For this unit, I was asked by Sheffield Live to produce a 5 minute TV news broadcast script for the weekly news section for "Games Corner". I had to research current games news (new releases/reviews etc.) for the week that I have been assigned (10/04/2015) to help write my script. I gained client feedback for the script that I produced and was required to make amendments based on the feedback that I was given.
The audience that our script and the show is aimed at, tends to include all ages, from young to a much older audience that play video games, not specifically aiming our topics towards one sex or age group as our subjects are varied and diverse, but for the most section of our script, the contents relates to those of an older age range. This is something that Vicky liked about the show.
Star Wars Battlefront 3 is one of the games that we talked about in our script, the game hasn't got a Pegi rating yet, since it doesn't come on sale until December. The previous instalment was a Pegi rated 12+ which indicates that the person playing the game has to be at least 12 years of age to buy or play the game. This shows that we've related our script to our target audience as this section of the show connects to those 12 or over, which is a largest section of our target demographic.
We've tried to aim our content at an range of ages, not only picking one age group or one subject that relates to that age range. this is why we've also talked about Apple Watch apps and E3 as apple watch especially can relate to a young as well as older audience. This is another reason how we've related our script to our target demographic.
Vicky was overall impressed with our script, only pointing out 2-3 errors with our work which is why we was really happy with the result. Vicky thought that we possibly needed to talk about Sheffield and the local gaming scene more, if the gaps in our script allowed us too. The script also needs to be edited to make the interaction between the presenters a bit more strict and less friendly, to make it feel more like a news type of show.
From the feedback we gained from Vicky, the script needs to be more localised and Sheffield orientated for our target audience, and to be more formal and professional instead of informal and relaxed. This is important as we need to follow the conventions of T.V magazine styled scripts and to follow the conventions of the show.
From the feedback we received from Vicky, our main focus was making the script more formal as this were the main, key issue that we needed to improve and change by the time our script was finished.
To change our script, we will first deal the script and the content as Vicky asked us to possibly add in more information about the local gaming scene. This as well as news and rumours about things happening in Sheffield, related to the world of gaming, if our script would allow us room to. To do this we would are going to make our script longer, so we can add in more information about this topic. Also we will relate this content to other work I have done for the same show (Games Corner) where I took part in filming and editing a short video about gaming and animals, all relating to a Sheffield based gaming night at the RSPCA centre. This is important as not only will our script be longer, which gives us more content, but it also adds in a relevant theme of gaming, all being Sheffield based and communist orientated.
Vicky also asked us to make the conversation between herself and Jordan a little more formal, to make the piece look more professional, like a news article. To do this we will re-write the conversation sections between the main articles in the script. We will be able to shorten these sections down because of the added time we will gain through adding the Sheffield gaming based news that we have included. This is important because not only will the script will look and feel more professional, but it will allow Vicky and Jordan to interact and communicate better and more cohesively.
Throughout the duration of writing our script, we made sure that we followed the conventions and guidelines to how a professional script would look. To do this we made sure our script were written in Courier, font size 12, this way the font and font size were set to professional standard. This is a type of guide line, for all scripts in many different types of media to follow. This is also shown in all of my example scripts, which is one of the main sources we followed to make sure that our script was written correctly, especially the T.V news script as its a similar style to our own.
Our script ended up a mix of both formal and informal, as we allowed interaction between the hosts (Vicky and Jordan) as well as keeping the style and content, strict and professional to make the show match the conventions.
The house style of the games corner script is a magazine styled review that follows the conventions of other formal styled, magazine programs, where they will be lots of topics and subjects covered over the duration of the broadcast. The script will have the structure of any other similar styled scripts. Any transitions or effects will be on the left hand side, anything that involves location will be on the right and the text itself, will be in the centre.
All scripts have different layout conventions, our script would fit that of a magazine/T.V show. Regarding our script, on the first page they will be text including the date the script was created, the people taking part in making the script the section and episode, the graphic effects logo, the sound effects intro sound, the general transitions and enhancements, and the introduction to the start of the next page which will be the interaction and cuts between the hosts. this will continue throughout the script until its end.
The mode of address for our script is teacher to pupil, simply because of the way the script is written. Before the script was updated, the mode of address was peer to peer, but P2P tends to be a lot more informal, which isn't the way Vicky wanted the script to look, as its a professional, news styled T.V show, which is usually formal based depending on who its aimed at.
