BBC Newsround and BBC3 60 Second News
BBC Newsround
- How does Newsround use the key conventions of TV news?
Newsround uses the Key Conventions of news by having an opening sequence of the top stories that will feature later on in the show with TV News music playing at the background. Newsround also has graphics on the screen behind the screen and on screen when presenting stories. Newsround also features video footage and opinions of children when they cover stories that also effect children. They also have voice over when introducing new stories by footage or when showing footage of a story.
- Who are the presenters for BBC Newsround? Why do Newsround have a variety of presenters?
The presenters of BBC News are Jenny Lawrence, Martin Dougan and Hayley Hassall. BBC Newsround has a different variety of presenters to show that the BBC is balanced not only when presenting news but throughout gender, ethnicity and weather they have a disability or not.
- Are any other presenters or reporters used?
Other presenters are used to report different stories for example when going out to a different city/country they use different reporters and the main ones remain in the studio.
- What does the studio look like? How is technology used in programme?
The studio has very bright colours which vary from white to black, pink blue and many more, especially when they use graphics to explain different stories. They sometimes ask the audience to ask their questions where they them answer them when interviewing someone.
- What is the opening sequence to Newsround? Does it fit the key conventions of TV news?
The opening 3o seconds of Newsround are where some of the stories are introduced and then that is followed by the opening of the TV News programme where they show the globe spinning, they use a globe because thats the BBC News logo however they use different colours to represent the channel that the news is being presented on. The opening sequence does fit the key conventions of TV News because it contains the top stories, the graphics and the music.
- How does Newsround typically present a news story? (E.g. presenter to camera, reporter on location, interviews, graphics, images, video etc.)
The presenter is usually facing and looking at the camera they then cut off with footage or images relating to the stories they are reporting and then they cut back to the presenter talking to the camera.
- Who is the target audience for Newsround? You may want to research this online.
The target audience for newsround is 6-12 year olds and more females than males that watch it.
- Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme? Do young people feature in the news programme at all?
During the programme they usually show the comments of kids and their comments about certain news topics and what they think about that certain news story.
- What news stories are covered in the broadcasts you have watched? List ALL the stories that are covered AND the order that they appear in. How long does each story appear for?
BBC3 60 Second News
- How does the BBC3 60 Second News use the key conventions of TV news?
BBC 3 60 Second News use the key conventions by introducing their stories and giving of information about them, they use graphics on screen and behind the presenter, they have headlines that introduce other news stories that actually do not relate to the ones being presented.
- Who are the presenters for the BBC3 60 Second News? What do you notice about their age and how they are dressed?
Sam Naz on weekdays and Ben Mundy on Fridays. Both presenters are dressed casually to represent the young target audience of the News programme.
- Are any other presenters or reporters used?
No other presenters are used because the fact that theprogramme is 60 seconds means that they have no time to switch to different presenters during the programme.
- What does the studio look like? How is technology used in programme? How are graphics used in the presentation of the news?
The studio looks very futuristic and there are no desks or chair anywhere the presenter is just standing in front of a moving screen with graphics. The programme uses a lot of technology to make the programme look as futuristic as it does.
- What is the opening shot of the BBC3 60 Second News? Does it fit the key conventions of TV news?
The opening shot of the programme just shows graphics and the logo of the news programme.
- How does the BBC3 60 Second News typically present a news story? (E.g. presenter to camera, reporter on location, interviews, graphics, images, video etc.)
They always present their stories by having the presenter talking to the camera(audience) and this is because the programme is so short that they have n o time to cut away. They usually do however have voice overs when showing video footage or images from a story.
- Who is the target audience for the BBC3 60 Second News? You may want to research this online. Why does the BBC feature news on a predominantly entertainment-based channel?
The target audience for this news show is 16-35 year olds. They present the news on an entertainment channel because it gets them more views on the news seeing as the programme is played between programmes meaning that the public watch it while waiting to view the next programme.
- Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme? Do young people feature in the news programme at all?
During the programme a hashtag is shown on the headlines at the end the hashtag is also joined by @BBCNEWS
- What news stories are covered in the broadcasts you have watched? List ALL the stories that are covered AND the order that they appear in. How long does each story appear for?
- Officials know that the Alps plane crash pilots suffered from depression (6 seconds)
- Goodluck Jonathan is no longer president (10 seconds)
- Iran Nuclear talks extended (10 seconds)
- Woman is racist towards two black men (9 seconds)
- Selfie of shoes are shown (9 seconds)
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