news vs documentary

What do news reporters do?

They carry out in depth research, identify and develop news stories.

Edit copyies from other presenters or external news companies.

Look up and carry out interviews within the studio or on a location of report

provide briefing to crew and guests.

What personal & professional attributes do they need?

• good communication skills
• editorial knowledge
• confident 
• good interpersonal skills
• understand issues within journalism

What does the presenters appearance communicate to the audience?  

A preasenter must always be preseantable on screen. they must wear suit/ office attire, be clean shaven with neat a neat hair style.

What kind of contributers would you expect to see on a news programme?

• Experts
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• Witnesses
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• Members of the public

In a news program you have the main presenters/journalists who are normally a man and a woman, they will be sat at a desk where you can often see whats going on behind them in the research rooms like at BBC.

To be  a news reporter needs to be able to articulate themselves well in order for the information to be reported clearly. You often find that reporters are dressed smartly in suits as the presentation is key for their role as a news reporter.
Journalists have scripts to read from as they need to have the right information as the show is live so if information was to be reported in the wrong context the country could be confused on what is going on. When the news is on you will find that they often link to the field reports so if there was something major going on at Westminster you will have people reporting from there linking back to the studio at the end.

When talking about certain events in the news you will find that they will have images to relate to the situation, if it was something to do with the economy your most likely to have a picture with money (coins) and the title of the issue so that people quickly know what the next issue will be about.
At the bottom of the screen you will find that it will have a line where it states the time and the program that you are watching but it will also say if there are any breaking news issues that haven't been planned to happen throughout the program. When field reports are going on the name of the reporter will come up at the bottom of the screen and where they are reporting from.

legal and ethical

In a documentary there are various different areas to consider when it comes down to the legal and ethical guidelines. When it comes down to the legal requirements you have to consider the copy rights of music that you have decided to use  within your documentary. If you have chosen to use a song that isn't produced by yourself then you would need to contact the music producers to get permission for using your chosen song in a public production.Libel and Slander are both defamatory processes. This basically means, each one discredits the party of whom the statements are made about. However each one is very different and unique from each other.

Slander:
Slander occurs when one makes a false talking statement to another individual. These transmissions can also occur by certain body movements and hand gestures. Slander does not include communications that have been recorded or transfixed. There has to be public  a public statement made to another person.
Examples:
•Relating to someone that a husband is cheating on his wife
•Saying a doctor has fake diplomas on his wall
•An employer claiming an employee stole equipment  
•Stating that a severed finger was found in the soup at a restaurant
•Accusing someone of stealing your television

Ethics:
Ethics in a documentary has to have a moral to the story and it has to have a meaning. Ethics in a documentary is the heart of the story.
For example: our documentary which is based on a life of a sixth former. we are trying to reflect with this documentary what people get up to in school, how do they spread there time with exams lessons ans social life.

Libel:
Libel is when someone makes a false statement about another person. the statement that is made damages the other persons reputation. In order to constitute libel there must be a publication of the statement. The statement can be made to one person or many people. e.g. in a public speech. Cartoons, signs and artistic depictions can contribute to libel making it different to slander.
Example: in  2011 David Beckham's claim for libel and slander against a celebrity magazine that alleged he slept with a prostitute.


Slander and libel must be expressed as a factual statement. This means that the statement that is said or shown cannot simply be a opinion about a person or entity. For example, if someone says "He's wearing red, i don't like him", then this would be a matter of opinion not a statement. Therefore this isn't and doesn't have anything to do with Slander and Libel. Libel is different to slander because slander refers solely to spoken words, Radio or television both involve spoken words, however as these words are transfixed broadcasting in television and radio are conveying libel.

what is a documentory

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to Document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record. Documentaries are a very good and successful way of learning about various subject matters. these ranging from animals to space. There are many different documentaries based on the same topic area, however depending on how it is films and the way it has been shown can give the viewer many facts, details and perspectives on that particular subject.



During this unit i have watched many different documentaries, studying the different formats in which they have been laid out and the similarities between them. However one producer has produced what i feel a very simple but fascinating documentaries, the way they are filmed and documented make them suitable for any age. David Attenborough was the producer that i felt captured his subject very professionally .



He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life Series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of all life on the planet. His documentaries are on nature, he has many many small documentaries about 45 minutes long. Attenborough is the writer producer and narrator or all his documentaries, throughout his career he has spend many years collecting all the filming and information he needs to collect to produce his work.

issues of a documentary

Accuracy: The definiton of accuracy in a documentary is if a piece of information is correct or precise. accuracy is important in a documentary because a documentary provides facts, if these facts are false then this will mislead the target audience. The documentary last days in vietnam has to be 100% accurate as it gives real life stories from the soldiers last days in vietnam. so the director had to make sure that all the stories were the truth and not altered in anyway as this will be an inaccurate view on the soldiers stories.

balance within a documentary is used to show two opposing sides in an argument or debate. The documentary must show and explain the 2 sides of the argument equally and not be biased towards one side or the other. the reason for this is so that the audience gets and understanding of both parties point of view. in the documentary god grew tired of us, the debate between allowing the lost boys of sudan into america or not is a good example of balance as it equally shows why the boys should or should not be allowed into the country. 

Impartiality -  Is a principle of justice holding that decisions should be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of bias, prejudice, or preferring the benefit to one person over another for improper reasons.
objectivity - The objectivity of my documentary is finding out how three people react to a situation they may not be comfortable with. We followed three students around so that we could see what their reaction would be, and how they would work with the cameras as well as showing their day to day life.
Subjectivity - Subjectivity refers to how someone's judgment is shaped by personal opinions and feelings instead of outside influences. Subjectivity is partially responsible for why one person loves an abstract painting while another person hates it.