In relation to content, since we received Vicky's feedback, the only content related news we had to add too (if we felt the need to) was Sheffield and local based content and news. Since we have now added my RSPCA Sheffield gaming night video to the script (and also correctly edited the script based on Vicky's feedback) and both the group and Vicky are happy with the result, we haven't missed any content in our script.
As all of our content was different and aimed at a verity of ages, we had no content for specific age groups, especially for those over the age of 18. If we had any content related to those over 18, it would have been important that they were no explicit visuals or swearing shown due to the possibility of audiences under 18 watching it. Also we would have made sure that overall, the content of the script included no swearing, portrayal of offencive themes or visuals that may be distressing to younger audiences (gore/sex etc.). Our script was originally different as we had content and news from such games as Mortal Combat X and GTA IV, which would have originally required us to take these themes into more consideration.
The Games Corner will be shown during daytime television pre-watershed time, meaning viewers of any age can watch the show. We will ensure that they will be no expletive language or offencive themes within our script.
In terms of being bias, Vicky made it clear that she thought the show and the presenters were balance well, as they both had equal segments and dialogue. Although our topics are not those of which the presenters can be outright bias about, due to the content being information based. The informal element of the show means that there can discussion between the presenters in order to keep the flow of conversation going as well grab the interest of the viewers listening. An example of this would be when the hosts introduce the review of such themes such as the Star Wars trailer. As this topic can be a very bias and opinionated theme because of the popularity of the movies. Because they, and many viewers anticipate the game to be great, in this instance, based on the success of the previous games and the films, the game is shown in a positive light. Specific examples include 'potential to become the greatest Battlefront game yet. There's also some bias opinions about Sheffield based themes and games, as Sheffield Live are a community based broadcaster. The show and the radio station would like to promote community based projects, to better the station. Some examples of this would be them promoting such companies such as Sumo Digital and Team Cooper.
The topics that will be discussed by the hosts of the Games Corner are properly credited because they will say the companies responsible for developing and publishing the games. This is shown when Vicky and Jordan state just some if the company's that will be attending the E3 event coming up in America. In order to use such visuals and audio from games and videos for our script, we will have to reference and give credit to the copyright owners in the shows credits. Sheffield Live! TV owns a license allowing for the use of such visuals and audio provided they are used in a educational format, which is what they'll be used for, to provide information in The Games Corner.
Libel means 'false information', so we ensured that all of our information was correct. We used reliable and trusted sources from a range of websites to back up our content. This primarily includes getting reliable news and content from the actual websites of the companies we talked about, for example, we gained the Apple watch news through the apple website. The battle field news and trailer through the Star Wars Battlefront 3 website and You Tube and the E3 content and information through the E3 website.This news influenced our script and visuals. Because the news was from a reliable source, it was viable to put this content in the script.
Thursday 15 January 2015
Wednesday 14 January 2015
LO4: Revised script
Here is my comparison between my draft script in LO3, compared to my updated script in LO4. Based on the feedback me and my group gained from Vicky (from Sheffield Live) I updated the script, relying on Vicky's input and improvements to help me correctly complete this task. Everything highlighted in yellow, are the items I updated in my script. The highlighted parts consist of spelling mistakes, that I've correctly altered, a selection of too informal text that I've made more formal and professional looking (based on Vicky's feedback) and new text that I've added to relate to the sheffield based suggestion that Vicky recommended.
Tuesday 13 January 2015
Monday 12 January 2015
Sunday 11 January 2015
LO4: Games corner script feedback
Today our team will be meeting Vicky Kirby from Sheffield Live TV; a presenter from the Games Corner, in relation to discuss our draft script and gain feedback on it.
I had come up with 5 questions in order to ask vicky about our script so that we can gain feedback and make improvements.
1) Do you think we covered enough news topics to keep the viewer intrested?
2) Did the new script balance well for both the presenters equally?
3) Was the gaming news relevent for the show and was it suitable for the target audience and genre?
4) Do you think the news we mentioned was spread out enough to cover a few different areas of the gaming genre?
5) Do we need to make any improvements to the layout, text or dialoge?
