Analysis of entire news programme

 Analysis of entire news programme relevant to own project:

News Programme: Newsround Episode 08/10/21

Let’s start with the structure of Newsround, I went into this with some previous knowledge on the structure of a Newsround episode, as in one of my previous blog posts I went into the structure of Newsround a little bit. The show begins with the Anchor making a silly and light-hearted welcome to the viewer, already putting the viewer in a relaxed vibe. After a brief 10 second graphic intro with the Newsround logo and jingle, the show starts with a serious story about footballer Marcus Rashford and the important work he’s been doing for people on universal credit. This story’s tone results in it being first as it would be a weird inclusion when right next to the light stories about general interest subjects. We then get a website plug, promoting a written story on a similar topic, before going into a story in the middle ground of tone, fairly simple story about football managers.

From here on all stories are light entertainment and general interest based, we get a quick 1 min piece on the harvest festival, another short report this time on animation and finally a selection of “funny animal clips”. We get one more website plug and then cut to end credits. There is so much branding going on within Newsround, in almost every moment between stories their website is promoted, but somehow feels effortless as if the website is as crucial as the show itself. This couldn’t feel as effortless as it does without the show’s graphics and animation. The graphics are simply a purple ring zooming around a 3D ball that bares resemblance to Planet Earth. But it gives you the right feel and mood of fast travelling quick fire stories.

The show is presented in a very inclusive format, almost any of the stories could connect with anyone from its target audience to general adults watching along, presenters are of various racial backgrounds and different body types. And the anchors method is to make things as nice and as welcoming as possible for the viewer. All of these are very important to bear in mind when we make our news show.

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