I felt that I have learnt a lot from this week's WINOL; my story needed to be more up to date as it was news from this month which I had tried to put a new angle on; unemployment levels have gone up in Winchester, but to make it interesting I decided to talk to two different members of Hampshire county council to see what the council were doing about this rise and then the opposing parities views on the council's efforts to tackle unemployment.
The story was accepted in the news meeting and I began filming straight away to ensure that I had enough quality footage so that my story would be included in the bulletin. This is something I have struggled with as my shots have usually involved filming buildings, or signs which is do not make interesting shots! We have been advised to ensure that our shots are always interesting, with the most interesting shots first, I need to make sure my shots are constantly improving. So this week taking the advice on board from last week to get access to different events and places related to my story; i went to the winchester job club as a way of showing the effects of unemployment. This allowed me to explain the story while showing the lengths people in Hampshire are having to go to find work; much more interesting than buildings.
When creating my story I wanted to include graphics to show the statistics of the unemployed and a statement from one of the councillors. in Hampshire and I managed to get help with this from a third year student who knows how to create graphics. After changing the styles many different times we finally came up with a decent looking graphic with the correct timings to match my voice over. However I was told in the debrief that I used too many figures and it would have been to much to take in for the audience, i need to ensure that i balance my information and the stats used so that the story is not over complicated. I took the advice given that it is not best to show statements on screen unless someone is being accused of something, it is better to speak the statement in my voice. This is advice I will take on to my future packages.
In my piece to camera I made sure that i read the councillors words off a piece of paper to show that it was not my statement, but that of someone else. I felt that my piece to camera this week was much better, I looked sharper on the screen, I didn't pause and I felt a lot more confident in front of camera. This was the same for my interviews; I felt that i framed the shots really well and was praised for this by lecturers and students. The experienced I have gained of filming on my own is now paying off; this is something I have struggled with previously and my filming hasn't looked that good as I have been nervous on my own, but now that i am getting used to this my interviews look much better.
My package made it into the bulletin this week which I was extremely happy with as I feel as though I have produced my best work so far this week and I feel that hopefully I can only improve further. In the debrief after the bulletin we were reminded about the rules of fair dealing; using clips from movies, football games and commercial property which is not our own, we need to make sure that we only use a few seconds of any clip used, while a commentary is given over the top of it so that we are not claiming the clip as our own. We were also advised that our viewers do not watch WINOL for presenter's or reporter's personalities and therefore their needs to be content as well; filming for hours to get good shots is not a waste so i need to make sure i get enough good shots by filming for longer, something that i haven't done in the past. Time is quality not quantity.
We were also advised not to be afraid of copying the style of TV shows already being broadcast and then changing them to add our own style to them because we are aiming to be like what is already on TV and not anything unique. The same was said for using cliches in features.
comment from Angus Scott: 'This story has merit but it needs personalising, or it becomes very dry, and one Labour councillor's rant at the Tories. The shots inside the Job Club were good, well done for that. Also you have tried to construct and explain this and you have used some stats with good GFX. But ultimately we need to hear from those out of work - do they agree with this politician?
At the end of your PTC make sure you stand still for a couple of seconds - that then gives the gallery time to come off the end of your package easily, without having to cut quickly back to the presenter, or else run the risk of seeing you walk off at the end of shot, as if you've got to pick up your camera, run for the bus and say 'that job's a good'un.'
Good effort all round though.'
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