Glenbrook South Report 10/27/23 - ID# 110

Glenbrook South
News Program
Entry Description

The October episode of the Glenbrook South Report, Glenbrook South's monthly news program. This special Halloween episode features stories about the following activities: Japanese Club, the fall play, Band-O-Rama, and a Titan Ten segment.

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Recent Teacher Comments

  • 4/24 6:11 am - Japanese Club - nice b-roll camera work. I do not like the lower third font. It’s not professional looking. Also, watch the headroom on people talking. In the play piece it would be better to have a little bit of natural sound audible when the actors are talking. Good use of b-roll. It seems like every segment producer picked their own font and format for the lower thirds. For consistency there should be one style used throughout.
  • 3/4 7:35 pm - Cool transitions between segments and from the anchor. Story packages are solid starting with Japanese Club. Great b-roll shots and solid interviews. Band interviews look cool. B-roll could be better, not just bleacher footage and far-away shots. TEN is a cute idea- awkward seeing the host stand there holding a mic for everyone! Murder lystery- watch your interview shot so it's not a profile- we need to see both eyes in a single shot. B-roll again is great. The show is packaged together well, but maybe a more Halloween location for the host? The middle of the hallways is not super scary or Halloweeny. Solid show.
  • 3/4 4:20 pm - The open is a little confusing, especially for a newscast. The broll for club story was very well done. The soundbites in this story are interesting, however, having them ID themselves in addition to having a lower 3rd seems redundant. The story is good, but does seem to be more of a promo than a news story. For a band story, there is strangely not much hearing the band. The broll of the band had the audio taken out. The Titan 10, good idea, but how about showing more of each spot and not simply listing them? The library is a secret spot? The Clue story was interesting, the use of music in the story is a little uncommon for a news package. A lot of good soundbites.
Judge 1

Positives: Great Halloween open. That really could have been overdone but it was right on the money. Excellent lighting and framing on the band interviews. And the Clue package was shot extremely well

Improvements: On the Japan club story - you dont need the club's officers to self-intro on camera when you have their names as lower thirds The Japan club story ended in a sound bite and it really needed a tag by the anchor - it was abrupt to go from a student talking about the club to the anchor going straight to the band intro also, the intro to the Clue story was about getting tickets, etc. That's perfect tag material for the anchor.

Judge 2

Positives: Creative intro to the overall show! Fun and inviting standups to lead into packages. Anchor is well composed. Some are quick in conversation. Don't forget to slow down too. Have fun too!

Improvements: Don't forget the overall point of your package. The first package didn't offer insight into when someone could attend the next meeting, a person of contact with their info, etc. This could be Eva...neat take on trying to showcase spots across campus that aren't typically seen. What about making those into their own stories? Really take someone on a journey through a space they haven't been or maybe haven't even heard of. CLUE package...great work on mixing interviews to tell a story. Would've loved to hear natural audio from the production itself mixed into your storyline.

Judge 3

Positives: Good work including so many student interviews. They provided a valuable perspective, and these are the people your viewers want to hear from. Great b-roll shots, especially the close-up shots of interesting Japanese items and the Clue shots.

Improvements: The addition of a field reporter on camera and providing voiceovers would have added a lot to the news packages. A reporter could have helped tell a story, tightened up the packages and prevented the abrupt endings. Aside from the anchor introducing the news packages, the newscast lacked cohesion. Most notably, none of the graphics matched. The Halloween elements were fun but made the program feel like a Halloween variety special instead of a newscast.

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