Assignment 5: Factual Program Production Techniques for TV

Assessor: Gilly Hope

Hand-in Deadline: 26th April 2017

Unit: 27 - Factual Programme Production Techniques for TV

Scenario: Your community TV station is due to launch soon. VPA. TV (your production company) has been asked to prove your understanding of the different codes, conventions and issues relating to factual programming for TV. Produce a report on factual programming genres, news and documentaries.

TASK(s)

Chapter 1 - Genres:

• Investigate and analyze the codes, conventions and issues of factual program genres.
• Genres include educational; magazine; discussion; review; chat show; special interest or 'reality' TV.
• Look at accuracy; balance; impartiality; objectivity; subjectivity;; opinion; bias; representation; access; privacy, and contract with the viewer.

Chapter 2 - News:

• Analysis a news bulletin and explain the codes and conventions of a news program.
• Include news readers; field reporters; links to studio; mode of address to the viewer; interviewing; experts and witnesses; report structure; actuality footage.

Chapter 3 - Documentary:

• Watch a documentary and then explain the codes and conventions.
• Look at documentary format i.e. expository, observational, interactive, reflexive, performative.
• Discuss realism; dramatization and narrativisation.

- Identify issues the producers would face -

To be completed via Word document and uploaded onto Turnitin.