Our meeting with Vicky
Feedback from Vicky
Hi Caitlin,
Here is feedback from your script. If you need me to elaborate on any of the answers feel free to drop me a message.
1) Do you think we covered enough news topics to keep the viewer intrested? I
do, I really enjoyed the fact that all 3 topics were different and also gaming related.
2) Did the new script balance well for both the presenters equally?
Yes I felt that it was balanced well between both presenters.
3) Was the gaming news relevent for the show and was it suitable for the target audience and genre?
I felt all of the topics covered were relevent and is suited to all types of gamers and also is applicable to other audiences.
4) Do you think the news we mentioned was spread out enough to cover a few different areas of the gaming genre?
I really liked the topics that were picked you didn't just stick with releases or events it was mixed up well enough and covered enough to fill the slot for the show, however if you want to add more to it, think about covering a local event/development.
5) Do we need to make any improvements to the layout, text or dialoge?
The layout of the script is fine however, I spotted that there were a few parts of the script with informal content. I would say to avoid putting in too many scenes of us laughing/asking each other questions as it takes away the 'news' feel of the segment. Once those changes have been made I think it will be a great script.
I had come up with 5 questions in order to ask vicky about our script so that we can gain feedback and make improvements.
1) Do you think we covered enough news topics to keep the viewer intrested?
2) Did the new script balance well for both the presenters equally?
3) Was the gaming news relevent for the show and was it suitable for the target audience and genre?
4) Do you think the news we mentioned was spread out enough to cover a few different areas of the gaming genre?
5) Do we need to make any improvements to the layout, text or dialoge?
Our meeting with Vicky
Feedback from Vicky
Hi Caitlin,
Here is feedback from your script. If you need me to elaborate on any of the answers feel free to drop me a message.
1) Do you think we covered enough news topics to keep the viewer intrested? I
do, I really enjoyed the fact that all 3 topics were different and also gaming related.
2) Did the new script balance well for both the presenters equally?
Yes I felt that it was balanced well between both presenters.
3) Was the gaming news relevent for the show and was it suitable for the target audience and genre?
I felt all of the topics covered were relevent and is suited to all types of gamers and also is applicable to other audiences.
4) Do you think the news we mentioned was spread out enough to cover a few different areas of the gaming genre?
I really liked the topics that were picked you didn't just stick with releases or events it was mixed up well enough and covered enough to fill the slot for the show, however if you want to add more to it, think about covering a local event/development.
5) Do we need to make any improvements to the layout, text or dialoge?
The layout of the script is fine however, I spotted that there were a few parts of the script with informal content. I would say to avoid putting in too many scenes of us laughing/asking each other questions as it takes away the 'news' feel of the segment. Once those changes have been made I think it will be a great script.
Saturday 10 January 2015
LO4: The Questions
We send Vicky our script and 5 questions prior to our meeting with her. This would enable Vicky time to give us some suitable feedback to discuss in the meeting.
1) Do you think we covered enough news topics to keep the viewer interested?
I do, I really enjoyed the fact that all 3 topics were different and also gaming related.
2) Did the new script balance well for both the presenters equally?
Yes I felt that it was balanced well between both presenters.
3) Was the gaming news relevent for the show and was it suitable for the target audience and genre?
I felt all of the topics covered were relevent and is suited to all types of gamers and also is applicable to other audiences.
4) Do you think the news we mentioned was spread out enough to cover a few different areas of the gaming genre?
I really liked the topics that were picked you didn't just stick with releases or events it was mixed up well enough and covered enough to fill the slot for the show, however if you want to add more to it, think about covering a local event/development.
5) Do we need to make any improvements to the layout, text or dialogue?
The layout of the script is fine however, I spotted that there were a few parts of the script with informal content. I would say to avoid putting in too many scenes of us laughing/asking each other questions as it takes away the 'news' feel of the segment. Once those changes have been made I think it will be a great script.
Here is feedback from your script. If you need me to elaborate on any of the answers feel free to drop me a message.
1) Do you think we covered enough news topics to keep the viewer interested?
I do, I really enjoyed the fact that all 3 topics were different and also gaming related.
2) Did the new script balance well for both the presenters equally?
Yes I felt that it was balanced well between both presenters.
