Film & Television Production
Brief: Back to Reality No: 1
On Good Friday 1930 radio listeners
in the evening were told, “There is no news”.
Piano music was broadcast instead.
Recent polls show that the majority of people in this country still use television as their main source of news. Far from being real, Factual news production is a process which presents the word to us with particular sets of ideological messages. At the beginning of the 21st century, with increased choice available from digital, satellite and cable services, it is also a very important commodity with an uncertain future.
You have been commissioned to work in production groups to produce a documentary on the BBC. In it you will explore the history of the public service broadcasting, you will look at the BBC’s relationship with the Government and in particular the Hutton enquiry.
You will also explore technology and funding in the BBC and look at job roles within an area of the BBC. Your documentary will contain a mixture of archive footage, interviews (Formal, informal and vox pops), presenter/voice over links and conclude with where you see the future of the BBC.
Before you make your documentary you will explore the genre of factual program making and discuss the characteristics and restraints of this type of film making. You will analyse a range of factual news program styles and formats. You will then use this research to inform your own documentary film. As part of this brief you will look at range of reporting and interview techniques in all areas of television, and apply as many of those techniques as is appropriate to your documentary.
It is essential that you attend all sessions, since failure to attend will affect your final grades due to the immediate nature of the tasks.
in the evening were told, “There is no news”.
Piano music was broadcast instead.
Recent polls show that the majority of people in this country still use television as their main source of news. Far from being real, Factual news production is a process which presents the word to us with particular sets of ideological messages. At the beginning of the 21st century, with increased choice available from digital, satellite and cable services, it is also a very important commodity with an uncertain future.
You have been commissioned to work in production groups to produce a documentary on the BBC. In it you will explore the history of the public service broadcasting, you will look at the BBC’s relationship with the Government and in particular the Hutton enquiry.
You will also explore technology and funding in the BBC and look at job roles within an area of the BBC. Your documentary will contain a mixture of archive footage, interviews (Formal, informal and vox pops), presenter/voice over links and conclude with where you see the future of the BBC.
Before you make your documentary you will explore the genre of factual program making and discuss the characteristics and restraints of this type of film making. You will analyse a range of factual news program styles and formats. You will then use this research to inform your own documentary film. As part of this brief you will look at range of reporting and interview techniques in all areas of television, and apply as many of those techniques as is appropriate to your documentary.
It is essential that you attend all sessions, since failure to attend will affect your final grades due to the immediate nature of the tasks.
Units covered in this brief:
Understanding the TV and Film Industries 07
Writing for Television and Video 23
Interview Techniques for Media Production 35
Start Date: 14/09/09
Finish Date: 22/10/09
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