Digital News Production - Group meeting 2

Today we had another group meeting, in this meeting we did another draft of the scripts. Charlie and Ruby were looking for new ideas for our package after the Hugh Lowe farm idea flopped. They looked at other farming related stories and bonfire night stories as the night is getting closer. They found a story which was about bonfire night, an orgnaisation who hold a massive bonfire event, full of fire works, bonfires and the burning of a 20 ft effigy of a celebrity or politician who has done something bad in the year, they then burn it as a symbol of good will. This idea was interesting and good for a package as we would have a lot to cover and a good story on why they burn the effigies. We emailed them saying who we are and what we are doing and our interest in their event and us wanting to film their event. We hope that if they get back to us we can have full access to their event and workers for interviews and questioning. 



As they were dong that I was going through the old script drafts and re-writing them, I had to first take away the presenter p[art of the script and put it into a script of it's own, as Helen told us that the presenter part is separate from the package and "Live" part and it has to be separate from their scripts. So I took all the presenter parts form both the scripts and putting them together, I put the first part in and adapted on it to make sure it was a good length and also to make sure that it all the correct information on the Lodge Hill story and didn't sway too much or too little about it to either give away too much of the story or not enough. Also I had to cut out all the information about the Hugh Lowe farm story as we've dropped the idea. I then turned to the Lodge Hill script and took out the presenter part and had to add in an extra 45 seconds in the script. I also added in a statement from Land Securities, who are building on the site, to get their views on the good point of the build. I also sorted out what shots we'd have in what order and who we would interview and box pops.

After we all looked over the scripts and together critiqued it to see if any changes were needed. After making some miner ideas with the spelling and wording, we published the seconds and first drafts for the presenter and Lodge Hill stories. We are happy with the changes made to the scripts, all we need is to find out the people who we will be interviewing and box popping and we can work on a finalised script.

Overall this has been another successful group meeting with a lot done and agreed on. We have to start expanding our ideas and get some test shots done and start looking towards the filming stage of the production.