Firstly,
I looked at a local Gold Coast News bulletin from Channel 9, during the
coverage of Cyclone Marcia. The program predominantly covers local news
stories and highlights the rundown of a general news bulletin.
The
first issue I noticed with the bulletin was an imagery issue. The background behind
the presenter is completely blurred and covered in rainfall. A camera displays
the live backdrop of the Gold Coast and during wet weather the camera is
covered in water. I believe this suggests the program is amateur. It would be
better suited to have a still background or have a live shot with a camera that
isn’t covered in water droplets. The background therefore becomes immediately
distracting to the viewer.
At
1min 50secs there is a shot that does not fit the screen (filmed on an iPhone)
and this is simply mirrored to cover the wide screen. This shows the footage
has been sent in by the public and it is not as good quality as the rest of the
bulletin. This is an issue with the harsh deadlines and a lack of stronger
technology allowing journalists to gather better footage.
At
3 mins 17secs the talent is also filmed incorrectly, the talent is looking
directly at the camera and is centred, rather than being shot in two thirds of
the screen. Again this is an amateur issue with the filming of the news
segment.
Yet
again, the weather news continues with a separate reporter in a new location with
another angle to the Cyclone Marcia story. At 3mins 46secs we can again notice
the mirror image method used when footage has been taken on a phone. It looks
much less professional, but is used because of the short deadlines set on
journalists.
Here
is the segment of the bulletin with the most issues that I focused on with my
critique...
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