3) Was the gaming news relevent for the show and was it suitable for the target audience and genre?
I felt all of the topics covered were relevent and is suited to all types of gamers and also is applicable to other audiences.
4) Do you think the news we mentioned was spread out enough to cover a few different areas of the gaming genre?
I really liked the topics that were picked you didn't just stick with releases or events it was mixed up well enough and covered enough to fill the slot for the show, however if you want to add more to it, think about covering a local event/development.
5) Do we need to make any improvements to the layout, text or dialogue?
The layout of the script is fine however, I spotted that there were a few parts of the script with informal content. I would say to avoid putting in too many scenes of us laughing/asking each other questions as it takes away the 'news' feel of the segment. Once those changes have been made I think it will be a great script.
Friday 9 January 2015
Thursday 8 January 2015
Wednesday 7 January 2015
Tuesday 6 January 2015
Monday 5 January 2015
LO2: Team Roles
Myself, Harry Swallow and Caitlin will be working on an script, created for week 5 of the SLTV, games corner T.V show. We will be working as a team to create a sample script for the T.V show by 24/04/2015. Our script will include the latest news, content and rumours based around the world of games for our specific week.
Lewis Leversidge: Help both research and write the script
Harry Swallow: Primarily research content
Caitlin: Primarily writing the script
Lewis Leversidge: Help both research and write the script
Harry Swallow: Primarily research content
Caitlin: Primarily writing the script
Sunday 4 January 2015
LO2: Ideas, mood board and audience profile
Target Profile
The average viewer of the Games Corner News T.V show, will be between the ages of 16 - 30. This is because of the typical ages of the average overall gamers within the South Yorkshire area. the show isn't aimed at younger audiences because of the age rating of some of the games mentioned in the show and simply because of the connection between the topics mentioned in the show, as younger audiences won't be interested in the making and development of the games as its mentioned in the script. Any audiences older than our required target, may have likely lost interest, in the topics or have bigger issues and responsibilities, of there own and will no longer have the time to keep in tune with all the newest gaming related news. The demographic will be mainly all males who will be watching, as there are very few females who have a big enough interest in games and gaming in general to go out of there way to find out the new information on games. This is because 35% of gamers in the UK are female, so the Games Corner will accommodate both genders, but will focus more on the male demographic as they are the bigger viewer base by a large amount, in the UK.
Audience Profile
Dom is a 22 year old from Manchester; he's obsessed with video games and everything related to them. Dom is currently unemployed and looking for work in the world of gaming, as he's been searching now for 6 months without any success. Dom's qualified to work in the gaming industry after studying game production in college and university for the past 4 years. Dom really loves games and plays them regularly, and he tries to catch anything he can about gaming on the T.V These shows include Video Game Nation, GINX T.V and his favourite, The Games Corner. Dom has been watching the show since the start, and thinks of it as a great source of information to find out new and exciting things about games. Dom really likes the show, he's even shown interest in the world of Filming, he plans on going to Sheffield Live to seek out more information on the show, and how he can apply. As well as gaming and The Games Corner, Dom also likes Doritos, Mountain Dew and attending cosplay events, where he usually dresses up as his favourite super hero, Batman.
Initial Ideas
Mood board
The average viewer of the Games Corner News T.V show, will be between the ages of 16 - 30. This is because of the typical ages of the average overall gamers within the South Yorkshire area. the show isn't aimed at younger audiences because of the age rating of some of the games mentioned in the show and simply because of the connection between the topics mentioned in the show, as younger audiences won't be interested in the making and development of the games as its mentioned in the script. Any audiences older than our required target, may have likely lost interest, in the topics or have bigger issues and responsibilities, of there own and will no longer have the time to keep in tune with all the newest gaming related news. The demographic will be mainly all males who will be watching, as there are very few females who have a big enough interest in games and gaming in general to go out of there way to find out the new information on games. This is because 35% of gamers in the UK are female, so the Games Corner will accommodate both genders, but will focus more on the male demographic as they are the bigger viewer base by a large amount, in the UK.
