Content & style

Content and Style of my news package

As a group we have decided that our news package will concentrate on Alcohol. We all came to agreement with this specific topic due to our research on Alcohol via a variety of websites. By researching about alcohol from the internet, it extended to build up our news package.

The content we will be utilizing to start the news package is by a presenter who will introduce a live show for our news package. The presenter will give more detail on our news package and then a brief description of the students who drink alcohol. During the live show the short GVs (general view) of alcohol and clubs & bars will be shown on the video. Then from the live show we will cut to the VTs (video tape) were the interview has been recorded in which question will be asked to the students about alcohol. The total running time for this news package for (David Gee) Assignment will be approximately one minute up to two minute. Also this news package for (Ricardo’s) Assignment will be no longer than five minute.

The style and colour scheme that I wanted to use for our news package was orange background & white text as it is very attractive and also it will bring people’s attention. So therefore, as a group we agreed to the style and colour scheme. However after a conversation I had with my group about the colour I decided to choose a different colour and I had to agree with them and we all decided to stick with one colour and the colour we choose is red scheme with white text. As we all found it would be easy to read. Also the lettering we will use is Ariel as it’s a knowledgeable viewing font.

 Also we designed a logo for our news package this logo is a production logo that has been made by our news producer (Imogen Hawkins), this logo has been created to look extra skillful to the news package. Our producer has made 2 different logos. The first logo didn’t work properly as it didn’t match to our news package because the background of the logo was white colour.

As an example of our first & last logo that has been made by our news producer (Imogen Hawkins) she created this logo by using Photoshop software.

first logo

                                                      second logo 

 There is another reason that we agreed to changed the group production logo is because the first logo (Imogen Hawkins) made didn’t look professional so we decided to create a new logo to be more standard and professional. For second logo had been made we decided to choose black colour background with white text.

Target audience

My target audience for this news package is going to be 18+ years old (male & female) globally.

The reason I have chosen the 18+ years old is because in law it’s offensive if the supermarkets or shops sell alcohol to under 18 years old.

Evaluation

One of the advantages during my progress in the project was that I gained a lot of knowledge about alcohol such as the statistics, the consumption units between men and women and how it affects the body.

Also one of the disadvantages during this project was that when we went outside broadcast to film some GVs for our news package. We had to ask for permission from pub & club owner. But after we went out side broadcast and we went to few pub & club and we asked for permission but the owner of these pub & club didn’t give us the permission for filming some GVs for our news package. So because of this we do not have enough GVs to put on our news package VT.

I think my progress in this project was very well performed and I put all my knowledge about filming into this project. During filming this project I had good communication skills with other member of my group

My performance

I think totally I had good performance during this project of making news package with my group. Also as I said on above as well I had very good communication with my group and all of my group were really helpful with me. Moreover I am please with my performance and also with other member of my team performance as well. Overall for grading my self I will let you to decide this.

pitch

                                                          PITCH


For our news package that consists my self, Kassem, Luke, Imogen. We all decided for our news package to do drinking and smoking. After researching about alcohol and smoking we found that there is not lot of student who drink and smoke at the same time so we all agreed to focus on the alcohol and envelopment of student and health.
We will consider whether if its bad or optimistic package on students drinking alcohol. How many unit they drink per week? Do they know the risk and effects? How much money do they spend on the alcohol every week? Also how many people die in every year of binge drinking? 
We will interview students from Manchester college and also maybe peoples on the street but make sure  they are students.
Also we will take some GVs shot from students when they are buy or drink alcohol and use it as general view if its possible.
this will involve lot of direction that we will face when filming, editing etc.
When filming there is some limitation on such as. We not allowed to film without permission if we want to film corner shops or pubs first we need to ask for permission then start filming. Also we not allowed to film any product that show the labels of alcohol name or pub or clubs name.
As a group we agreed that we will speak about students health and risk may effect them when they drink alcohol so we will film hospital and interview a member of staff if its possible and we will ask for permission to film and interview hospital staff to find out more information about students who been effected by alcohol each week and how much it cost NHS for binge drinking each week. 
Also we will use a graphic for our news package to make the news more interesting for viewer.

