand concise,IensuredI
reducedsothat it doesnotinterfere with
my recording.
06/01/2017 InterviewwithVictim I alsoconductedan interviewwithavictimtoensure
we were presentedasbiasto our listeners.Iasked
the victimaboutwhat happenedandwhatisbeing
done to resolve the issue.
Thisinterviewwasalsosuccessful asmy
victimprovidedclearinformationabout
whathappenedandexplainedhowanyone
can be a victimof thisoffence.
20/01/2017 SoundBytes AfterrecordingIhad to pickout clipsthatprovided
the most informationandatthe same time fitin.I
cut my interviewsusingAudacity
I founditdifficulttopicka goodclipfor the
newscastas the whole interviewprovided
lotsof factsand information.
08/01/2017 Orderof stories Whendecidingonthe orderof ournewscastI
suggestedmystorygoessecondas I feltthatitwas a
serioustopicandit isconventional toputhardnews
at the beginningof anewscast.
My groupand I were unsure atfirstat what
orderto put our stories,afterwe all
discussedourstorieswe came upwitha
mutual decision
09/01/2017 Recordingmypart of newscast I recordedmystory usinga microphone,Iwantedto
make sure my voice wasengagingsotherefore
recordedita couple of times.
Thiswas successful asIwas pleasedwith
my recordinginthe endas I wanteditto
be engaging.
10/01/2017 Editingnewscast To editmyindividual storyIusedAudacity,butto
editthe whole newscastmygroupandI usedLogic
Studiointhe mediaproductionbooth.
At the endwe realisedthatournewscast
was waytoo long,we hadto decide on
whatto cut outto make it a suitable
length.
30/03/2017 Final editof newscast My groupand I metup againin the media
productionboothtofinalise ournewscast,we cut
downthe newscastdownto 5 mins.
Thistask was successful asatthe endwe
completedournewscastusingfeedback
fromour peers.
