capstone week 3

Now that I have finished my final proposal I have started working on the production part of my capstone.  The one thing I want to experiment a little bit on my capstone is what ways works best to portray the news.  It would be really interesting to see if I can come up with a way to make the news more interesting and to see if there are certain ways to get a better reaction from the audience.  The other thing I am working on is the breakdown of the news program.  It is important that the news meets its needs time wise, so I have to make sure that I have each story match up with the allotted time.  The third thing I have been looking at this week is the organization of the environment and people in the news.  From the background to what the news anchors/ reporters do is what I would like to focus on because I feel like the news can be very boring so I have been doing some research and Kevin has given me some good information on certain producers I can look at that will help.  

Progression on Capstone

I have already met with my director about my Capstone project and he thinks that I have an interesting idea on doing a news program.  After the discussion I have chosen to create at first a 15 minute program or maybe two 15 minute programs for my project.  We also discussed that I could choose to produce the show anyway I wanted and that I should try to develop a show that is both entertaining and different from the common news shows that you see on television.  I will be studying and researching the best ways in which audiences enjoy watching programming and I would like to create a show that is engaging and interesting.  I will try to create stories that aren't boring or dull and portray these stories in different ways itself to see which ways of presenting stories are better than others.  Something that I will have to be cautious about is timing of the piece.  I have to make sure that I have enough stories to have fill in the time slot and I have to make sure that the program fills the allotted time. 

Capstone Ideas

It has been tough choosing a Capstone idea, but I think I have come up with something that will not only be challenging, but it should be fun to do and it should really help me in my career.  I am passionate about broadcasting whether it be television or radio and that is what type of job I would like to pursue once I graduate.  The idea I had for my Capstone is producing, editing, anchoring, and every other aspect behind a news show.  I was thinking about creating a half an hour show where I am involved with every part of the show.  I did an internship at a new station so I have some experience doing this kind of stuff, but I want to be able to be better at every aspect of a news station.  I will have to come up with an idea for my show, which I was thinking of Shepherdstown news specifically because I like this town and what goes on it.  I would like to do a wide variety of stories from sports to town issues.  Having a few months to do this will be nice because I am sure that there will be stories that come about.  Once I figure out which stories I will be doing it will be important for me to get B role for the stories and decide whether to do a VO or a VOSOT.  Another aspect I would like to do is create some commercials.  This will also be a challenge because I would like to make a commercial/s that is of high quality and something you would see on television.  So all in all I would be doing every thing for this news show and I hope it can be successful so I can use in my portfolio.