Katie Lovell TV Production Blog

21.03.20 - Interview workshop with Helen and Ferg Today we did an interview workshop with Helen and Ferg, due to the current circumstances we are now taking lessons over Microsoft Teams so we are able to still continue learning.  The aim of the workshop was to see the advantages of LED lighting and to learn the importance of creating visually aesthetic interviews and shots to ensure we are shooting to a professional standard. This was really important for me to learn, as it has allowed me to understand some interview aspects and what makes good lighting for specific documentaries styles. I also have learnt the benefits of using LED lighting and how using the three point lighting system, can create profession lighting to fit our documentaries. It is important for us to remember the key parts of setting up for example: Exposure - Amount of light allowed through the camera lens Lighting - The set up in which we may use the Key Light, Back Light and Fill light Composition -...

Ian Hislop's Fake News: A True History  What is it about?  The documentary follows Ian Hislop as he goes on a journey to find out about how fake news actually existed way before social media played a big part into it. He discusses how in early New York times, newspapers would purposely write fake news to earn a profit and gain attention. 'Lies Sell' (Hislop, 2019). It covers extravagant stories such as 'unicorns live on the moon' which was posted in the early 1830's in New York, to more recent stories that show the affects that Fake News can have on modern day lives. The documentary also looks at different perspectives as he also interviews a man who makes money from making Fake News stories which are also heavily political.                                                    Figure. 1 Television title sequence (2019) Who's Story is...

BBC Three Research  Creating a documentary for the commission on BBC Three means researching their remits and the style. The reason to why the programme would be on BBC Three and no other channels. This is really important that me and my group understand what makes a BBC Three programme brilliant, commissioned and appealing to their audiences. BBC Three moved from television in 2005 to an online platform based on Iplayer. BBC Three pride themselves on making content directed to their " audience is 16-34 year olds" (BBC, 2013) . Although BBC is now an online platform and has been for some while, I truly believe this fits in well with other streaming platforms like Amazon Prime, Netflix etc which is are all also online streaming platforms. Both these platforms are extremely successful especially with the generation BBC Three appeals too and that's why they're still successful with an online presence. BBC Three appeal to a younger audience by creating content specif...