Tuesday 10 May: your news show

Term 6 / Final Project: News Show
This assignment allows you to demonstrate your acquired knowledge of journalism. You will close with a 15 minute news broadcast. With a production team of no more than four students, you will divide yourselves into reporters, anchor person(s), weather forcaster, editorial director and editor. Folks may obviously take on more than one roll. Performances / projects will be performed on Wednesday May 25, Thursday May 26 and Friday May 27. You will get the specific time for your group next week.


For each of the following segments of your news show, you must write out a detailed script that includes dialogue (some of which you will read), any blocking, props and choreography (where individuals are placed within the news set or out in the field, items they need to interact with and how they physically move). By Wednesday May 18, each person should submit his or her script(s) for the role within the news production. This is an individual writing grade. If it is a section where two people are working together, both people should work together for a grade on that particular aspect.
Here is the suggested order. (You may vary from this).

1. opening
2. news
3. interview
4. commercial
5.news
6. weather
7. sports
8.commercial
9. editorial / feature
10. closing

Again all scripts are due to me on Wednesday 18 May.





Details:
You may present a live show or film your segments.
You may use the smart board as needed.
News: prepare each story to be as visible as possible. Do-on-location filming and interviews to give the idea of what was happening. This involves determing all of he stories that will fill the broadcast.
Interview: Prepare questions and set-up times to interviw valuable parties for information. Make sure the setting is appropriate for the interview- especially audio for taping. Watch out for noisy backgrounds.
Weather: The person in charge must prepare a forecast that includes today's weather, as well as the next five days. Include graphics!
Sports: Include more than one and get footage / images of teams.
Editorial / Short Feature: The editorial can be the view of the station's management on an issue pertinent to the school or a more human-interest story. (you might try a point / counterpoint).

Director / editor: This individual should produce a floor plan of the entire broadcast to be handed in with the scripts on May 18.
NOTE THAT THIS IS A TIMED SEGMENT: PRACTICE ...REHEARSE...PRACTICE