GTV Newscast - ID# 18
Geneva
News Program
Entry Description
GTV - Geneva High School's daily newscast produced by students. This show features our bi-weekly sportscast, "Sports Shield", info about our music program and a hype video.
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/28 1:24 am - Good anchor energy. Tighten up the composition and bring us closer to your anchors. Nice intro. Cue your anchors quickly right out of the intro. Audio levels overall seem low. Make sure you are hovering around -3 db and maxing at -1 db. It's really noticeable during sports anchoring. I like the sports transition. Most of the sports however is announcing when things will be happening rather than on sports results. The main news set has an orange hue to it due to lights. Not sure if you have a way to adjust this to a more natural light hue. Lots of good stories which are meaningful to your audience. Audio cuts in and out abruptly at times. Use effects to transition smoother in package production.
- 4/18 1:46 pm - Lighting on the anchors is very yellow and dark. Nice opening to the show- shows lots of what your school is about. Nice transition to the sports segment. Audio on sports got really quiet. Even the interview in the dance segment- make sure a good microphone is being used to capture quality audio. Perhaps some graphics in the sports? Can we SEE the scores as well as hear about them? Good b-roll and interview in choir story. Overall, a fast paced show with lots of information in it. A good show to inform your school and keep them aware of what's going on.
Judge 1
Positives: -Great energy from the anchors off the top. They work well together -I like the variety of student announcements to keep people informed and the sports highlight at the end to close the newscast
Improvements: -some of the sound is a bit over modulated or doesn’t transition smoothly. Try to fade in/out your audio when you transition from segment to segment -try to add in more soundbites from interviews to add variety to your newscast and perspective from the public
Judge 2
Positives: With its enthusiastic anchors and creative video such as the Comfy Day b-roll, this newscast was fun and likely kept students’ attention. Great b-roll in the choir piece.
Improvements: This newscast could have benefited from more in-depth news packages, and instead relied too heavily on anchors reading headlines. News packages are more engaging since they give a reporter the opportunity to tell a story. Graphics were inconsistent and unpolished. A theme to the graphics package with a more professional look would help tie the program together.
Judge 3
Positives: - Overall, you did a great job finding appropriate visuals for each story. There's a good mix of b-roll throughout and it shows! - Great job getting some sound bites that move all of your stories forward, and the bites you chose were good too.
Improvements: - The newscast lacks some continuity & flow. Try to set up each of your stories with a line or two about what they are. - You have bits and pieces of natural sound, but then the audio completely goes away. Next time, keep some of that volume but bring it to a level where viewers can still understand the voiceover. This helps the viewer feel as if they were at the location.
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