tvbroad

• broadcasting - to send out or transmit using radio/television/streaming
• broadcasting - something that covers a wide range of different communication methods including television, radio, podcasts, etc.
• tv broadcasting - telecommunications network for the distribution of television program content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pray television providers.
• people in broadcasting

  • anchor/s
  • reporters
  • producer/director/floor director
  • video graphics editor
  • video researcher/production assistant
  • video journalist/camera man
• tv broadcasting

  1. content
  2. human voice
  3. technical application
• content - the core of the broadcast piece
• script - written material indicating verbal and nonverbal action that has to go into the program
• script - tells us what to do and say and when and how
• importance of script

  • ensure accuracy of information
  • ensure continuity of program
  • maximize airtime
• broadcast news writing uses a different structure than print journalism
• structure : direct to the point
• characteristics : simple
• length : shortest possible
• sentence structure : simple only (one idea = one sentence = one paragraph, one sentence = three lines ratio)
• purpose : writing for the ear, consider element of immediacy
• parts of script

  • front page
  • program rundown
  • main script
• seen in the front page:

  • logo
  • date
  • station name
  • list of talents
• for front page:

  • ALL CAPS
  • readable font
  • better written in a table
  • must have all necessary parts
• THE 4C's

  1. correctness (accuracy)
  2. clarity (easily understood)
  3. conciseness (brevity & shortness)
  4. color (interesting)
• sample contents:

  1. international news
  2. national news
  3. local news
  4. entertainment news
  5. sports news
  6. informercial/DevCom
• components of audiovisual script:

  1. visual
  2. aural
• visual - will tell us what we will actually see
• aural - what we need to hear
• view the video before writing the story - words must match video
• identify people shown in stories quickly - don't leave viewers guessing
• let the pictures tell the story - use words to clarify items that aren't obvious
• ONE sentence = ONE idea
• avoid writing sentences with a lot of punctuations & create bite size informations
• create an outline
• bumper - some lines between the news and commercial breaks
• bumper - tell the listeners that there will be some more news coming up
• billboard - heard after the news
• billboard - reminds what product sponsors the said news
• headlines - teasers of the top stories in a news program
• headlines - appears right after OBB
• OBB - Opening Billboard
• OBB - standard (short) first video of the program
• CBB - Closing Billboard
• CBB - end video of he show
• violator - graphic element placed on the screen to identify the network/channel airing the program