Thursday, 28 May 2015

LO5: Reflection

I have been asked by Sheffield Live TV to produce 5-minute TV news broadcast script for the weekly news section for ‘Games Corner’. I will research current games news (new releases/reviews etc.) for

the week that I have been assigned to help write this script. I will gain client feedback for the script that I produce and be required to make amendments based on the feedback.


The average viewer of the Games Corner will be between the ages of 16 - 30. This is because this is the ages of the average gamer within South Yorkshire and therefore Sheffield. It wouldn’t likely be anyone any younger because they like playing games but may not be interested about the development and news updates surrounding games as I cover in the script. Any older then this and they will most likely have lost interest or have bigger issues and responsibilities and will no longer have time to keep up to date with all the newest gaming news. The gender split is skewed more towards males with only 35% of gamers in the UK being female; the Games Corner will accommodate both genders but will focus male more as they are the bigger viewer basis by a large amount.  The script will be aimed at a larger, national audience, as at the time of writing there was no local news, so I thought about adding Voxpops from the Sheffield residents about the article we are talking about, so the community would be more interested in.     


The first bit of feedback we got from Sheffield Live is that there is too much banter between the hosts; it needs to be more formal like actual news broadcast rather then a magazine TV shows. Another thing that they said is that there were grammar and spelling problems that needed to be addressed. They also what'd some more to talk about so that the news segment lasted longer.
They said that it could also do with some more information about gaming in the Sheffield area but this was just a suggestion rather then an improvement.

Based on the feedback we need to make the conversations between the hosts’ (Vicky and Jordan) more formal to make it more like news broadcast rather then a magazine show. We can do this by making the small parts of conversation between each news segment more formal such as in the news where each host says something that normally no longer then a sentence, then goes on to the next news article. We will be unable to make the script more Sheffield based, as at the time of writing there is not any gaming news with in Sheffield, but this can be a good thing to look into for the next script.   



The house style of The Games Corner is magazine program but spoken in a formal manner. The font size and font style is the same as any other script. Which is font size 12 and courier. The layout of a normal script is the front page is the name of the show and other details such as episode and season below that it will say who wrote the script. The next page will have   intro/opening to the TV saying where it is set and gives the details for what angles and different shot each camera will be doing.

The content in the script will all be appropriate for an audience of the ages appropriate as none of the content has a PEGI rating of 12. This is because that is the top age rating for the content that we are talking about the top rated one was Star Wars Battle Front. As the show is midday we have to consider that the language in the show has to be appropriate for a younger audience, so we have to be very tame with what is said. As the show is based around reviews of games and gaming events, so the show will be very bias. This is due to it being a magazine style show so it is all based around opinion of the writer. Copyright issues are rather simple as all the music is royalty free and the graphics where all made in house so there are no copyright issues. The Games Corner would film all of the footage and all of the game footage will be publicly open or have free use to the press. All of the stores that would be reported on would be checked with multiple difference websites and other media out lets to see if the information gathered is true and/or verified.  

LO5: Meeting Minutes of Feedback from Vicky


LO4: Final Script








The things that are high lighted are thing that have been changed from the draft.

LO4: Feedback from SLTV

Question and feedback

1) Q)Do you think we covered enough news topics to keep the viewer interested?

A)I do, I really enjoyed the fact that all 3 topics were different and also gaming related.

2)Q)Did the new script balance well for both the presenters equally?

A)Yes I felt that it was balanced well between both presenters.

3)Q)Was the gaming news relevant  for the show and was it suitable
for the target audience and genre?

A)I felt all of the topics covered were relevant and is suited to all types of gamers and also is applicable to other audiences.

4)Q)Do you think the news we mentioned was spread out enough to cover a few different areas of the gaming genre?

A)I really liked the topics that were picked you didn't just stick with releases or events it was mixed up well enough and covered enough to fill the slot for the show, however if you want to add more to it, think about covering a local event/development.

5)Q)Do we need to make any improvements to the layout, text or dialogue?

A)The layout of the script is fine however,avoid putting in too many scenes of us laughing/asking each other questions as it takes away the 'news' feel of the segment. Once those changes have been made I think it will be a great script

Prof of meeting

  
E-mail from Sheffield Live   





 

LO4: Feedback Analysis


 Brief   

I have been asked by Sheffield Live TV   to produce a 5-minute TV news broadcast script for the weekly news section for ‘Games Corner’. I will research current games news (new releases/reviews etc.) for the week that I have been assigned to help write your script. I will gain client feedback for the script that I produce and be required to make amendments based on the feedback.


By completing this unit I will understand scripts, and the part they play in a range of media products. I will be able to generate a range of ideas, and then use one of these ideas to produce a script for a media product, in response to a client brief. I will use feedback gained from a client to revise their script.

 Audience profile  

The average view of the Games Corner will be between the ages of 16 - 30. This is because this is the ages of the average gamer within South Yorkshire and they’re for Sheffield. It would not be anyone any younger because they like playing games but are not bothered about the making or development of a game. Any older then this and they will most likely have lost interest or have bigger issues and responsibilities and will no longer have time to keep up to date with all the newest gaming news. It will be nearly all males who will be watching this, as there are very few women who have a big enough interest in games that they would go out of there way to find out the new information on games.  35% of gamer in the UK are female so the Games Corner will accommodate both genders but will focus on male more as they are the bigger viewer base by a large amount. 

Malcolm is a 22 year old student, who live in student acomadations with in Sheffield’s city centre. He is in his second year of film studies at Hallam University. His interest are cars, films and gaming, he goes to the cinema once every two weeks and buys all the newest games. He would like to own a car but cannot as he is in the c2 social grade and all of his money goes on his studies. He is local to Sheffield as he has lived there all of his life and like watch films that were made in and around Sheffield and he follows multiple actors from Sheffield.

LO3: Script Draft







LO2: Plan for writing the script


LO2: Initial ideas


Friday, 1 May 2015

LO2: Initial Ideas


 The Games Corner will be in the style of a magazine TV show, this is article based and will be taking about new releases, and tech