Elishia Selby Audio-visual evaluation

Evaluation

During the production of making the news bulletin there were many strengths and

weaknesses I found along the way. My strengths would include, researching information

about news bulletins and newspapers, e.g. how they are laid out/what camera shots need

to be included; preparing props being on time/schedule and coming up with the ideas, as

well as getting on with the project efficiently.

If I were to do this again I would take more time on writing the story when creating my

newspaper report, remove the 3 pigs story from the BBC news creation and try harder to

make it run more smoothly.

Originally the idea was to do the 3 pigs or goldilocks and the 3 bears, however that idea was

taken, so we decided to do little red riding hood. The story was based upon Red Riding Hood

and her ‘partner’ the axe man made a scheme to murder her grandmother and frame her

pet dog, which was claimed to be a wolf.

The audience were expecting a news bulletin, which is almost exactly what they got,

however I created mine into a whole BBC news reports. Within the program there were

many characters in order to create it: There were 5 public people expressing their opinion

towards the crime committed; a news reporter, a weather lady, a neighbour telling his side

of the story, camera crew and a news anchor. We see in this program many stories, one of

which is my main news bulletin about Little Red Riding Hood; another is about the press

getting too involved with crimes after a breakout occurred when the 3 pigs we arrested and

the weather to keep it more realistic.

During the process of filming there were many camera angles

and shots used. Longshots were perfect for when the

reporter was telling the audience about the crime as well as

using panning left following the reporter while walking and

talking. Zooming out was also used effectively because it

gave small snippets of information before revealing the

whole picture to the audience. Medium close ups were

generally used for when the public and neighbour was

expressing their opinions to the event. This was effective

because we only saw the waist up; this prevented the

audience being distracted from the person giving their

opinion. I was involved with the camera more this time compared to when I last filmed

when I wasn’t on camera being the news reporter.

The finished news report is good, but yet again isn’t perfect because of the fact that it

doesn’t run as smoothly as I would have hoped, every so often the sound would either cut

out or seem like there were two recordings placed over the top of each other. Also the 3

Elishia Selby Audio-visual evaluation

pig’s section drags on for a bit and doesn’t necessary fit in with the whole BBC news story.

However I am still pleased with my overall outcome, because I have successfully created an

effective news report making the main small project into something bigger e.g. part of BBC

news; as well as being able to dub the voicing to make it sound better and make the person

say what I wanted them to say e.g. Sophie Raworth (news anchor). I was also able to use a

variety of programs to produce this project, proving effective and fairly professional.

There were only two people in my group myself and Lauren Harrison. Our idea was formed

together as one thought of the fairy-tale to use

the other the main twist to the fairy-tale (what

went wrong). We had seen the ‘Cannes Lion

Award-Winning Three Little Pigs advert’ to give

a little inspiration, and help us come up with the

ideas and have an idea of what our teacher was

looking for. I started by creating a synopsis,

which then turned into the script, people

involved and equipment list. We then started

filming with the props and editing them into

adobe premiere as well as using the footage to

create the location pictures. The target audience we were aiming for were people who

generally watch the news and enjoy learning/ hearing about problems which have occurred

in the world every day. The main props used would include; Glasses and hats. The glasses

made the reporter look more sophisticated and professional, whereas the hats just gave a

different personality to the public making them seem like they were from different

backgrounds. However one problem which I wasn’t able to solve was the fact that when I

tried to import my clip back into premiere the voicing was out of sync, therefore making me

not able to add a scroll saying ‘weather, 3rd pig detained, magic carpet airport’ etc.

To conclude in my opinion my news report was almost to the best of my ability to the time I

was given to complete this, I felt more comfortable working with my partner and was able

to input ideas easily without having to this twice. However it was hard having only two in

the group, because if one of them was ill/ away the other person had to fill in and do all the

work for that day. I feel like I was very organised and ready for each new stage that was

thrown at me.