Research 8 - By Ben Jones - Good Morning Britain

For my second piece of research I decided to analyse a different news programme, it is still on the same channel though but it is from a different time of day. Below is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWpoS83xdkA
                                 

                                      

 

 

These 3 screen shots are taken from the very start of the news program, the shots were shown before we see the presenters. The whole time these are being shown the non-diegetic sound of the shows theme tune is playing along with a voice over from one of the presenters giving the audience an introduction to the news stories. As these shots are in order of when they appear we can see a set of conventions starting to develop. The serious news about the storms is at the start and the more trivial news about celebrity relationships is at the end, this is most likely because they know not everyone is interested in these stories.

 

Along the bottom there is a breaking news bar and a bar that tells the viewers the news that will feature within the duration of the broadcast. This makes sure all of the main stories from that day are represented and it makes sure that the audience who may not have time to watch the whole bulletin. The weather icon adds an extra level of visualization to attract the audience and again caters for the viewer who may not have much time to watch the TV.

From this mid shot we can see that the weather is presented from within the studio, we can see they have strayed from the old traditional standing in front of a green screen and pointing at a map. The mise en scene of the screen is giving the impression that the show is modern and up to date.

This shows us how understandably the largest amount of screen time is being given to the marked top story, we can see it is the main focus from this two shot. It shows that a reporter has been sent to where all of the action is/has taken place. This is to get the reaction of the general public as they know the story will be an issue of debate for many people at home. Also in this case it makes the story seem more real and makes it hit home more, by hearing these accounts an emotional connection is built up between the audience and the story.