diary

Today the tutor were talking about assignment and explained again how we will do the all Ricardo"s assignment.
Also today we are as a group of.
Mikael
Imogen
Kassem
Luke
We were talking about assignment and kassem finished the running order for Ricardo"s assignment.
Also we had to phone back to the hospital about filming the staff so we need permission from them and Imogen phoned them and got email address that we have to email them. Imogen emailed them and we will wait for they replay back to see if they give us permission for filming .
Also I was doing some paper work for Peter"s assignment.

diary

Today we just looked back at final cut pro and tutor showed us how to make everything right if there is any problem on the editing  time such as,
If there is something wrong on the editing then I have to go to window then click on arrange then go to standard and click on it to make it right.
Size of picture as frame size is 720 x 576 is UK TV size.
Anamorphic 16.9 is for wide screen
Audio/sound rate normally 48 KHz
Compressor:  is the shot is on DV  then DV pal is the compessod formate we have to work in.
Also I found out how to record the voice if I want to record in the computer that I will go to tools then go to voice over and start record.
Then afternoon time I phoned hospital for permission for filming if its possible and I spoke to the security over the phone and I was given the email address. As a group we will email her and explain what we will do and  what we want to do. So kassem will email the security in the hospital and we will wait for the answer.
Also I done quite few storyboard today for my idea in Peters assignment.

start filming second week

Today we  start filming for second week for our news package project. We collected the camera and we went to the pub near the college to take some shot for our GVs. Firstly we asked the pub owner for permission of filming but the pub owner didn't give us permission to film the pub. We decided to go to the corner shop of Barlow more road and shot some GVs there if we get permission of filming. We went to the corner shop on Barlow more road and we ask the shop keeper for permission of shooting some GVs and the shop keeper gave us permission to film.
We started filming some shots and i was in charge of camera and i took some shots.

• Pan shot 
• Tilt shot 
• still shot

IN the time of recording I used hand held camera.
We were as a group of.
* Luke
*Kassem
*Mikeal
Imogen was in on the morning time but we did not start filming in the morning so afternoon time Imogen wasn't in. We had to film without her today.

Our plan for next week is to start filming Fred when he goes to the off license shop to buy alcohol and also when he drink alcohol.

broadcast commons

BBC News 24 interview with First news editor Nicky Cox

2 presenter interviewing news editor Nicky cox and kathy Evans the children's society.
BBC graphic logo shows always as  on BBC news 24 on white colour.
Time graphic logo on white colour.
Headline graphic text rolling always on white colour.
Projection screen on the background.
Lot of red colour on the screen as its BBC"s main colour
the subject they talking is about pressure on the children in todays society. 
This is a live studio show interview.
The position are face to face. 
Use of shots on this interview is mixed shots. Mid shot to close up,  Long shot to close up, Outside studio as a recored VT, Side shot, Overhead shot.

start filming

Today we  start filming for our news package.
Our group.
Mikael
Imogen
Kassem
Luke
Today finally we all agreed about what kind of question we will ask students who we will interview.
We take all equipment we need such as Tripod, Camera, Tape, Headphone, Microphone. We set-up our equipments and we checked sound, White balance.We start filming and interviewed few student from Manchester college.
I was in charge of camera and I start recording the interview and I used few different angles.
I used tripod and hand shot as well for the mid shot of the interviewee I used tripod.
For the over shoulder I used hand held and took mid shot.

