Tuesday 27 November 2012

Channel 5 News Review 27.11.12


There was a good variety of stories in the bulletin, the top story was the extreme flooding that has occurred across Britain. There was a good variety of shots in this story, with a mixture of vox pops, pieces to camera, graphics and interviews. The graphic was very clear and helped to illustrate where in the country had been affected and gave the information people needed to know. However although I appreciate the fact that this is an important story, it seemed excessively long and took up a disproportionate amount of the bulletin. There didn’t seem to be a need for two correspondents on the same story.

 I found it unusual that the back of the interviewers head was in shot for many of the interviews, it was quite uncomfortable to watch and didn’t add anything to the interview as the interviewees eye line would have been the same if they were out of shot.  Another touch which I found quite unusual was the intense creepy music underlying the image of the norovirus. It seemed like an unnecessary addition and made it seem like the norovirus is a lot more dangerous than it actually is. The relaxed presenting style was comfortable to watch but her speech still remained far too light hearted during the more serious stories so there was no contrast between the hard and soft news.  

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