This is a short review of the WINOL News programme broadcast here on the 19th of October (yes, I know the review is of the programme from over a week ago, but I made notes on it before Wednesday 26th October's show, which you can also watch here.)
The title sequence looked very professional - it reminded me of BBC and ITV local news programmes' titles. The shots of the 'city' are very good and provide a good introduction to the programme and the area it will cover.
The first story covered on the programme was about some current Hampshire Police officers having criminal convictions. The way the story was undcovered sounded similar to how BBC London news gather their information on issues of this type - I was impressed with that. However, I think what let down this story was the reporter Julie, she stood in front of the large screen displaying important information about amounts of cops involved and their convictions. I feel that in news bulletins, the role that Julie plays is very important and in BBC programmes (where they use a big screen to explain things) the person usually stands quite well away from the screen, just so the viewer can see all of the screen.
In the second story, the sound varied a little. The 1st and 3rd time that the reporter spoke, it sounds as if it were on a 'real' news bulletin, however the 2nd time the sound was quite harsh (he was inside at the time and I appreciate how difficult it must be to equalise the sound).
The bulletin had some good things about it though; there were quite a few community based stories, which many news bulletins seem to lack these days. There was also a mix of 'good' and 'bad' news stories, also something that other news bulletins lack.
Before the sports news, there was a slient gap that lasted for almost 5 seconds - the VT probably finished quicker than the presenter expected!
I was especially impressed by the football coverage, being someone who watches football on TV quite a bit, I think I have come to realise what shots are good and which ones are not. The reverse angle shots were very good and one or two got to angles that Match of the Day and Sky couldn't dream of!
However, the rest of the sports news had some issues; first of all, before the story about the retired cricketer Henry Olonga, the presenter Ali left quite a sizeable gap and before the Ice Hockey report, he seems unsure of timing. However, I'm not sure how new he was to presenting and maybe a mix of nerves may have contributed to him leaving gaps. Sorry Ali!
The interviews in the bulletin were very good, the camera angles were just at the correct angle.
The presenter signed off well, which a lot of news presenters seem to struggle with!
Overall it was a very well put together student news bulletin and some of the techincal stuff (especially camera work) was very good, however the editing was quite jumpy in places.
Even after watching two or three WINOL programmes, I am excited about next year and the work we will be doing. Over the next few weeks, I hope to help out on WINOL and gain some experience before next year.
TB 2011
P.S. I went down the Multimedia Centre on Wednesday to see if they were still making this week's programmes - they weren't and had finished for the day. But, I did meet the journalist Angus Scott, even though he works at the University, it was still good to meet a proper journalist (except for Chris and Brian of course!). It was especially good for me as I had seen him on ITV sport programmes before, including football coverage such as Champions League and the World Cup.
WINOL (Winchester News Online) website...
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