The main focus of our opening two minutes is a news report. This is because it informs the audience of the death of ‘Ruby Maverick’, the ‘leading lady’ of our film, and it is important that the report is as verisimilitude as possible.
Background Research:
It is obvious that the style of news reporting has changed through the decades and this is down to various factors including the development in technology. From research it was found that during the 1970’s video tape replaced film and the introduction of live microwave trucks were added allowing local stations to go live from the scene. Then in the 1980’s “Networks and some stations even added satellite newsgathering trucks, which allowed them to drive across country to beam back news reports. As with the introduction of microwave trucks in the 1970s, stations looked for any reason to use this equipment.”
This told us that our idea for a news reporter at the scene of ‘Ruby’s’ death was still viable. Even though it was not used as much as it is today, it was something that was becoming more common in the decade of the 1980’s.
Autocue in the news room was also in full use by this time, so we need make sure that our actor is not reading from their script or notes. We could perhaps create our own cue cards for him to read from to help create the illusion of their being an Autocue.
Links from News studio to person reporting on-the-scene:
The style of on-the-scene reporting was different in the 1980’s and, unlike in today’s news, the anchor reporter did not give an introduction to the reporter on-the-scene. It simply cut from the studio or current report to the ‘scenes’ location and in some cases an insert title flashed up giving the reporters name and their location. This is something we could consider including when editing our final news report.
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| News Reporter 'On-the-Scene' |
Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCfcF1BTlEI - (BBC Nine o’clock News with Kenneth Kendall 1980)
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