Term 6 / Final Project: News Show

This assignment allows you to demonstrate your acquired knowledge of journalism. You will close with a 15 minute news broadcast. With a production team of no more than five students, you will divide yourselves into reporters, anchor person(s), weather forcaster, editorial director and editor. Folks may obviously take on more than one roll. Performances / projects will be performed on Monday June 7, Tuesday June 8 and Wednesday June 9. You will get the specific time for your group next week. (Incidently, the final exam for this class is Thursday June 10. This will also be the last day we meet, as I am gone that Friday.

For each of the following segments of your news show, you must write out a detailed script that includes dialogue (some of which you will read), any blocking, props and choreography (where individuals are placed within the news set or out in the field, items they need to interact with and how they physically move).
Here is the suggested order. (You may vary from this).

1. opening
2. news
3. interview
4. commercial
5.news
6. weather
7. sports
8.commercial
9. editorial / feature
10. closing

All scripts are due to me on Wednesday June 2. This should be presented as a group, not individual. Make sure you get your material to the editor to check for grammar / spelling, etc.

Details:
You may present a live show or film your segments.
You may use the smart board as needed.
News: prepare each story to be as visible as possible. Do-on-location filming and inerviews to give the idea of what was happening. This involves determing all of he stories that will fill the broadcast.
Interview: Prepare questions and set-up times to interviw valuable parites for information. Mske sure the setting is appropriate for the interview- especially audio for taping. Watch out for noisy backgrounds.
Weather: The person in charge must prepare a forecast that includes today's weather, as well as the next five days. Include graphics!
Sports: Include more than one and get footage / images of teams.
Editorial / Short Feature: The editorial can be the view of the station's management on an issue pertinent to the school or a more human-interest story. (you might try a point / counterpoint).

Director / editor: This individual should produce a floor plan of the entire broadcast to be handed in with the scripts on June 2.

NOTE THAT THIS IS A TIMED SEGMENT: PRACTICE ...REHEARSE...PRACTICE