WINOL week 6

This week, I was in charge of vision mixing for both the entertainment show and WINOL. Angus commented that the vision mixing went well.

Angus Scott's de-brief

General points to note regarding this week's WINOL bulletin:

• Circulation is good (400 views), due to promotion but a lack of planning and organisation prevented us getting more views.
• The Director is always in charge over the Editor, when in the gallery.
• It is vital to have a controlled environment in the studio and the gallery.
• The bulletin this week was once again good - but unfortunately not as good as last week. This was suggested to be down to the problems experienced in the gallery and studio.
• Interviews are good, they are becoming more ambitious.
• There are sound issues on certain packages. I.e. slight wind.
• Work needs to be delegated from the News Editor to other members of the team.
• WINOL now has a music composer.
• Routine needs to be present between news, production and features. The content needs to be consistently good across all areas of WINOL.
• On the website, the panel on the right, needs to contain only features.
• All features must have headlines, in order to be put up on the website.
• Think clever, use weaknesses as strengths. I.e. First day fashion at Uni. Any piece needs the wow factor. It needs to be technically and thematically outstanding.

Production

• Very good teamwork and atmosphere in the studio and gallery.
• Fixed strap lines were used this week. This helps to produce consistency and continuity throughout the bulletin.
• Pulling the graphic, which had a spelling mistake, was the right decision to make.
• The handover this week caused confusion and so needs to be made simpler for next week.
• Apology made for technical difficulty showed professionalism.
• Old taglines need to be updated.
• Live stream needs to be up and running successfully.

News

• The headlines were successful this week.
• Say 'hello', as this is easier than 'good afternoon'.
• There was a general problem with links; with the Japan story, do not allude to content, say. For example, 'events in homeland', should use the word 'earthquake'. Good emotion techniques were used. For example, the photographs of the earthquake was not shown straight away, enticing and capturing the audience.
• Any links with Winchester need to be mentioned.
• A clear angle needs to be set before creating the piece. The story needs to be made local.
• Make sure language is chose carefully. For example, the word 'chaos' used to describe the demolition of a wall by a joy rider, appears insensitive when the bulletin includes stories concerning the Japanese earthquake and the Libyan revolt.
• Links need to include both exposition and conversational elements.
• Check to see if archive footage is available.
• Even if a party have refused to comment, this can still be put into a package.

Sport

• Sports levels need to be altered.  Voiceovers need to be lowered and the sports action heightened.
• In studio, if presenting, do not use SOQ in your own package.
• Spelling needs to be double checked, as a graphic had to be pulled due to a spelling mistake.