Mind map

Afghanistan story Research

Interview questions

Questions.

1) What do you think about Britains ‘mission complete’ in Afghanistan?

2) do you believe we should withdraw completely now our mission is said to be complete and not hand it back to Afghanistan forces?  

3) Do you believe we should have joined the fight in the first place?

4) How do you think the military spending cuts will affect our presence over-seas?

5) Do you believe the situation will get better or worse now we are slowly withdrawing?

Documentary. Conventions.

Documentary

•  Factual.
• Graphics
• Interviews
• Link everything together through voice over (Show images with someone talking over the top)

Bowling for columbine

• Michael moor suggests that it is related to capitalism (Making money from fear)
• Gun ownership makes more money and gives people a feel of safety.
• He think the 6 year old boy killed the 6 year old girl because he might of been jealous because his mum had to work two jobs.
• He thinks that if we didn't have guns we wouldn't show ourselves in that way. 
• He shows that guns are seem as normal in America (when he goes into a bank) 

These are the different issues

Instead of having one documentary with one subject. He weaves them all together. He achieves this through his vice overs.

(The film is a blanket and it is woven together through the different threads of issue)
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Bias: Propaganda is a form of bias. You try to get your views out to your followers through films or posters and any other form of media. It is to do with ideology and creating a image. It is used to try and convince us it is true even if it may not be completely true.  (A form of persuasion)

Bowling for columbine is a form of propaganda. It is against guns and is used to persuade us that there are lots of gun crimes in America. Further more, it tries to convince us it is too easy to get a gun and that other countries who have less access to guns have less crime. It also tries to persuade us to get rid of guns and that they are bad to have around us.


Sometimes we mix up our beliefs with facts (we believe it so much we think it is fact) Propaganda is one way to make this happen. By making people see what you want them to see over a long period of time may cause them to believe you even if what you are saying is not fact and is indeed just your personal belief.

Type, methods and source of research.

Quantitative
Qualitatvive

Primary research

• Interviews /QA
• Self shot footage that/observations 
• A discovery you have made that no one else has found yet.
•  Surveys/questionnaires 

Secondary research

• Books
• News paper 
• Internet 
• Videos 
• Films/documentaries 
• Leaflets/Flyers 
• Radio/Audio 
• Tv/Nes programes 
• Word of mouth/conversations. 
• Archives 

Market research. (Your rivals/competitors) 

How will you beat them? 

• Take their ideas and try to make them better or explain them more? 
• Gather the information of what they want. Then tell them what they want. 
• Your potential audience will increase as your show would be unique  

Audience research (What do they want to see)

• Use a survey 
• interviews
• social media (Facebook, twitter ect) 
• 
  

Interpretation (evaluate it to the audience) 

• The research should inform your production and your ideas of what your doing. 

De Niro in London

De Niro goes to London

He’s cleaning up London one bullet at a time.

Poster idea.

Robert De Niro and a zombie are merged so one half is Roberts head the other is the Zombies on a ruined London background.

The title will be above the two heads at the top of the poster.

De Niro goes to London

He’s cleaning up London one bullet at a time.

 Logline: Robert De Niro comes to London hoping for a nice holiday away from all the carer of acting. However the London he arrives to, isn’t the London he saw on the broacher. 

As he arrives his private jet it surround by shambling husks. After a narrow escape. De Niro uses his many years of knowledge from his acting carer to survive. After the first day, he meets up with three other survivors. A security guard, a university student on her holiday and a ex S.A.S operative. The group of four then set on a mission to 'clean' the quarantined London one bullet at a time.





DE NIRO GOES TO LONDON

INT. HOUSE. LIVING ROOM. EVENING.

EMMA 35. Medium feminine build. Medium cut brown hair, Brown
eyes. Smooth skin. roughly 5ft 9". Is sitting in the living
room one night with her husband ADAM 34. Medium build.
Stubble. Short cut black hair, brown eyes. Roughly 6ft.

As they are cuddling up on the sofa they hear a noise up
stairs. Adam goes to investigate

INT. HOUSE. UPSTAIRS BED ROOM. EVENING.

As Adam is walking into his daughters room he sees nothing
but an open window. He moves to close it talking as if
Hannah was in the room with him as he turns around however.
He lets out a yell as a ZOMBIE bites him.

                       ADAM REAVES
            Hannah you really should close your

            window at night.

As he turns around he SHOUTS

                        ADAM REAVES
              EMMA! Run find Hannah and run!

INT. HOUSE. LIVING ROOM. EVENING.

