Headlines: under water, flood risks eye catching photos, show the victims, the right grab of the Prime Minister
Latest update by Emma Crosby .
Sickness bug: Good photo
Nadine Dorries: Another photo.
Bill Tarney Funereal: Right shots that showed what was happening even without the headline.
Sports Personality: Too close to call, pause the soundbite to entice the viewer to keep watching.
Floods: Good explanation in the link gives a clear indication of what has happened and sticks to the facts. two-way with reporter live from the scene.
Astons show the reporters name and their twitter name. Something we should use on WINOL
No natural sound, but shots of the floods from different angles, cross dissolves used to show clips. Good interview grab and relay to questions. good use of different still-held shots from different angles.
Good short grab from the Environment agency
Nice use of map graphic to give more broader indication of what areas have been affected.
Use of the Prime Minister to show he's on the scene, good grab for the most important political figures in the county, but it right to show the affected areas first.
Overall: good shot types from different angles, good grab, but could of used natural sound at the beginning and could of wrote to the pictures more carefully.
Flood Story 2: Nice drop intro and use of footage to show how people have been affected and interesting use of interview technique to show the people affect by the floods.
Very similar stories. Why were 2 stories used?. I understand it is the biggest national story for the last few days, but I understand why the stories was done from 2 angles; the impact of the flood and the impact on the people.
Both stories had two-ways before and after the story with Emma Crosby and the reporters, could of used different techniques as it made both stories look the same with the outline of the story:
hospital sickness outbreak: Interesting first shot with a move of the shot of the virus with a shot of a hospital ward in the background. Nice grab, but again it was very short. Very graphic heavy so far during the first 3 packages. Good use of mid-shot of people to ensure article 8 was not breached.
Same shot at the beginning and at the end. Lack of shots, shows that more could of been filmed.
E-ON oov: nice change from package, package, package to OOV to split the stories apart. Good shots
Nadine Dorries: talk over pictures with another move. and then another two-way with Political Editor: Nice backdrop relevant in Westminster. The show is becoming very two-way heavy though, it is a nice element, but it is becoming very familiar.
Nice coming up recapping on the stories from the headlines, keep the viewers informed. Nice vox-pops for the Sport Personality of the year shortlist.
Recap to remind viewers of the top story, if they are just tuning in.
Yasser Arafat: 3 point list in the link, very good technique, the link made me interested in the story. good use of writing to pictures, no link to show is the pictures are archive footage, which is clear. But, a aston used for the footage from Al Jazeera documentary. The first interviews camera shot was possible too close and cut the top of the face off.and the quote was not memorable. Second interview the quote from Nabila Ramdani was very strong.
Bill Tarney funeral: A nice change to a sad story, given a very nice sentiment. showing the grief, but celebration of Bill's life, which is what is needed from a story covering a celebrity funeral. The interview's are showing a over the shoulder shot with the reporter present, very nice technique, which is not being used on every story, but show a freshness to each individual VT. Strong quotes from all interviewees.
Crane fire oov: Another OOV to break up the packages and a good footage using the action shot that hits the crane.
SPOTY: Music used to show it is very much of a puff piece. Good access to interviews with nominees and good profile pieces on both Sir Chris Hoy and Ellie Simmonds and good balance to show one Olympian and one Paraolympian. Nice use of graphics, this story needed a graphic and a vox-pop to show the general public, after all they will be voting to decide the winner.
Coming up to the next bulletin has used good use of stories to entice viewers to watch the next bulletin, including a exclusive interview with Nigel Farage.
Final thoughts: Good balance of stories during the bulletin with floods, viruses and Sport Personality of the Year. The bulletin was a little heavy with two-ways between the presenter and the reporters and it was very graphic heavy. I am also interested into why there is two bulletins and why it can not be incorporated into a hour news programme like Channel 4, which is also produced by ITN.
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