·
Flooding across Britain;
·
Bill Tarmey funeral; and
·
BBC Sports personality of the year 2012
contenders.
The fact that there is new angle on the first story as it
could become a little repetitive without it and he shots of the floods from the
helicopters were fairly visually interesting. I felt, however, that the Bill
Tarmey story was perhaps not important as others that could have taken its
place in the headlines. I also thought that the edit on Chris Hoy for the
sports personality story looked a little strange; I realise was to tease the
audience, but I feel there were probably better ways of doing this by perhaps
choosing a different clip or using a different edit.
For the first live cut to the floods, I thought the
positioning with the fire engine in the background looked good. The way in which
the UK map moved as locations were pinned on there looked odd as the pins did
not move with it and the interview with David Cameron seemed quite bland; the
statement made seemed very pre-prepared and perhaps a better quote was
available, perhaps different questioning could have acquired it. The second
throw was very same-y in a way and some of the quotes and questioning of the
rescue person and those in hostels seemed a little weak and pointless. It wasn’t
overly interesting either. The interview with the man trapped in his house was
very good though. Personally, I found it impressive that the sound was so good
in that interview when there was no way of getting him a good mic.
The Norovirus story had too many facts from the interviewees
and the dramatic music at the end sounded very out of place in the VT. The
story about the rebate was seemed very important yet was over so quickly I didn’t
get a chance to make many notes on it.
The Nadine Dorries story didn’t seem to be as important as
fourth story to me, especially as there was not a lot of new information.
The “still to come” before the ad break seemed much better
in its construction than the headlines. However, the news recap after only
included one story, which I felt made it a little short over all.
The possible murder of President Yasser Arafat was a very
interesting story, however it wasn’t particularly grabbing visually and the
interviews did not add a lot, especially the scientist who mostly spoke about
facts.
Bill Tarmey funeral, whilst quite moving, seemed unusually
long. It would, perhaps, make more sense to be that long if Coronation Street
was a Channel 5 program. There was also a strange buzzing during part of the
eulogy which could have been removed or at least faded during edited.
The crane fire story was very visually interesting, using
good images for a good length. The story was about the right length to, however
the scripting could have been more dramatic and had a greater focus on the
people involved.
Chris Hoy was quite oddly framed in the Sports Personality
story. It became a little better when it was tightened but seeing the back of
the journalist’s head was a little jarring and unnecessary. The voiceover
quality was poor and seemed to peak quite a lot. Personally, I would have cut
(or at least shortened) the last voxpop as it was a little long, as was the
overall length of time dedicated to them.
Overall, I found the bulletin quite informative and
enjoyable. However, finding things I could critique gave me confidence for our
own on http://winol.co.uk (live at 5pm every
Wednesday, in case you don’t know) and for my own future career, as well as
those of my colleagues/fellow students.
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