Opinion - In general, an opinion is a judgment, viewpoint, or statement about matters commonly considered to be subjective, i.e. based on that which is less than absolutely certain, and is the result of emotion or interpretation of facts. Opinion can be a huge changing point within a documentarys, due to if the film maker has a different opinion to who he is filming or interviewing, or even on the subject area then it can change the way the film maker asks questions or even how the how film is edited, The producers may want viwers to see their side of the story what they feel should be shown and not the whole picture.

Bias - Bias is an inclination of temperament or outlook to present or hold a partial perspective, often accompanied by a refusal to consider the possible merits of alternative points of view. People may be biased toward or against an individual, a race, a religion, a social class, a political party, or a species. Biased means one-sided, lacking a neutral viewpoint, not having an open mind. Bias can come in many forms and is often considered to be synonymous with prejudice or bigotry. Being bias can impact the the way in which the veiwer could see the main focus point. Film makers have to be careful to who they decide to interveiw. If they decided to interveiw to many people that are bias one way then it will change the whole opinion to the documentary.

Representation - We were trying to show what it was life in the life of a sixth former, how things have changed since the lower school and what they do now their in the sixth form. They represented different types of sixth formers and thats what we were looking for and they really represented that.

Privacy - Is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves, or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively. The boundaries and content of what is considered private differ among cultures and individuals, but share common themes. When something is private to a person, it usually means that something is inherently special or sensitive to them. Documentarys are the best way to exploite infomation, they tell people the facts on past and present showing the world what people may not see with the naked eye. however Telling the deep inner facts can be very private. people explore things that can be private to someone or soemthing, possibly upsetting

BBC interview research

•What is your favourite interview and why? 

My favourite interview is the frost interview with Mohammed Ali. This is because Mohammed Ali adds a sense of humour to the interview and the way he talks about his life and boxing career is very interesting. 

•What is your least favourite interview and why?
My least favourite interview is the interview with Tony Blair, the reason for this is because  i found it very boring and i wasn't interested in the subject at hand. As well as this, I find Tony blair a boring individual. 

What is the best question out of all the interviews you watched and why?
The best question the interviewer asked Mohammed Ali was whats the difference between Allah and the God i believe in? This is not because I am a religious person, it is because Mohammed Ali went in to great detail when answering this question and it shows his passion and love for his religion. 

•And the worst?
I didn't think that there were any bad questions, mainly because of the way Mohammed Ali answers the questions. he goes into a lot of detail in every answer making it funny and amusing. 

•What is the funniest response? What question prompted it?
The funniest response is when Mohammed Ali repeats his famous speech about how great he is, when he says "I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick I'm so mean i make medicine sick". I found this funny because there was no need for such a lengthy answer yet he still said it. 

•What is the most emotional response? What question prompted it?

The most emotional response to a question is when Ali gets asked The difference between Allah and christian God. This is because he goes into a lot of detail explaining about Allah. This shows how passionate he is about his religion.

•Who is your favourite interviewer? Why?
My favourite interviewer is the frost interviews, this is because he asks the best questions and these questions then lead on to detailed answers from the interviewees. 

•Other interesting things you have found.
I found that even though the interview questions are roughly the same, the way in which the interviewees answer them is very different. this shows the difference in personality from Mohammed Ali to Tony Blair. 

purpose of music videos

In the old times of music, music videos were used to sell the artist, where as now days every song in the charts has a video. 

purpose of a music video 

To sell song 
To give the audience a better understanding of the song and they lyrics 
To entertain and show off the artists talent and entertain an audience and views 
To sell cd's, dvds and downloads 
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. 

When artists make music videos there are many ways in which they can sell there song to make it more successful. The most important way of doing this is by promoting the song that they have created. promotional is advertising something. The artists goal is to: sell the song, and invoke a reaction so that the audience remember the song, to give the audience a better understanding of the song, to entertain and show off their talents, to sell CDs, DVDs and downloads by creating memorable visuals and market the purposes of exposure and expansion of the their profile. When artists promote a music video for a song it in turn promotes their album increasing the income the artist and the record company gets. When the artist promotes their song they are also promoting their self as an artist which can lead to greater opportunities for the artist such as possible collaboration opportunities with other artists. An example of this is Psy. He promoted Gangnam style so well that it LED him to possible collaboration opper 
tunities with other artists e.g. Justin Bieber. A music video is also used to sell the brand image of the artist or band. 

Their are many types of music video and they are used in different ways, for example to show case the talent of the artist in terms of playing an instrument or they're dancing ability. 


The music video "sing" by Ed sheeran and Pharrell williams is a very basic video, in terms of only having a coloured background and having the artists preform in front of it, to show case they're talent. 

casting

For our music video we are going to cast two people as we don't need many people to make our music video work. 

Name: Harry Holland 

Age:17 
School: Ravens Wood School 
Reason for casting: We have decided to cast Harry as he is going to be one of the featured people in the music video. He will be wearing a swimming costume as the theme is having fun in a swimming pool. Harry is part of the team for the music video so casting him as a role was perfect as he knew what we were looking for in our video. 



Name: Oliver Friend 

Age:17 
School: Ravens Wood School 
Reason for casting: We have decided to cast oliver as he is going to be one of the featured people in the music video. He will be wearing a swimming costume as the theme is having fun in a swimming pool. Oliver is part of the team for the music video so casting him as a role was perfect as he knew what we were looking for in our video. 
Harry Holland