Audience Profile
Dom is a 22 year old from Manchester; he's obsessed with video games and everything related to them. Dom is currently unemployed and looking for work in the world of gaming, as he's been searching now for 6 months without any success. Dom's qualified to work in the gaming industry after studying game production in college and university for the past 4 years. Dom really loves games and plays them regularly, and he tries to catch anything he can about gaming on the T.V These shows include Video Game Nation, GINX T.V and his favourite, The Games Corner. Dom has been watching the show since the start, and thinks of it as a great source of information to find out new and exciting things about games. Dom really likes the show, he's even shown interest in the world of Filming, he plans on going to Sheffield Live to seek out more information on the show, and how he can apply. As well as gaming and The Games Corner, Dom also likes Doritos, Mountain Dew and attending cosplay events, where he usually dresses up as his favourite super hero, Batman.
Initial Ideas
Mood board
Saturday 3 January 2015
LO1: Comparing headings
Style and Content
All scripts are written in Courier, and set to font size 12. The font and font size are set to professional standard, as a type of guide line, for all scripts in many different types of media to follow. This is shown in all of my example scripts.
Scripts have character descriptions to show the workers how to specifically preform there job. Without the script, the workers in all aspects of media work, from the actors in a film, the lighting crew in a T.V show and to the presenters in a radio show, wouldn't know what is needed of them by directors and cinematographers.
Computer game scripts include a flowchart because it gives the game the option to let us as a player, make a decision, as we play it. E.G Heavy Rain, The Last Of Us
A presenters script will be laid out differently compared to a characters script. A presenter will have to scripts, a running order of the show and there own personal script for there part, compared to a characters script who will have an overall running order sheet that is similar to what everyones given on the production team.
Games feature an synopsis as a part of the gameplay because it gives a brief description of whats happening in the game, like the story/narrative. This also may happen a synopsis or a snippet of information is key to the games storyline, like in a game slightly based on real historical events like the Call Of Duty franchise.
Screenplays have stage locations compared to any other film/T.V production scripts that have location directions. They work as an action in any other script apart from giving directions for the actors on stage in a play production and at a location in any other type of film media.
Sound effects will be presented on a script beside an action usually given to an actor. simply to show the actor in more detail how preform his or her selected lines more successfully. This is because if a scene is building up to a fight, the actor will see the sound effect (Slap, thump ect) and know how to preform more precisely than without the effect.
Mode of address is how you express the level of writing you use. Peer to peer is informal chat between friends, teacher to student is formal chat with educational conversations and parent to child is informal chat with the topics of conversations being more opinionated and advised based.
Common Narrative structures in screenplays/Monomyth
Narrative Structure
Single stranded: Its told from a single persons perspective. A character. One characters perspective E.G a video game. Escapism (Denis McQuail 1972)
Multi-stranded: Its told from several characters perspective E.G Film, Radio drama, computer games. Lots of cross cutting from different stories, happening at the same time.
Linear: Most stories have a beginning, middle and end, as we've come to expect from all types of media such as books and films. E.G Film, Stereotypes the genre of the product, for example, if its an action film, in the middle, they will be action, which will create an enigma, which also creates suspense and edgy moments as we come to expect them.. (Roland Barthes, Todorov 1977)
Start: character building
Middle: genre
End: climax
non-linear: Doesn't follow convections of a linear broadcast. Who, What, When, Where and Why. E.G Film, Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects.
Genre
The Pulp Fiction script is a fictional crime drama type of documentation, so the slang, tone and dialogue involved is all scripted and rehearsed for the film itself. This is generally the same for all fictional picture films, although some film screenplays allow improvised dialogue and scenes from the actors on random occasions. The radio drama show is also fictional and is based on fictional events, stories, scenes and dialogue created by the script writer. The TV News Broadcast is of course based on non-fictional events happening internationally to inform audiences at home the current stories involving both recent and historical affairs and local and world wide announcements, depending on which news broadcaster you listen too. The video game script is also fictional to appeal to someone at home playing as the character.
Fiction: means that his has made up. Fabricated narrative.
None Fiction: means that it is been based on real events.
Target Audience
The pulp fiction script is specifically aimed towards and older audience (18+) due to its mature nature, extreme violence and stereotypically, the type genre the film is (Crime, Black comedy) The script will be targeted more towards a male audience, rather than a female one, due to its subject matter as a crime drama, even though the film has received widespread popularity, critical acclaim and general fame through both genders who are interested in film as a product. The spending power of who the film is aimed at varies between working class upwards but will be generally targeted at all audiences from C2D to ABC1 spending power.
