Codes and conventions

Question 1

Visual codes of a news anchor?

Answer 1

1. Clean haircut
2. Clean shaven
3. Well-dressed

Question 2

Conventions of news report

Answer 2

• News package: a pre-recorded, and self-contained, television news story. The reporter is likely to be in vision at the story location and the package may contain interviews.
• Actuality footage: for instance - a news reader reports breaking news and a short clip of footage is shown from the event/story itself.
• Piece to camera: when a reporter presents directly to the lens of the camera.
• Cut away: a shot that cuts away from the main action to a separate or secondary action
• Voice over: the audio track of a presenter or reporter, over a video clip and pictures to explain what is going on.
• Two-way interview: Studio news reader interviews a contributor or correspondent
• Graphics: on screen images used to explain or clarify the story. Often used to show statistics.
• Standard out cue: the form of words agreed by a television station, and used by all reporters at the station, to sign off at the end of a story.
• TV straplines: the two lines of text that appear along the bottom of the screen on, for example, the ABC News Channel. e.g. 1st line: Baghdad Bomb 2nd line: 40 killed by suicide bombers

Field Reporter

Vox Pop

Expert

Intro

Outro

Music

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