Emma is stood down stairs as she hears Adam yell. She starts
to weep but does as he says. She turns towards the front
door and runs to it leaving the house to find help.

EXT. LONDON STREET. EVENING

As she leaves the house she sees the street filled with
Zombies to which she screams and is ripped apart sowly as
they swarm her.

Feed back.

Interesting idea for the beginning of the film. It's almost instantly engaging and involves violence and gore which is always entertaining.

Great character descriptions, I can easily picture what they both look like in my head without any trouble at all.

However, the detail of the rooms is vague with the exception of the last shot in the street, where she is being torn apart.

It's only two thirds of a page long and so it'd be over in under a minute.

Inverted pyramid

identifying the 5 w's

Five W's Chart

Name: Joshua Bates                                                                                                  Date: 14/1/14

Fill in each row with details that answer the question.

What happened?

Anthony Grainger, 36, was shot in the chest after the car he was in was stopped

Who was there?

Greater Manchester Police chief faces shooting charges

Why did it happen?

suspected of stealing a memory stick containing the names of police informants.

When did it happen?

on 3 March 2012.

Where did it happen?

in Culcheth

Planning a news report.

British military cuts.

Running order

• Introduce the story
• Give a quick overview
• hand over to correspondent
• Back to the studio
• The studio presenters talk to person of importance on the screen about the spending cuts.
• Talk ends and they give a diagram of what the difference will be in 2020 tan what is it now
• Hand over to the weather
• End of report.

Script.

Male presenter: Todays headline, British military cuts have forced U.S secretary of defence to state "Britain will not be able to be in a full military partnership with the U.S

Female presenter: The military is to take severe cuts starting from now until 2020 when the final cuts are made and Britain's military is given it's final number. We now and over to our correspondent who is outside the ministry of defence office giving a report.

On field new reporter: I'm currently standing outside the ministry of defence office and standing behind me are a few of the protesters to the British military cuts. By 2020 the Army will lose 20,000 soldiers, the Royal Navy 6,000 personnel and the RAF 5,000 - although there are also plans to increase the number of reservists in each service. Military personnel say this could cause problems for the partnership between Britain and the U.S in their military partnership. More on the story back in the studio.

In Studio Female presenter: We have with us on the screen the secretary of defence to talk about the military cuts.

Questions they ask:

• What will be the effect of the breaking of the military partnership between Britain and the U.S?
• How will this effect Britain's military effectiveness and efficiency?
• How do you feel about it? 

Female presenter: That's where we will have to end it, thank you for your time here with us.

(Diagram of the cuts goes up on screen)  Male presenter voice over: This is the expected number of personnel in each of the armed services.

Male presenter: That's all we have time for tonight, we now hand you over to the weather. Thank you for watching a goodnight.


V.T Inserts and interviews

Interview with British soldier on what he thinks of the cuts.
Interview with Secretary of defence in studio on screen.
Interview civilians about what their thoughts are
V.T insert of military footage showing British soldiers fighting.

Graphics and Voiceovers

Diagram of the cuts and what the military personnel numbers are now and what they will be by the end of the cuts.
Short pieces of footage of British soldiers in Afghanistan pulling out of area's and packing up camps with a voice over.


Presenters and Correspondents

In studio presenters will be sat at a desk in formal wear talking towards the camera. When they have the on screen interview the camera will switch to a diagonal view and the presenters will look at the screen.

The on field news correspondent will be talking directly to the camera  using direct address.

When they interview pedestrians the on field reporter will be off camera and the camera will be at a slight side view so the pedestrian is looking at the reporter.

Evaluation of the decisions.

We used direct address because it seems more formal and as if the presenters are talking directly to the viewers almost as if they were in the same room. This also make the viewers feel included. The use of the side view during the on screen interview allows the viewers to see the entire conversation and the facial features and reactions of both the presenters and the person on screen being interviewed.

Using the graphics and diagrams with voice overs allows the viewers to see the differences while it being explained to them as some may not know what the diagram means. The use of footage with voice overs gives the viewers the information while seeing what is happening on the field.
These allow the viewers to get constant information instead of stopping for graphics.

I chose t split the script evenly between the two presenters as this allows both to have a break and listen to what is being said themselves. this gives them an idea of what it is like for the viewers.

TV News conventions

1) TV conventions (Fox news)

Expectations of the news = its conventions

If someone sticks to the conventions they are conventional, if not then they are un conventional.

Noted TV News conventions:

• Impartial
• Balanced
• Un biased
• Objective
• Graphics.
• Voice over, running across a number of pictures
• Interviews
• Presenter
• Reporter on scene (direct address)
• The same type of stories are in the news today since when it first started (Politics, disaster, entertainment, sport ect)

Directors and presenters, use direct address to inform the viewers almost as if they were in the room talking to us.

