WINOL week 4

This week, Tom Hepworth was our guest editor. He helped produce the script, watched in on the show from the gallery, visited the studio and also gave us his thoughts on how the show went and how the team performed.

I constructed two OOVs this week. The first was about the murder of a mother-in-law, by her daughter-in-law in Southampton. I took various shots of the house, police van, policeman, police tape and flowers to try and transform a 'dull' story into one that looked more interesting, as a result of the pictures.
The second story was about a hit and run. It involved a policeman, who was hit in the early hours, behind Southampton nightclub Flares. I used shots of the location, where the car travelled to and also where it was abandoned.
I also wrote the script for the OOVs. Unfortunately, due to timings on vision mixing, one of the OOVs was not played.
Angus said that the OOVs were visually good and so I feel I have improved my technical skills and understanding of what shots are needed to tell a story.
This week I also helped out in the studio. My role was to work on autocue, up in the gallery. This involved writing up the script on the autocue, checking the speed levels with the presenters and playing this to the presenters whilst the bulletin is being recorded.

In general this week;
News were very prepared and created enthusiastic links.
Sport this week was successful in the areas of scripting, voicing and interviews. However, levels need to be consistent on microphones and shots need to be visually striking.
The headline clips in production this week were very good, although they need to fade to music. New taglines, logos and background need to be produced for both news and sportsweek, in order to give WINOL a brand new look.

Tom Hepworth's de-brief

Tom's main tip was to keep things simple! News is about people doing things/actions and this is where the focus needs to be when reporters are going out to find their stories. It is also crucial to know the link first, as this will help structure the story. Scripts also need to be complete in advance, to give production enough time to type them up on the autocue.

• Good, strong stories.
• Directing was excellent and calm.  It was an ordered gallery.
• Headline clips need actuality.
• Presenter was calm and assured (hands need to be on the desk).
• Sports need to be more clear. I.e. zoom in, larger font. Technically, very good.

Overall, once again, a successful WINOL.