Research and Planning

Advanced Portfolio Brief

An extract/package from a local TV news programme, lasting approximately five minutes, together with:

• A generic radio trailer for the programme
• A short title sequence for the programme

On this page you will find all of your lessons so that you can keep up to date with what is expected of you.  You can also refer back to the glossaries and key terminology.

Lesson 1 and 2 - What is my Advanced Production?  How will I be marked?

Lesson 3 - What are the codes and conventions of a TV News programme?

Clip 1 - Newswipe with Charlie Brooker, 'The Language of TV News'

Clip 2 - BBC News

Clip 3 - CBBC Newsround

Clip 4 - Midlands Today

Lesson 4 and 5 - Designing your local news station logo

Lesson 6 - How do I present my Research and Planning?

The more creatively we can present our research the better.  Use of technology is paramount.  Follow the link below in order to see a number of marked blogs.  Create a checklist, to determine how you should present your research and planning.  How can you present your work in a more creative way?

OCR Exemplar Materials

 Look below at examples from Niall and Megan:

Present a creative analysis of five Television News Programmes. 

Consider:

• Form
• Codes and Conventions/Rhetoric of presentation
• Media Language
• Representation of people, places and events

Lessons 7 and 8 - How does TV News use Genre and Narrative?

Use the following PowerPoint and the notes from the lesson to demonstrate your understanding of the elements of Genre and Narrative theories.  Try to link at least one narrative theory to the elements of a TV news broadcast.  Present this understanding on your Research and Planning page.  With the research you will need to upload the video of your presentation.

Lesson 9 - How do we watch TV News and why?

Use the following clips from the lesson to help you explore the types of news programmes broadcast and the news values that the stories relate to.