There were quite few problem we had during the filming. We had problem with student moving across and as a camera operator and sound holder I had problem with the noise going on during the interview. Student were opening the door and walking across and door was given quite nasty noise as they didn't let door to go close slowly and door were banging. We had to stop recording quite few times because of that problem.
For next time when we film again we should have some one behind camera to ask people to wait or take different direction if its possible and let them know that we filming.

burning cats

Group:

1- Mikeal
2- Abid
3-Rebecca
4-Nabeel

We were seperated into groups of 4. We started to make our idea for maximum of 1 minute news package and we all came up with Abids ideas and we started to take every equipments we need such as camera,  tripod, tape, microphone, headphone, and then Abid made the script and questions and we all agreed to shot outside college and inside college so we started shooting.  We then captured to the final cut pro and Abid started to edit the project and I think we done good job today.  We were doing the job all together as a group and we had good communication skills.
The problem we had at the time of filming that people were walking into the shot and we could hear the mic clashing the presenter jacket.
Also we had a problem with phones interfering with sound .
For next project we have to make sure that we have someone behind the camera and telling people that we are filming that if they can wait for couple of minute or take a different direction.
We could overcome the problem with the sound by making sure that the presenter is holding the mic away from her/his body.
We should make sure all phones are switched off before filming.

drink awareness news package

group 2


luke
kassem
imogen
mikael


We separated into groups of 4. Together we started  to research idea"s to cover our news package. We came up with the idea"s
such as ,



*drug
*alcohol
*smoking
*student life


Then we all agreed to focus on the  Alcohol and the involvement of student and health.


We did some primary research between ourselves with the topic of alcohol.
 Also we did some research about  the harm of alcohol and about effects and damages alcohol do to human health.

Alcohol harm.
1-weight problems
2-difficulty in sleeping
3-headache
4-memory loss


This is the moment after having alcohol that how its harms human body and make human less power of moving and thinking and gives a really bad headache and then you will have difficulty in sleeping as well and you will have less memory.

I did some research on alcohol and viewed certain websites

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/emotional_health/addictions/typesaddiction_alcohol.shtml

http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/concerned-about-alcohol/alcohol-harm

Effects.
1-accident and injuries
2-liver disease
3-sexual difficulty
4-heart disease


For cancer prevention, we recommend not to drink alcohol at all. However, we recognise that modest amounts of alcohol may have a protective effect on heart disease. But the benefits of small amounts of alcohol only outweigh the risk in those particularly at risk of heart disease, such as men aged over 40 or postmenopausal women.

http://www.wcrf-uk.org/cancer_prevention/recommendations/alcohol_and_cancer.php?gclid=CMWstPDZ76sCFYsZ4QodkXnfTQ

Other Medical Consequences of Alcoholism

Studies show that alcoholics have a worse outcome after undergoing surgical procedures. The reasons for this are not entirely clear. Poorer outcomes may be attributed to a poorer general state of health with malnutrition and the depressant effects of alcohol. Binge drinking (consuming large amounts of alcohol infrequently, such as on weekends) places one at risk for atrial fibrillation which may also be a factor in surviving surgery. Still another factor is that heavy drinking affects the body's ability to stop bleeding. A liver damaged by alcohol has trouble making clotting proteins.

Alcohol interacts with many drugs - both prescription and non-prescription. Mixing alcohol with your medicine can lead to serious untoward effects.

Alcoholism increases risk of cancers, including breast cancer, lung cancer and cancer of the liver.

Long-term heavy use of alcohol destroys the cerebellum of the brain, causing irreversible brain damage and resulting in slowed thinking, an unsteady walk and slurred speech.

Alcoholism contributes to many diseases, including hepatitis, cirrhosis, malnutrition, pancreatitis, stomach ulcer, fetal alcohol syndrome and heart disease, just to name a few.  

Normal Heart

Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
- weakened by chronic excessive alcohol intake.
_{(photos courtesy of Health Edco. Used by permission)}

http://www.womensheart.org/content/heartdisease/alcohol_and_heart_disease.asp

and this photo we can give as an for example that maybe a driver  was drunk and then had accident and this is how alcohol is effect humans life and making damage to our lives.

