Breaking News: Gold Coast internet crisis

Two weeks ago, a tutorial task was set in class to shoot a movie reading a set script to practise for our upcoming assessment. We grabbed a partner and our handy smartphone device, and set out to wander the university for great props and backdrops to be featured in this exciting news presentation.

Here is the script we had to read:

‘In local news, the Gold Coast’s internet is in trouble again. The internet infrastructure owners are asking for a subsidy of $200,000 each year, in order to keep the internet operational. The company’s manager said, “We would have to limit people’s access to the internet; without the subsidy”.

We were told to feature a variety of shot sizes in order to understand our current study in film and film production. We chose to include a medium close up, medium shot and long shot. The reason behind choosing these was because we thought these types of shots would work the best for a news report that focused on the words and not necessarily the location. We were asked to produce three shot sizes, but we found that the long shot (LS) wasn’t particularly necessary for this video. The medium close up and the medium shot seemed to work the best for the type of news report we were doing as it was relatively short with limited information; so the focus did have to be on what I was saying.

Hayden and I filmed it together as a team and my legend of a tutor Josh edited it for us! Next time you see me reporting the news it will be on Channel 9; so watch out!

Until next time,