WINOL BULLETIN REVIEW: week two

Another cracking bulletin this week, with interesting and engaging stories throughout. I can honestly say that I was interested in every story this week. The scripts were strong (both the presenter's and reporter's), which is far better than last week, as often I felt a tad lost when trying to grip the essence of some of the stories, or felt that the presenter's script told too much of the story - this was not a problem this week.

However - as we experience in the debriefs - it is far easier to criticise for errors, as they are much more obvious than the good points, which are taken for granted. The fact that there are few points to pick up on this week, implies that the bulletin is moving forward in quality, however, some mistakes are so easily rectified, and so glaringly obvious, that it ruins an otherwise quality bulletin through negligent inconsistencies.

Personal points I noted include:

- Rushed opening sequence. The first headline felt like it was squeezed into the opening sequence. It's only a minor thing, but it's points like these which distinguishes the likes of professional bulletins and our own.

- Audio was another massive issue this week. Some packages even had numerous different audio levels to them.

- Some voice overs were too quiet, and had to compete with background actuality sound.

- Audio merged in two different interviews.

- Cutaways would often happen before we really got to see what an interviewee actually looked like.

- Again, strap lines were too brief.

- Jumpy shots. (It is easy to get a tripod)

- Overexposure of shots. This looks absolutely terrible.

- OOV didn't work and felt cringe worthy to watch due to poor timing.

- A point which I noted on the noticeboard, was that the first years believe the voice overs to be unenthusiastic (a view which I share).

As far as content goes, the bulletin this week was top notch. Journalistically, it was of a high quality as everything was interesting and news-worthy, but the simple things let the production down; eradicate these, and our bulletin is perfect. Then the only problems we have is studio production, which will get better with time as people become more acquainted with their responsibilities in both the gallery and the studio floor. For me to only be able to find flaws in the list above is something of an achievement in itself, I feel.