Case Study 1: Channel 4 News

Basic Details:

• ·         Shown Monday-Friday at 7:00pm and Lasts 55 minutes
• ·         The programme was first aired in November of 1982
• ·         Have won ‘The International Emmy Award’ and two ‘British Academy Television awards’
• ·         Channel  4 news is produced by Channel  4

Presenters:

• ·         Presenters are Jon Snow, Krishan Guru-Murthy and Cathy Newman
• ·         Presenter dress formally, Jon Snow wears loud ties - fits a percentage of the audience
• ·         Uses a variety of presenters so that the show doesn't become too predictable
• ·         Some of the anchors travel around the world to cover news stories from its location
• ·         There are 3 male presenters and 1 female presenters

Opening Sequence:

• ·         Very first shot of the bulletin is the channel 4 sign
• ·         Dramatic music to alert to the viewers or to show importance of the stories
• ·         Channel  4 news sign uses its colour scheme in the in the opening segment
• ·         Presenters don’t introduce themselves until after they have said what they will report

Studio Mise-En-Scene:

• ·         Desk and background computers our visible to the audience
• ·         The colour scheme for the company is used on set
• ·         Channel covers war, social media issues, politics and financial stories
• ·         The presenters are sat behind the desk

How News Stories Are Presented:

• ·         The news stories are presented with a monotone voice
• ·         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:

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•      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.