New has a specific order:
Title.
Main headlines.
Top story
Story2
Story3
Story4
Light hearted/final story
Weather
Sport.

The news has always had a specific running or, that has remained the same during the decades it's been broadcasted.

Bias through selection and omission

1) Bias through Selection and omission. (why that story was selected and has anything been left out of it)
It is positively selected as it is on the front page of the BBC news website.

2) Bias through placement (order of the stories, the more important it is, the sooner you will hear it)
The story is however second to the Mark Daggun story.

3) Bias by word choice or tone (How the phrasing of the words and the tone of writing shows in the report)
The bias this creates is  positive as it makes the four crew man sound like heros not wanting to endanger the lives of others.

4) Bias through headline (How people see the story, by how the headline is writing)

5) Bias my source control (How the people you are getting the information from e.g; Left wing politics only. You should get information from both sides of the argument.

6) Bias through photo (What types of pictures you take, how you use the pictures to portray that place or person)

7) Bias through names and titles. (How you make them sound, what names you give them e.g; selfish, gangster, marksman) is it fair to give people that title.

8) Bias through statistics and crowed counts (The way you use and phrase statistics in a report)

pre production. News show. Floor plan and costume.

We will have the two presenters sat on the sofa in front of the control office. The two cameras will be focused on the presenters not the background. This will blur out the control room slightly however the people working in the background will still be able to be made out. So it gives the feel of an office. Draft 1

Costumes. 

Presenters: Smart casual (Shirt and jeans  with shoes)

VT Interviewer: Two piece or three piece suit is required. 

Screen Writing.

1) Setting: When and where does the story take place.
Eg: INT. Cafeteria. South Essex college - Afternoon. 

2) Describe the setting: Most people won't know the setting as they will not have seen it.
Eg: Busy, full of students as well as staff. Chat and gossip fill the air as the afternoon rush comes around. 

3) Describe your characters: Throw in a few vivid details about your character. 
Eg: Kayla Frost 19. Stick-thin, has a gothic stereotype look. Looks as if she could snap at any moment. Her eyes burn under a thick mop of gothic long hair. 

4) Naming your characters: Make sure your character's names are different and look different when written down. Give each character a surname too. If they have one name, this comes across as an incomplete identity. 

5) Conflict, conflict, conflict: Not only should you have a long term conflict for your screen play, but your characters should have internal conflicts of their own to deal with. 

6) Secrets: Giving your characters secrets whether big or small, enable you to pick away layers and keep your viewers interested along the way. 

7) Keep it consistent: Make sure you keep your characters consistent in both background and behaviour. 

8) Dialogue stuff, sentences: People don't speak in complete sentances nor do they all speak alike.

9) Stay away from the nose: Don't state the obvious. This refers to the dialouge that states too clearly what a character is thinking without filtering through their personality or agenda. 

10) Keep it unpredictable: When Princess Leia tells Han Solo 'i love you' in The Empire Strikes Back The scene is most memorable for his response 'I know' 

11) Keep it Varied: does a character even need to respond verbally to a statment? 
Again don't be predictable. 

12) First line: The first line your character speaks should sum up an aspect of their personality. 

13) Language=life: Make sure your character's language reflects their life experiences. 

14) Double hyphen: Has one character stepped on another characters line? Cutting them off before they finish speaking. 

15) Fresh Slang: Why nt make up your own slang? Using the latest words, phrases and cultural references will date your script extremely quickly. 

16) Mix dialogue and action: In life stuff happens all at once. People don't stop talking because a bus is about to explode. 

17) Don't tell me what i've seen: If Debbie's head just exploded The viewers don't need James to tell them. 

18) No place for closed questions: If you have a question that leads to the answer yes or no then get rid of it. 

19) Misunderstandings: Characters should misunderstand or misinterpret each other just as people do in real life. 

20) Style stuff, Present tense: Always keep your action description s in the present tense. 

21) What not to include: The action descriptions in your screenplay should nt include 

• Thoughts
• Hopes
• Backstory 

22) Keep it clear: "The father of the bride who runs a pizza restaurant" is not a good scentence. 

Who sells the pizzas the father or the bride? 

23) OH MY GOD: Using all capitals in your action description signifies something important. It's a way of making the important elements pop when someone reads the script. 

24) Keep it punchy: Break long sentences and keep your descriptions as vivid as you can. 

25) Write it first then edit: This script won't be as punchy, exciting or engaging as possible on the first draft.