IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE,

DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

SOPHIE CONNOLLY

CONVENTIONS USED

THE CONVENTIONS USED WITHIN MY PIECE INCLUDE:

• SMART COSTUMES

• TRADITIONAL AND SIMPLE CAMERA SHOTS

• TRADITIONAL LAYOUT OF STORIES

• INTERVIEWS

THESE CONVENTIONS FITTED WELL INTO MY PIECE AS THEY ARE THE KEY THINGS THAT SHOW SOMETHING IS A NEWS REPORT AND THEREFORE IT CAN EASILY SHOW THAT THIS IS A NEWS REPORT HELPING PEOPLE TO BETTER IDENTIFY WITH THE TEXT.

DEVELOPMENT OF CONVENTIONS

THE CONVENTIONS DEVELOPED WITHIN MY PIECE INCLUDE:

• DEVELOPMENT OF CHEERIER STORIES

• DEVELOPMENT OF SHORTER REPORTS

• DEVELOPMENT OF A RANGE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF REPORTING

IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THESE CONVENTIONS WERE DEVELOPED AS IT MEANS THAT THE REPORTS CAN BE USED WITHIN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS THAT BETTER SUIT THE MOOD I AM AIMING FOR WITH MY WORK.

CHALLENGING CONVENTION

THE CONVENTIONS CHALLENGED WITHIN MY PIECE INCLUDE:

• THE GENDER OF MY NEWS REPORTERS

• THE AGE OF MY NEWS REPORTERS

• AMOUNT OF NEWS ANCHORS

I HAVE CHOSEN TO CHALLENGE THESE CONVENTIONS AS I FEEL THAT THESE ARE THE ISSUES WITHIN SOCIETY THAT NEED TO BE CHALLENGED. FOR EXAMPLE THE LACK OF FEMALE ANCHORS WITHIN MOST NEWS SHOWS AND THE FACT THAT YOUNGER PEOPLE VERY RARELY APPEAR WITHIN NEWS SHOWS.