Thursday, 5 January 2012

The News Report

Some research went into what a news report about an abduction would consist of. The result of searching the internet led me and my group to a trailer called "My Kidnapper", in the trailer their was footage of a news report which proved itself to be very useful as we ended up with our very own report, going something like this...
"I am here at Rainham School for Girls, the school which Daisy Robinson, a 17 year old girl that went missing 10 days ago: attended.
Today, I have met some students which knew Daisy on a personal level. It is astonishing to see just how much the school has been affected by her disappearance and how much the school is helping Daisy Robinson's parents to find her.
No ransom has been asked from Daisy's kidnappers, so the response of the government will not determine the fate of Daisy.
Back to studio with Mark Jobs with the weather."
Due to editing, some of this is not included, however, the majority is. From audience feedback we got a good response, someone highlighted the fact that it was good the report said "No ransom has been asked from Daisy's kidnappers, so the response of the government will not determine the fate of Daisy" as it suggests that the investigation is still ongoing and therefore, sets up the rest of the film.
Whilst filming the report we were keen to try and shoot in different angles to show a variety of shots, however, it came to our attention, previous to filming, that there was a video filter, which could allow our footage to look like a bad television. Therefore, different shots would be wasted due to the filter.
When we started to edit the news report, we played around with it to try and see what is more effective and if there were any other television filters we could use. Although there were not any other filters, we managed to edit the clip in with other footage so, the audience would be able to hear it yet, see the filming of Daisy being taken in the park. We thought this would work best as a continuous use of one shot of just someone talking for roughly, 20 seconds could loose the attention of the audience , also it is showing people how Daisy's story first began, just as you are receiving all the information for the first time so you are concentrating on both the visual and aural elements.

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