Codes and Convention on News

Video 1-  Sky News Special Report: Out and Proud Where Brexit Leaves Us Now

Field Reporter 

They are the type of people who give information to the audience on what is happening outside of the studio. The video I chose to illustrate this type of convention is from the Sky News report called 'Out and Proud: Where Brexit Leaves Us Now.' The presenter is Asian and he is male this is shown at the time of 1:56 where the shot fade in to the presenter.  The reason why they may have used this presenter travelling the country to show some balanced to the report and to show that the UK is multi cultural. This clearly shows the choice of presenter they use. Another convention that this is in this special report news is graphic. The graphics are used to present who the person is and it makes the audience acknowledge the subject name who is talking to the audience. This convention is clearly shown at the time of 10:08 where a graphic is shown from the left corner. It is a hash tag which says '#OutandProud'. This tells the audience where they can talk in the forum.

Mode of Address to the Viewer

It is just the way the presenter or reporter addresses to the audience which is either informal or formal, though most of the times in field report it would be formal. The video form the top of the page uses this type of technique. The throughout the whole clip the tone of voice is very calm and he sound very confident in what he is saying. This will appeal to the audience who are mature as they will like a reporter who has that type of personality whereas the younger audience may not because it may to do with either tone of voice and language complexity. The language that the presenter is using is not complex so it is appealing to wider range of audience as they will be able to understand what he is talking about and this is shown throughout the clip.

Interviewing Experts and Witness

It is where the interviewer ask question to the witness or experts or vox pops on the thought about the incident that happened, which is why Brexit voted out of the European Union. The video from above called 'Out and Proud: Where Brexit Leaves Us Now' demonstrates the convention. One of the conventions they use is location. The presenter interview the old man next to the location of his house. This is done at the time of 8:45, the reason why the interviewer may have interviewed the interviewee in that specific area is to make the audience connect with the interviewee.

Report Structure

Report structure is important to show the audience the order of the news item. The video I chose is the form the Sky news and it is called: 'Out and Proud: Where Brexit Leaves Us Now.' One of the conventions it uses is outside broadcast. This is shown at the time of 26:42 where you see a two shot of the presenter on the left and the left vox pops. The reason why they may use this convention is to gather people feedback on the Union and it makes the audience more involved in it.

Actuality Footage

It is where the reporter illustrates to the audience of an event that happened and they basically want to prove the audience of a certain event that was done. The video I chose is called 'Out and Proud: Where Brexit Leaves Us Now' because they show actual footage that happened in the past. This is done at the time of 21:05 where they use the voice over to describe what is happened. This will make the audience find it easier as they will be able to gain information on what happened.

Video 2 - Referendum Result LIVE: ITV News Special - Part 1

Links to Studio

The first shot is set in the location of ITV main London studio, then the next shots would be from multiple locations throughout the UK where it would show a field reporter/presenter but then the next shot would goes back to the studio after the presenter says what she has to say. This is done at the time of. 8:15-10:01. At 8:37 the camera language is a close up of the presenter and behind the presenter it shows a busy crowd in full debate regarding the Referendum. Although there are some link back and forth to the studio there many links to the various Ballot Stations throughout this report. This shows the audience every angle of what is in the Referendum, different opinion, studio base reporting, field reporting shot of Ballot Stations, it is fast paced, live and it is exciting to the audience