Logo

We liked the simplistic look of ITV's logo and wanted to apply this simplistic nature to our logo.The title is short but effective. The yellow contrasts against the black and catches your eye. The capital 'NEWS' makes the word seem urgent and again catches your eye. We wanted to use these features in our designs.

Now that we had decided the name of the news programme the construction of the logo could now begin. We decided that we would create a logo as it was a feature used in all of the news programmes looked at and gave them an interesting edge. Here are the different logos we designed:














The first logo designed had an 'S' shaped symbol and then SE1 NEWS after it. Using ITV NEWS's logo as our inspiration we kept the design simple. We used some colour in the 'S' object to give the logo an appealing image.















The second design had SE1 NEWS as the centre piece and then abstract coming off of it. Again we kept the design simple and chose not to use colour this time to give us a range of choices to choose from.



















The third design had the same features as the previous two designs but the focus point was the object in the middle. We chose to use this object as it was almost like an eye which are used to focus leading to SE1 NEWS focusing on the south east.











The final design was the simplest out of all 4 designs. The main focus was the the text; 'SE1 NEWS' with a globe symbol linking to it. The design although it was simplistic and lacked colour looked interesting and had a professional image, exactly what we needed for our news programme.











CHOSEN DESIGN




When making the different designs we changed the fonts, colours, layouts and symbols to give us a range of options to choose from. Out of all the logo designs that were created we decided to use the final design as it was perfect for representing our news programme. The logo would be used on the website, in the title sequence and in the actual news programme itself.





We decided to place 'SE1' on the logo as this would be the name of the programme; SE1 NEWS. SE1 is a postcode for areas in and around London, standing for the south east. As the content of the news would be based on things happening in the southeast area this seemed an appropriate name to use.

Naming the news programme

After doing my initial research on different news programmes they all focused on a particular region. Sky News focuses on world news as well as UK news, Channel 4 News focuses on international news, BBC News looks at world news as well as London based news; 'BBC London Tonight' and ITV News mainly focus on UK based news. So we decided that the news covered in the programme would be in areas in the South East of England. ITV News has a short title which gets straight to the point so we wanted a name with the same effect. Here are the options which we considered:


- News Now


- News on the GO


- SE1 News


- News from the SE


The one which stood out at us was SE1 News. We came up with this idea by combining 'south east' within a post code. The post code 'SE1' represents southern areas of London. The logo is short and sweet but gets straight to the point. So we decided SE1 NEWS was the name for our news programme.

Emails

Here are prints screens of the emails sent between us and PC Donna Harding.

Originally we were going to meet with a PCSO Clare Watts but she passed us over to PC Donna Harding who sent us an email.

PC Donna Harding agreed to let us interview her so we managed to arrange two interviews, one with an officer and another with a church youth worker. Hopefully the two interviews would provide us with good content for our news programme.

Plan of content continued

To introduce the interviews we wanted footage of a news reporter in an area of vandalism. We thought that we could film a reporter maybe walking along by graffiti discussing the current issues. After analysing the features used in news programmes I liked how it had been used and wanted to use it in our programme. We thought that doing this would attract the viewers attention as having the graffiti in the background makes what the reporter is talking about reality. We would find an area of bright coloured graffiti which grabs the viewers attention and makes the reporters words real as they can see the problem for themselves on screen making the problem urgent.

All this footage including the interviews would make up the majority of the news programme. When doing my initial research on news programmes it appeared that most of them start with the main presenter sitting in the studio introducing the stories which will feature in the programme. When doing my research I thought it looked very effective having the news reporter sat behind a table/desk holding papers or a laptop as they look assertive and professional. We decided that we would use this idea creating our own studio somewhere with a news reporter introducing the programme sat behind a desk. They would be filmed introducing the news programme and main stories and then ending the programme.

The last piece of footage we would film for the main content of the programme would be a weather report. As discussed previously all news programmes feature a weather report whether it be at the beginning, middle or end of the programme. So we decided that at the end of the programme we would have a quick weather report.

Continuing the plan

Today we continued to plan the main content of the news programme. At the moment we decided that we wanted an interview with a PCSO or a PC about anti-social behaviour as part of the main content. Just in case that for some reason we could not film a PCSO or a PC we decided to do an interview with a community church youth worker. Again we felt that he would be perfect for our news programme as he works with troubled teenagers.

Lauren was good friends with a community church youth worker; James Heath so she emailed him asking whether he would help us in producing an interview for our news programme. We hoped that he would have good views on ASBO and why the children he worked with committed the offences.

Here are the print screens of the emails which were sent between us and James.

James agreed to do the questions so we had one of our interviews ready and planned.

Interview questions

While we waited for replies from our emails we thought up a list of questions which we could ask in the interviews.

1) From your own experiences what do you believe are some of the main causes of anti-social behaviour?
2) What suggestions would you give to combating anti-social behaviour and making those who are offending understand the wrong they are doing?
3) In your opinion do you believe that anti-social behaviour is on the decrease since the introduction of PCSOs.
4) What are your views on the new Policing Pledge and do you feel that this is a positive step forward?
5) Do you feel that there are enough PCSOs and police officers patrolling the area and why?
6)Why did you chose to become a PCSO/PC/Youth Worker?
7)Do you think that there is a certain group that are commonly known for being involved in anti-social behaviour?

