WINOL Critical Reflection - 15/02/12

Headlines: Once again I thought that there were a couple of great quotes in the headlines, I particularly liked the comment that the new local beer will be the "best beer ever". I had trouble trying to decide if I liked the somewhat cheesy straplines during the headlines! I think that they were all very clever but am not convinced that they have a place on a bulletin that is trying to emulate a proper news programme. On the other hand, these humorous straplines might be something that will make it bulletin stand out and keep viewers coming back.

NHS Reform: Once again Louis produced an extremely professional package and managed to keep the story balanced by interviewing both Cllr Martin Tod and Cllr John Cooper. I also thought that Louis' piece to camera was very good and shows a huge improvement from the start of the last semester. My only criticism of this piece is that the interview with Cllr Tod could have been framed tighter, and the one with Cllr Cooper was too tight as the top of his head was missing - however this is not something that would be difficult to correct in the future.

Prayers: I thought that George did well to keep this piece balance by interviewing Cllrs James Maynard and George Beckett. George also remembered to have them facing opposite ways when he interviewed them, which was very professional. I thought that the cut away to George Beckett during his interview were confusing and perhaps different shots could have been found. The other shots in the package were clear and relevant.

Pub attack: Court reporting is difficult because there is only really an option to do a piece to camera because you are not allowed to film in a court. Flick did well with the story and while it is impressive that she was able to remember a script, I think that it would have been better if she had been holding a notebook so that it looked like she was getting the information from somewhere.

Housing: I think that it was good that there was a follow up from Graham on his piece from the previous week about the housing problems in Winchester. His interviews were both framed and relevant. My only criticism was that his voice over needed to be louder as it was quite difficult to hear him.

Valentines Day: Although the bulletin was aried after Valentines Day, it was only the day after so I think that the stories about it were still relevant. The interview in the gallery with Tim Craven was good but would have been better if it had been tighter framed so that you could see him clearly and you would also have been able to see the painting better.

The piece about the event held at the university on Valentine's Day was also relevant and the interview with the Mayor of Winchster, Cllr Barry Lipscomb, was good but would have been better if it had been a tighter shot.

Mosque: I thought that this was a good piece to include in the bulletin because there are rarely stories that are about religion. I thought it was good how Ullduz walked towards the camera during her piece to camera because it looked professional and was more interesting to watch than her standing still. I also thought it was good that she was wearing the appropriate attire for a mosque and, again, this was interesting to see.

Sport: Once again the sport was produced to a very high standard. The only things which might have been a problem was that in the interview with Stewart Donald, he was stood infront of an poster with a promotional advert on it and you could clearly see the details of the poster and it was on screen for quite a long time.

And finally: I thought that Eddie's piece about the brewery was very good and a huge improvement on his piece from the previous week. His comment of 'plans brewing' was funny and appropriate for an 'and finally' piece. I also liked how he gave his piece to camera from a barstool and made it look as though he had been reading a paper.

This bulletin was a huge improvement from the previous week.