1) Channel 4 news is on air Monday to Friday from 19:00-19:55 on Channel 4 and at variable times on weekends.
2) The programme was first broadcast on 2 November 1982.
3) In 2001, Channel 4 news won the British Academy Television Award for Best News and Current Affairs Journalism. In 2014, they won the International Emmy Award for News. In 2015, they won the British Academy Television Award for Best News Coverage.
4) It is produced by ITN.

Presenters

1) The presenters are Jon Snow, Matt Frei, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Cathy Newman.
2) Jon Snow wears different types of colourful ties for every episode that they broadcast. It communicates to the audience that the show is aimed at young people as the ties and what they wear is very bright and colourful which appeals to teenagers.
3) They use a variety of TV news presenters in TV news programmes because they don't want their audience getting bored of the same presenter.
4)  Other reporters or presenters are used in TV news in video news packages where they will be at a different location and the presenters from the studio will be asking the journalist questions about what is going on. They could also be like "I will now hand over to" and give the name of the presenter who will present a different type of news.
5) There is a balance between male and female presenters on Channel 4 news. There is also a mix of race and ethnicity as one of the presenters is a male Indian, and the rest are British. These aspects may effect the audience as it would intrigue many races into watching the news depending on who the presenter is.

Opening Sequence

1) The first shot is of the Channel 4 news logo introducing the programme to the viewers.
2) The opening sequence uses graphics to grab the attention of the audience by making their graphics bright and colourful and making sure that the screen is always moving.
3) Music is used in the opening sequence as the theme song of the news programme.
4) The audience are told several news stories of what will be coming up next in the first 2 opening minutes of the programme.

Studio mise-en-scène

1) The audience can see the desks and the background screens which display the news and you are also able to see the background of the studio with the presenter in front of it.
2) The presenters are always standing and I think this is because people behind desks are always reading off scripts and have some sort of newspaper in front of them to give them information on their news stories. They also need to be able to move freely around to intrigue their audience so that they do not get bored.
3) Journalists are visible on a split screen where one screen shows the presenter in the studio and another shows the journalist live at the location where they are reporting. This suggests to the audience that they are getting live news and are presenting everything that is happening at the location and the information does not seem fake.
4) The studio is brightly coloured in several different ways. The presenter wears a colourful tie in every different broadcast and the studio is purple.#

How news stories are presented

1) The news programme presents a story by explaining what is going on and having live interviews with video footage of what is going on.
2) Channel 4 news has the presenter to the camera and the reporter at the location to present the news.
3) The TV news programme typically covers politics, international news and sport news as well as non-serious news but it is presented in a way to intrigue the audience and make them laugh.
4) Jon Snow gives the title of the news story and shows them the video footage of what they are presenting. It intrigues their audience because the person they interview says "and I'm shutting your butt down". This is supposed to be humorous and fascinates the audience as they are supposed to be young viewers. The reporters are also at the locations of what is happening and they present the news from their location.


Audience

1) The target audience is mainly 16-24 year olds in the UK.
2) The average amount of viewers is 2.5 million people.
3) Someone might choose to watch this TV news programme over others as it has humour in it and presents their stories in a way that intrigues their audience and does not bore them.
4) There is an option for the audience to get involved with the news programme as they can send their views in on Facebook or twitter.
5) It doesn't offer anything.

Institution

1) It is owned by Channel 4 News Corporation.
2) Ofcom has to make sure that the TV news is fair and accurate by letting people send in their views and opinions on what they have watched. They have set a Broadcasting Code which is a set of rules that TV news programmes have to abide by.

TV News and New/Digital Media

1) Channel 4 has a dedicated website for their news that updates their broadcasts regularly.
2) The website shows the viewers news.
3) Channel 4 news has a twitter feed which you can also contact Jon Snow on.
4) The twitter feed promotes the programme by telling you when it is going to be airing and what is going to be on.
5) You can submit stories on the twitter account or watch their YouTube channels as it gives you a chance to engage with the news.

Taken

The trailer of Taken uses many narrative techniques. In the beginning of the movie it shows Liam Neeson's daughter travelling to Paris with her best friend which is the equilibrium.  The Propp's character theory, we have a clear protagonist or hero which is Liam Neeson. In many ways he is shown to be the most stronger character and it is his job to try get his daughter back. Propp's talks about the human traffickers which are the people who kidnapped his daughter. In the movie it shows that they're evil and want women for prostitution

Genre- Horror

Narrative- The storyline is clearly based on a family that move to a new house which is haunted and scary things which come to life. This is a tense narrative which fits the genre horror very well.

Characters-  The characters are typical american but they all come from different cities in America. The main hero is brave, strong and willing to do anything to save his family.The family is scared and the mother gets possessed.

Iconography- There is plenty of iconography typical of the horror genre. Also there was blood. tension and sound effects which make the movie scarier.

Settings- The movie is set in a haunted house.

Genre-  Horror

Narrative- The story line is based on a young girl that died in a house and her friends are trying to get in contact with her. They also g through loads of problems throughout the process. This is a tense narrative which fits the genre (horror).

Characters- The characters are young american women and men, probably 18-22. The women that died; young, female and vulnerable. Also her best friend who wants to get in contact with her; brave, young, female and willing to do anything to get her friend.

Iconography- In this trailer there are plenty of iconography regarding to a horror movie such as loud sound effects, death, blood and tension.

Settings- The trailer shows that its in America because the roads and streets show that.

Genre- Romance

Narrative- The story line is based on a sixteen year old cancer patient named Hazel Grace Lancaster who gets forced by her parents to attend a support group  where she meets and falls in love with a seventeen year old Augustus Water's.

Characters- The characters are young american female and male. Augustus Water's plays a strong, confident, funny and charming boy. Hazel Grace plays an innocent, brave young girl.

Iconography- In this trailer it is obvious that this movie is a romance because there's plenty of love scenes and the sounds effects.

Film promotion: pitching

Title: Karma

A young teenager, who gets murdered by her own best friend for falling in love with the same young boy her best friend, is overly obsessed with.

This film is a horror which is set in London and is similar to the other women from the director Nick Cassavetes. This film will appeal to those to the age of 15+.

The story is based around a strong bonded friend who falls out because they both fall in love with a guy.

The narrative of my film: A sixteen year old teenager named Alex Harris has a best friend named Chloe Lewis. They have known each other since they were very young and had never got into an argument with each other, until John Cameron comes on the scene. Betraying the trust of her best friend, Chloe Lewis dates John knowing that her best friend is in love with him too. Her best friend finds out and decides to kill Chloe so that she could get John Cameron.  Months later Chloe starts haunting her best friend Alex Harris and strange stuff starts happening. 

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