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?
(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.
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