We had to devise a story structure and angle and then create a script which we will act out and film on Thursday. We also had to come up with a headline and tag which would grab our audiences attention and make them want to watch our programme.
HEADLINE: One million join the fight to stop transportation of live animals for slaughter.
TAG: The European Commission is under pressure today as one million people sign a petition to put an end to long, live transport of animals overseas.
Story structure and angle
Presenter lead
- Live transport overseas could be ended after a petition has reached over one million signatures.
- The RSPCA seeks to stop the shipment of animals overseas to prevent the suffering caused by the long distance journeys.
- The RSPCA has been campaigning over the matter for 20 years.
Interview / reporter
- The RSPCA surveyed the British public and 66% were ‘appalled’ by live animals being transported long distances for slaughter.
- Campaigns, Eyes on Animals and TSB/AWF carried out an investigation and found animals starving and without water in a truck parked in direct sunlight for 24 hours. Sheep were made to wait 5 days before continuing their journey and standing on carcasses of lambs that were trampled to death.
- The RSPCA campaign, Stop The Trucks, will be asking that an eight hour limit is imposed on all transportation of animals for slaughter. Here we have David Bowles, head of public affairs at the RSPCA. How pressing is this issue?
- “This shipment of live animals for slaughter and further fattening overseas continues to be legal in the UK, this issue is something the RSPCA is deeply concerned about”.
- And I understand that there is a petition that is being handed to the European Commission?
- About petition...
- Thanks David... back to the studio.
Back to Presenter
Research & facts
- 66 percent of people appalled by live animals being transported long distances for slaughter and almost 7 out of 10 believe that animals should only be slaughtered in the country they have been reared.
- Cramped, o
vercrowded conditions
Transported hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles as far as the middle east
- The EC is responsible for proposing legislation and making decisions across the EU and so their input is vital to ensure animals are being treated humanely.
- Raising public awareness that will push the EC to change the law and put an end to this tragedy
Sources
Visuals
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Audio
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Presenter in studio
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Presenter:
“Good evening and welcome to the 6 o’clock news, I’m Alex Hargood. The European Commision is under pressure today as one million people sign a petition to put an end to long live transport of animals overseas. Reporter Katie Joslin is at the Port of Dover.”
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Reporter in the field
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Katie:
“Thanks Alex, a petition calling for a stop to shipping animals has reached one million signatures. I’m here in Dover where trucks carrying livestock will be taken across Europe for slaughter. The RSPCA, which is a member of Eurogroup for animals has been campaigning for the last 20 years to put an end to shipping animals overseas. They believe these journeys can cause a lot of suffering for animals being transported to slaughterhouses. The group has been pushing for this particular agenda for the last 18 months reached this milestone today, hitting one million signatures on an online petition. I’m here with David Bowles from the RSPCA, David how significant is this?”
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Reporter with interviewee (David Bowles)
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Interview
Questions:
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Shoot day
The following Thursday we put our script into action and filmed our news report. Alex was the news presenter, Katie was the reporter at a 'live' location and Jason was the interviewee from the RSPCA while I was on the sound and helped with the camera and held up some lines for Katie and Jason to read from. We started with filming the presenter scene with Alex. We were introduced to a new piece of equipment which reflected an iPad screen with the script on it so Alex could read while looking at the camera.
We had a few problems with the clip mic to start with which reduced our green screen time but once it was sorted we got straight into the filming. The scene from the news room went really well, looked really professional and Alex did a great job.
It was then Katie and Jasons' turn, Alex and myself were on the camera and sound and I also held up some the script for Katie as she had quite a lot to say. They both did really well, a couple of times we got slightly caught up with the words and Katie was further on in the script to what I was showing her. We took a couple of takes but in the end we completed the whole piece with no mistakes (apart from Katie laughing at the end - but that was edited shorter which made it look better) and we were very pleased with our first little news piece.
Katie edited it for us and put Alex in a news room with the green screen and put captions so the audience would know who everyone is. She also put in the little LIVE caption so the audience also knew when we were 'live'.
What went well?
The green screen part went well, Alex could see the words clearly and it didn't sound like he was reading from a screen. Katie and Jason did a really good job, especially Jason as he had to make up his answers and they linked with the questions very well.
What didn't go well?
The only thing which didn't work so well was the problem with the equipment at the beginning. We have now learnt to always check the equipment when setting up and make sure it works well, therefore, we shouldn't waste any time during filming.
Final news report:
Below is our final news report edited together. We were really happy with the outcome.
Group feedback with Helen:
- Clear opening - knew who Alex was/what he was doing/where were going next- Nice writing
- Maybe too much information from Katie - said bits that Jason should have said as he's the one who knows about the topic
- Rehearse, quick run through to make the info easier for Jason
- Too much pressure on Jasons' part
- Tripod was tricky to follow action - handheld? In real life it would have been on handheld.
- Don't have to cut back to person talking - already had Katie introduced could have stayed on Jason
- Stick with the person on camera for longer - find the shot and stick with it
- Story was really clear/clean
- Can bring mic down further, good quality sound from further away
- Shot on Alex is a bit soft? Check settings? Depth of field - person moves and then is out of focus
We have taken on all the advice from Helen and will bare it all in mind when filming our real news production.
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