This will be my review of the Channel 5 bulletin from last night, i'll try and go into as much detail as possible! Overall I thought that it was well done.
Floods: Flooding story didn't really have much in the way of natural sound - maybe some gushing water would have worked well. I noticed a lot of cross dissolves being used to hide the cut ways but then they may just be a visual thing, I've personally never used them.
Good shots of people struggling with the floods, makes it very personal and people will react to that. The interview with the person in the house was amazing, it definitely made it more interesting to see the reporter shouting across a pool of water to a man leaning out of his window - brilliant and impressive improvisation
People taking shelter in sports hall - good because again it shows distressed people which will make an impact, however I didn't understand having the back of the reporters head in the shot and in some cases having the gun mic in clear shot.
Sickness: The story about the norovirus had a good use of graphics but there was the same shot re-used with the medical staff in the background with a microscopic image of the virus imposed over the scree - it was a good thing but maybe find something else to use as the second shot. It also seemed to make it out to be more than it was, yes it's bad but it's not nearly as bad as it was made out to be.
The news recap after the break was good, kept people interested and it is for the benefit of people who maybe didn't catch the show from the start, it was a very charming feature.
Nadine Dorries story: Seemed to me that it was just to have the novelty of being in Westminster in the shot when they didn't actually get her after the event or anything, it was nice but was somewhat lacking in a sense.
Yasser Arafat: This story was interesting from the get go and it was easy to be involved with it - as it stands to be a very profound aspect that they are investigating and I found it to be a great story. Furthermore, the interviews used were very memorable and strong, they had a good impact on the story and the footage of them looking through his personal effects was a nice touch.
Sports Personality: Liked the use of Chris Hoy being there and about to deliver his answer, then cuts out to keep you interested, very nice touch. However, I think that maybe more people could've been used to judge and maybe delay as much as possible to give off the big reveal, just to keep people that much more inclined to listen to the story and see it to the end.
General overview: I liked it really, just the main thing that I took issue with was having the reporter talking and being in shot during any interview, this also applies to the gun mic being in shot. However, this may be a style thing that has become the norm but I found it to be odd, as I'm never in shot during an interview.
Sometimes the framing of the shots we're not all that great, some people didn't have their heads or were just having the side of their face shown while talking to someone who was standing in front of them with the camera to their left - it just looked strange to me is all. Furthermore, I wasn't entirely sure about the cross dissolves, but again maybe just the norm - it didn't look bad by any means but it just seemed odd.
I liked the use of having the reporter's twitter account in the strap line - very good same goes for the OOVs, ver nice shot of the crane collapsing.
The recaps were also a very nice touch - just kept the news fresh in the viewer's mind and it held interest.
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