WINOL BULLETIN REVIEW: week one

After the first bulletin, which I must admit was an outstanding success, I feel I must give my Managing Editor's criticisms (ha). Despite a great first bulletin, which is a thousand times better than the first bulletin we (the third years) made in last year's first edition, there were clear mistakes with all VTs and production.

Key mistakes in this week's bulletin included:

Reporting:

- Problems with audio (interviews different volumes and wind noise)

- Some of the stories were difficult to follow as there were too many subordinate clauses etc.

- Strap lines were occasionally too short, and lacked detail/were not present when needed.

- Certain Gvs felt rushed and some were quite jerky.

- Need a greater variation in GVs. Certain GVs were used more than once.

- Guilty signs.

- Libeling people!

Production:

- No bed-music over headlines.

- Very obvious black holes in the headlines and throughout.

- The variation in sound levels of the headlines was odd.

Scripting:

- Scripts are needed for a presenters to appear professional and avoid mistakes.

- I felt some of the presenter's scripts told too much of the reporter's stories.

The fact that these are the only things which I can personally find any fault in suggests that we are very much on the right track. A lot of these mistakes can be rectified by experience, and I'm certain that they will be.