The photos I viewed certain websites
http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/headache.htmlv
http://steigerlaw.typepad.com/photos/motorcycle_injury_graphic/index.html


The largest single cause of death due to drinking was from alcoholic liver disease which caused 3,874 deaths in 2005, followed by intentional self harm which killed 1,694 and then throat cancer which cased 1,280 deaths.


More than 600 women died of breast cancer caused by their drinking and over 1,000 men died of mouth cancers in one year, according to the research.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2563443/Fifteen-thousand-people-die-from-alcohol-related-diseases-every-year.html

Taking a large dose of alcohol can cause memory loss, so you might not even remember what you said or why. Long-term use of alcohol is known to cause many physical illnesses including liver damage, stomach cancer and heart disease. Alcohol is estimated to cause 28,000 excess deaths per year in England and Wales.(181) 2,000,000 deaths per year worldwide.


http://www.urban75.com/Drugs/alcohol.html






What is alcohol poisoning?

Acute alcohol poisoning is usually a result of binge drinking. Your body can process about one unit of alcohol an hour. If you drink a lot in a short space of time, the amount of alcohol in your bloodstream (blood alcohol concentration or BAC) may become dangerously high.

This can stop your body from working properly. In extreme cases, alcohol poisoningcould stop you breathing, your heart could stop beating or you could choke on your own vomit.

Many of the traditional ‘cures’ for alcohol poisoning – giving someone black coffee, making them sick, leaving them to sleep it off – can do more harm than good. By recognising the signs of alcohol poisoning and knowing how to respond, you could save someone’s life.

binge drinking PSA commercial 

Viewed to certain website for the above video 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qab4oemPhkg&feature=related

Alcohol poisoning: Facts and figures 

• Alcohol is a depressant, which means it slows down your brain’s functions. You might lose your inhibitions and your sense of balance. But it also affects the nerves that control your heartbeat, breathing and gag reflex (which is what stops you choking).
• Alcohol irritates the stomach, which causes vomiting – dangerous if somebody’s gag reflex isn’t working properly. People die from choking or accidentally inhaling vomit into their lungs.
• Someone’s BAC continues to rise even after they’ve stopped drinking, as alcohol in the digestive system will continue to be absorbed into the bloodstream. This means you should never leave someone to ‘sleep it off’, as their condition could still be getting worse.
• There is no minimum dose for acute alcohol poisoning to take effect – it depends on your age, sex, size, weight, how fast you’ve been drinking, how much you’ve eaten, your general health, other drugs you might have taken…
• More than 30,000 people were admitted to hospital with alcohol poisoning in England in 2007-08 (13,400 men and 16,700 women) – that’s more than 500 every week.(1)
• 157 people died from accidental alcohol poisoning in England in 2007.(2)

http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/facts/factsheets/acute-alcohol-poisoning?gclid=CJ2M5ZOmgawCFUsZ4Qodm23rJA

The below photo is example of slow down brain"s functions

 This below photo is example of difficulty of breathing and heartbeat.

Viewed certain websites for those photo above.


http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=alcohol+poisoning&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=0l0l1l535l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1904&bih=885&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi#q=alcohol+poisoning&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbm=isch&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=efeee612a93f86d6&biw=1659&bih=834


Possible question:

1-Do you drink or smoke?
2-When did you first start?
3-What was the reason for starting?
4-how long have you been doing this?
4-How often do you drink/smoke?
5-How much do you spend weekly on this?
6-Are you aware of the risk?
7-Are you planning on quitting?


Structure :


Opening scene can be cut away of someone lighting a cigaret whilst the reporter introduces the subject.
Have snipits of people being interviewed about smoking then a cut away to people walking in/out a local pub.
Snip it of a two shot between reporter and student being interviewed.
Outward zoom from a pub/bar sign to a student mid shot.
Reporter talking about the issues of smoking/drinking (health, costs, damages, littering)
Close up of a pain then have someone to pick it up and start drinking whilst 4-5 second zoom out to a long shot.