On Wednesday 28th November, the news editor of 5 News was the guest editor and we were told to review the 5 News bulletin from the previous day.
I thought that the opening link about the floods was good, it was before the other links and seemed to stand out in my mind afterwards. I thought it opened the bulletin rally well and drew my attention as well.
One thing I picked up on in the links was the link to the Sports Personality 2012 piece, what I found strange was the length of the zoom to Chris Hoy's face, it was too long for me.
When the presenter first appeared on screen and I saw the laptop in front of her I assumed that she would sit behind a desk and present the programme, but she stood up behind the laptop for the whole bulletin. This is something I haven't really seen before on a news bulletin so maybe this is why I thought it was strange.
First flood VT
In the link to the first story about the floods, the presenter spoke about North Wales, but the reporter Peter Lane was in Yorkshire. The package was good but I was expecting the reporter to be in Wales, not Yorkshire.
The on screen map of the UK was really good. It didn't just show where the flood warnings and alerts had been given out, but also the roads that been closed. This is helpful for 'real people' and I got an overall sense that the programme cared about 'real people'.
Second flood VT
In the second flood package, the reporter basically told the viewers what it looks like when a river bursts its banks. The interview with the man trapped in his own home was something I have never seen before, the reporter interviewed him from the side of what had become a river bank. It showed the extent of the flood and gave the story a human element.
Noro virus VT
The choice of music in this VT was quite strange, it was kind of morbid in a way and I don't think it fitted the piece that well. When I first saw the bulletin, I was taken aback by the use of the same footage at the start and end of the VT as we've been told to never use the same footage twice. Geoff Hill explained that they would never use the same footage twice but as it was a graphic of the Noro virus bug, it was OK as it 'bookended' the VT.
After the advert break, the presenter reminded us of the top story. I assume this is for people who have tuned in before the end of the adverts and who had missed one or both flood VTs.
Bill Tarmey VT
I liked the way this VT was done. Although it was about his funeral, the reporter provided the story wiht some 'light' by interviewing current Coronation St cast members and I thought that the VT did what a funeral is partly about - celebrating the life of the one who has passed away.
Sports Personality 2012 VT
The VT was good overall especially the use of vox pops, but the way these were done took me aback slightly. First off, the gun mic was in shot - a definite no no! Secondly, the reporter was always in shot alongside the person being interviewed, maybe this is just a 'done thing' on 5News.
Something I saw in the VT was that the video of Ellie Simmonds being interviewed had been flipped as the British Gas logos on her polo shirt were the wrong way round, maybe this was done so that the brand name wasn't shown or so that she was in the left field (and the interview was shot with her in the right field)
Overall, the bulletin was good. There were some things I hadn't seen in a bulletin before and maybe I'd see them if I were to watch 5News bulletins more!
One thing I learned from the bulletin and from what Geoff Hill said was that every story you do should have some form of human interest and some type of relevance to the audience.
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