Basic Details:
- BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation
- The BBC is funded through tax payers
- Their mission statement is to inform, educate and entertain
- The remit for BBC 1 is to deliver TV programmes and bulletins with no opinions
- BBC news also cannot have any opinions
Presenters:
- Presenters are Fiona Bruce and Jane Hill
- Presenters are dressed formally
- Would use a variety of presenters so that they can cover stories from any part of the world
- Other presenters are shown in different countries for a personal bulletin
- There are more male presenters than female presenters
- Most of the presenters are white are mixed-race
Opening Sequence:
- The very first shot is of the first shown presenter sitting at a desk with looking papers
- Special Effects are used to "dumb down" the news stories
- There is dramatic music being played in the opening sequence
- The stories coming up are briefly mentioned at the start of the bulletin
Studio Mise-En-Scene:
- The audience can see the presenters, The background workers and the desk
- Only one of the presenters is sat behind a desk; the rest are in different locations
- Cameras are shown at the beginning of the show
- The studio's main colour is red, which is mostly used with black
How News Stories Are Presented:
- The story is presented in a monotone voice
- The presenters introduce themselves before they begin with a bulletin
- They cover financial, crime, country, academic and sports news
- Special effects are blended into the real-life footage
Running Order:
- The top story was that Tesco lost £6.4bn
- It lasts for about 6 minutes
- Order of stories: Tesco, Child Abuse, Immigrants, School Children and Cricket
- All stories last approximately 6 minutes
- Shown for this time to spread out the time schedule
Audience:
- The target audience for this news show is 70% of Britain
- On average it pulls in 4 million viewers
- This would be chosen over other news programmes because of the timing
- Viewers are advised to keep an eye out for criminals or special events
- The viewers can find out what is happening in their local area
Institution:
- Other news programmes by the BBC include BBC World News and BBC three's 60 seconds
- BBC's news mustn't have any opinions attached to their news
- I agree that BBC News at six has been dumbed down because there are too many special effects
TV News and New/Digital Media:
- This news show has a page on it's institutional website
- This news show also has a twitter feed
- It has highlights etc and recaps with extra website links
- Twitter feed promotes the programme by tweeting the time it's coming on
- Viewers are advised to keep an eye out for criminals or special events
Basic Details:
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Shown Monday-Friday at 7:00pm and Lasts 55
minutes
- · The programme was first aired in November of 1982
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Have won ‘The International Emmy Award’ and two
‘British Academy Television awards’
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Channel 4
news is produced by Channel 4
Presenters:
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Presenters are Jon Snow, Krishan Guru-Murthy and
Cathy Newman
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Presenter dress formally, Jon Snow wears loud
ties - fits a percentage of the audience
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Uses a variety of presenters so that the show doesn't become too predictable
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Some of the anchors travel around the world to
cover news stories from its location
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There are 3 male presenters and 1 female
presenters
Opening Sequence:
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Very first shot of the bulletin is the channel 4
sign
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Dramatic music to alert to the viewers or to
show importance of the stories
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Channel 4
news sign uses its colour scheme in the in the opening segment
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Presenters don’t introduce themselves until
after they have said what they will report
Studio Mise-En-Scene:
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Desk and background computers our visible to the
audience
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The colour scheme for the company is used on set
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Channel covers war, social media issues,
politics and financial stories
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The presenters are sat behind the desk
How News Stories Are Presented:
- · The news stories are presented with a monotone voice
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The stories are presented with no opinions and nothing to change the viewers mind
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The news programme mostly cover sports, worldwide crisis and politics
- News stories delivered quickly and clearly
Running Order:
- The most recent story is about a man being held in a room and mistaken for a woman
- The first story lasts for about 1:20
- Channel 4 news also covered:
international stories, news about deaths ("M4 Disaster" and news
about the politician), and happier news stories (the Nigerian family being
reunited)
- Most of the news stories covered
lasted 10-20 seconds, with the exception of the main/top story
- Each story may have been covered
for the certain amount of time because of its importance.
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Audience:
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- The target audience is from 18-65
as there are some shows, for example documentaries, which the elderly may
watch.
- Some people may
choose to watch this News programme as it covers a wide range of news stories.
- The audience can
interact with the programme by using hash tags on twitter to comment about the
news stories. The audience can also do this by going to the Facebook fan page
and comment about the show there.
- The audience may be pleased by
the shows broadcasts as it may talk about the country/area which they're from.
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Institution:
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- Channel 4
- Channel 4 does not produce any
other type of news broadcast.
- The broadcast fits the channel as
it talks about news stories which they show as TV shows, an example is
documentaries.
- Ofcom makes sure that the news
shows are not bias and are presents accurately.
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TV News and
new/digital media:
- The broadcast does have a
dedicated website.
- The website offers catch up with
the broadcast so you can watch it online. It also offers you to meet the news
anchors. Finally, it offers news which they cover, "UK News," etc.
- The titter account for Channel 4
news is @Channel4News.
- It promotes the news channel as
it promotes the YouTube channel for the news broadcast.
- The twitter account does give the
audience a chance to submit news stories.