The television news broadcast script will be aimed at adults both male and female (especially the script I've chosen to look at as it explores gambling themes) wanting to know the current events and stories occurring worldwide and locally. Younger audiences also watch the News, but depending on the age, there is more specific and targeted news programs for a younger audience like News Round (CBBC) and 60 second news (BBC3) The audience targeted by the news script will be generally be working class to middle class citizens and a both as these are generally the households for families who are able to tune into the News, ranging from C2D to BC1 spending powers.
Radio Dramas tend to be a lot less popular with much younger generations, decreasing in popularity, due to the mass media like T.V, radio and magazines and ever increasing technology like laptops, phones and other devices. However these dramas are still often listened to by older audiences around the ages of 50 and above. The male to female ratio for this audience tends to be quite balanced, depending on what radio drama script it is, as obviously one aimed at a female is going to relate to a female audience more and vide versa for a male one. The spending power for radio dramas will most likely be working class of C2D households.
The video game script will be aimed at typically a young and young adult audience, also depending on the age certification and Pegi rating of the games content. The gender will depend on the content and audience range of the game. The game I've chosen to look at seems to be some kind of cut scene or a part of the gameplay from the game, due to the communication between the two characters, that indicates a cut in the gameplay that involves communication between the players, like a cut scene. A video game script will be generally aimed anywhere towards a working class to upper class household who own any type of game console.
All scripts are written in Courier, and set to font size 12. The font and font size are set to professional standard, as a type of guide line, for all scripts in many different types of media to follow. This is shown in all of my example scripts.
Scripts have character descriptions to show the workers how to specifically preform there job. Without the script, the workers in all aspects of media work, from the actors in a film, the lighting crew in a T.V show and to the presenters in a radio show, wouldn't know what is needed of them by directors and cinematographers.
Computer game scripts include a flowchart because it gives the game the option to let us as a player, make a decision, as we play it. E.G Heavy Rain, The Last Of Us
A presenters script will be laid out differently compared to a characters script. A presenter will have to scripts, a running order of the show and there own personal script for there part, compared to a characters script who will have an overall running order sheet that is similar to what everyones given on the production team.
Games feature an synopsis as a part of the gameplay because it gives a brief description of whats happening in the game, like the story/narrative. This also may happen a synopsis or a snippet of information is key to the games storyline, like in a game slightly based on real historical events like the Call Of Duty franchise.
Screenplays have stage locations compared to any other film/T.V production scripts that have location directions. They work as an action in any other script apart from giving directions for the actors on stage in a play production and at a location in any other type of film media.
Sound effects will be presented on a script beside an action usually given to an actor. simply to show the actor in more detail how preform his or her selected lines more successfully. This is because if a scene is building up to a fight, the actor will see the sound effect (Slap, thump ect) and know how to preform more precisely than without the effect.
Mode of address is how you express the level of writing you use. Peer to peer is informal chat between friends, teacher to student is formal chat with educational conversations and parent to child is informal chat with the topics of conversations being more opinionated and advised based.
Common Narrative structures in screenplays/Monomyth
Narrative Structure
Single stranded: Its told from a single persons perspective. A character. One characters perspective E.G a video game. Escapism (Denis McQuail 1972)
Multi-stranded: Its told from several characters perspective E.G Film, Radio drama, computer games. Lots of cross cutting from different stories, happening at the same time.
Linear: Most stories have a beginning, middle and end, as we've come to expect from all types of media such as books and films. E.G Film, Stereotypes the genre of the product, for example, if its an action film, in the middle, they will be action, which will create an enigma, which also creates suspense and edgy moments as we come to expect them.. (Roland Barthes, Todorov 1977)
Start: character building
Middle: genre
End: climax
non-linear: Doesn't follow convections of a linear broadcast. Who, What, When, Where and Why. E.G Film, Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects.
Genre
The Pulp Fiction script is a fictional crime drama type of documentation, so the slang, tone and dialogue involved is all scripted and rehearsed for the film itself. This is generally the same for all fictional picture films, although some film screenplays allow improvised dialogue and scenes from the actors on random occasions. The radio drama show is also fictional and is based on fictional events, stories, scenes and dialogue created by the script writer. The TV News Broadcast is of course based on non-fictional events happening internationally to inform audiences at home the current stories involving both recent and historical affairs and local and world wide announcements, depending on which news broadcaster you listen too. The video game script is also fictional to appeal to someone at home playing as the character.