We would use these questions for the PCSO/PC and the youth worker, adapting them where necessary.

Email to PCSO

Here is the email which we sent to the Bexley PCSO team asking about an interview:

'Hi, our names are Lauren and Faye and we are currently studying A2 Media at The Grammar School For Girls Wilmington. However Lauren lives in Erith and we thought that you would probably be the best team to ask. As part of our coursework we are creating a 5 minute news report and we have decided on the topic of Anti-Social Behaviour. We were just wondering if it would be possible for us to do a 2 minute interview with a member of your team? Many Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you soon! Lauren & Faye.'




















Here is a print screen of the email we sent to the PCSO. Once we sent the email we then went on to planning the other content of the news programme as all we could do now on the interview front was wait for a reply.

Planning for news programme

Now that we decided that we would do a feature on ASBO focusing on vandalism, we began to plan the shots that we would need. With the focus on vandalism we wanted to include some interviews in the news programme. In all the news programmes I looked at this feature was regularly used so we wanted to transfer this into our own programme.

We thought that we would interview those who were directly involved in ASBO to get their views on the matter. So we decided that we would try and get an interview with a police officer or a PCSO. They are directly involved with these issues from day to day and we wanted to get an upfront view from authority.

Recently the police force have introduced a new scheme the Policing Pledge. We looked at this website to get an idea of how to go about contacting someone to interview.


Here is a print screen of the website we looked at. The pledge is made up of 11 different commitments to try and make London a safer place.

On the website we found a general enquires form which we thought we could use to email a PC/PCSO about our coursework and see if they would be willing to let us have an interview.

Content of the news programme

Over recent years the younger generation have increasingly received a bad perception in the media. With Knife crime on the increase and the terrible stories such as Rhys Jones covered in the news, we felt that a story on ASBO would be an interesting topic to cover. To give us more of an idea of what our story could be about that we would cover in our news programme we did some research into the area.

Knife and Gun Crime

According to a report covered by the Telegraph 'Knife crime has more than doubled in the past two years across England and Wales...' The number of muggings involving Knives soared from 25,500 to 64,000 according to the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies of King's College London. This is an increase of over 35,000 which is an incredible amount. According to research, knives are now used in one in five muggings twice the amount of two years ago.

BBC covered a report which showed from figures released by the police, a 48% rise in gun crime in the past year. 2224 firearm offences were made in 2008 to the 3306 in 2009. These offences include whether a real or fake firearm has been seen or used. The figures provided in these reports show the seriousness of knife and gun crime. Most people feel that this does not concern them but with all of the younger generation being given a bad name.

Anti-social Behaviour

In the UK an ASBO is seen as an offence 'which caused or was likely to cause harm, harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household as him or herself and where an ASBO is seen as necessary to protect relevant persons from further anti-social acts by the Defendant'. The Government introduced ASBOs by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and are issued by Magistrates' Courts. They can also only be given to a person over the age of 10.

Anti-social behaviour includes a range of problems:

• Noise Pollution


• Busking


• Drinking behaviour from excessive consumption of alcohol


• Abandoning cars


• Stealing/Mugging/Shoplifting


• Begging


• Vandalism/Criminal damage


• Loitering


• Littering/Fly tipping/Dog fouling


• Dealing/consumption of controlled recreational drugs


• Intimidation


• Fare dodging


• Spitting

From the list above we decided to focus our news report on vandalism and criminal damage. Nearly everywhere you go now there is some sort of vandalism whether it be graffiti or destruction of property. A report written for the Telegraph showed that one crime was committed every 2 minutes by British Youths. The report stated that "youngsters aged 10 to 17 carried out 277,986 offences in the past 12 months". The seriousness of this issue was highlighted by a 20% rise in the number of youths convicted for violent offences in the last 3 years. So we decided that we would do a feature on graffiti and whether it was art or vandalism?

Covered topics

Although there are hundreds of different news programme the topics which they cover are similar. Some focus on international news, others on national news, some on regional news, while others may combine them together. To begin planning what shots we would need to film we needed to decide on the topics which we would cover. Here is a list of topics covered by all news programmes:





1) The weather - Whether it is regional or national, it is covered in every news programme.

2) The economy - With the current economic climate and the high unemployment rates this is covered in most news programmes on a daily basis.

3) Travel - Those who work in the travel sector regularly feature in the news with the high tendency for striking due to pay or other issues.

4) Top stories - In every news programme there is a top story which is featured. It is the main focus of that particular news report.

5) The Government - With the current General Election this is widely covered in news programmes especially those London based reports.

6) Sport - Whether it be football or Cricket, this is normally always covered in news reports.

7) Celebrity culture - With the growing need to be updated on the latest celebrity gossip this topic is widely covered in news reports.



As our news programme will only be 5 minutes long we will not have enough time to cover all these topics. In the title sequence we will cover these topics through a series of different shots but only focus on a top story in the main content.