Fiction: means that his has made up. Fabricated narrative.
None Fiction: means that it is been based on real events.
Target Audience
The pulp fiction script is specifically aimed towards and older audience (18+) due to its mature nature, extreme violence and stereotypically, the type genre the film is (Crime, Black comedy) The script will be targeted more towards a male audience, rather than a female one, due to its subject matter as a crime drama, even though the film has received widespread popularity, critical acclaim and general fame through both genders who are interested in film as a product. The spending power of who the film is aimed at varies between working class upwards but will be generally targeted at all audiences from C2D to ABC1 spending power.
The television news broadcast script will be aimed at adults both male and female (especially the script I've chosen to look at as it explores gambling themes) wanting to know the current events and stories occurring worldwide and locally. Younger audiences also watch the News, but depending on the age, there is more specific and targeted news programs for a younger audience like News Round (CBBC) and 60 second news (BBC3) The audience targeted by the news script will be generally be working class to middle class citizens and a both as these are generally the households for families who are able to tune into the News, ranging from C2D to BC1 spending powers.
Radio Dramas tend to be a lot less popular with much younger generations, decreasing in popularity, due to the mass media like T.V, radio and magazines and ever increasing technology like laptops, phones and other devices. However these dramas are still often listened to by older audiences around the ages of 50 and above. The male to female ratio for this audience tends to be quite balanced, depending on what radio drama script it is, as obviously one aimed at a female is going to relate to a female audience more and vide versa for a male one. The spending power for radio dramas will most likely be working class of C2D households.
The video game script will be aimed at typically a young and young adult audience, also depending on the age certification and Pegi rating of the games content. The gender will depend on the content and audience range of the game. The game I've chosen to look at seems to be some kind of cut scene or a part of the gameplay from the game, due to the communication between the two characters, that indicates a cut in the gameplay that involves communication between the players, like a cut scene. A video game script will be generally aimed anywhere towards a working class to upper class household who own any type of game console.
Friday 2 January 2015
LO1: Example Scripts
This is a Film Script
This is a T.V News Script
This is a Game Script
This is a Radio Drama Script
This is a T.V News Script
This is a Game Script
This is a Radio Drama Script
Thursday 1 January 2015
LO1: Assignment brief scenario
I have been assed by Sheffield Live to produce a 5 minute TV news broadcast script for the weekly news section for "Games Corner". I will research current games news (new releases/reviews etc) for the week that I have been assigned (10/04/2015) to help write my script. I will gain client feedback for the script that I produce and be required to make amendments based on the feedback.
By Completing this unit, I will understand scripts, and the part they play in a range of media products. I will be able to generate a range of ideas, and then use one of these ideas to produce a script for a media product, in response to a client brief. I will use feedback gained from a client to revise their script.
Jasmine Sahu is the production assistant for this project, while Vicky Kilby is the presenter for games corner T.V product that we have made for another unit (Unit 43). These two media professionals have given us an assignment that we will be working on. I will be working closely with these two people after being given the opportunity to work for Sheffield Live. Our product "Games Corner" will be broadcasted on Sheffield Live T.V (SLTV) as one of there main T.V products. SLTV started broadcasting on T.V on the 23rd of September 2014, after originally being just a radio station, broadcasting community radio related content.
By Completing this unit, I will understand scripts, and the part they play in a range of media products. I will be able to generate a range of ideas, and then use one of these ideas to produce a script for a media product, in response to a client brief. I will use feedback gained from a client to revise their script.
Jasmine Sahu is the production assistant for this project, while Vicky Kilby is the presenter for games corner T.V product that we have made for another unit (Unit 43). These two media professionals have given us an assignment that we will be working on. I will be working closely with these two people after being given the opportunity to work for Sheffield Live. Our product "Games Corner" will be broadcasted on Sheffield Live T.V (SLTV) as one of there main T.V products. SLTV started broadcasting on T.V on the 23rd of September 2014, after originally being just a radio station, broadcasting community radio related content.
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