STUDIO ROLES
For the next assessment piece we will need to create our own news program and to being this we need to outline the roles and planning behind a news program.
Firstly, there are a range of studio roles that ensure a program runs on time, to air and as smoothly as possible. A fundamental part of the news program is timing. Therefore, we will create a rundown sheet that highlights out stories and segments for the program, with timing left for breaks and discussions throughout the program. The sheet will also show the film crews where they need to focus and what camera they need to shoot through at anytime.
Studio roles:
Talent: the talent is a focus for the camera man and audio manager. They need to ensure the talent is ready to go and that they are framed correctly. The talent is usually the news reader or anchor of the program and they should be aligned at the front and centre of the camera.
Camera: there can be a variety of camera's working in a studio to capture various segments of a single program or simply as a back-up in the case of an emergency. However, the camera is the looking glass for viewers so the camera operator needs to ensure they focus on each shoot to ensure everything goes to air smoothly.
Floor manager: the floor manager is in charge of the field. They control everything from the cameraman to the studio audience (if applicable) and the talent. Most importantly, they have contact with the main room producers and they have the final countdown on them when the program goes to air.
Audience: the bystanders within some studio atmospheres. They are usually told what to do and when to be quiet or when to be loud and cheerful.
Audio manager: an audio manager has the important role of ensuring the sound levels aren't too high, but more importantly that they aren't too low. Touching orange (between yellow and red) should sit between -6 and -12 decibels.
Auto-cue: some presenters prefer to do their own auto-cue, but there are a number of auto-cue operators. To ensure the talent is comfortable and the stories are read correctly the operator should ensure they pace the script to suit the reader.
Video recorder: for pre-recorded programs the video recorder has the most important and the most simple job. They need to ensure that the news story is recording before the countdown is cued by the floor manager.
Director: the director controls the upstairs controls office with direct communication and controls on the floor too. They ensure the program runs smoothly by making checks with the audio and vision team before going to air.
Vision Switcher: to add variety to a panel a vision switcher is required to know who is speaking and when they are speaking. This will ensure every presenter is reading to the correct camera in their air-time as well.
Thursday, 27 August 2015
Thursday, 20 August 2015
Week 5
HITH FREES PATIENTS AND HOSPITAL BEDS
By Caitlan Gallagher
Hospital beds are in high demand at the Gold Coast University
Hospital, with Queensland Health looking at ways to combat the problem.
A new healthcare at home program has been developed as a solution to give patients vital medical attention in their own homes.
A new healthcare at home program has been developed as a solution to give patients vital medical attention in their own homes.
The Hospital at the Home [HITH] program is offered to
selected inpatients suffering from acute medical problems, which require
clinical support.
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| Image: Gold Coast University Hospital |
Around 48 percent of Government-funded health care expenditure is provided
to patients with acute conditions.
Queensland Health reports suggest a majority of these
acute patients could receive home care, saving the State Government millions.
The voluntary program means some locals will have the
opportunity to leave hospital and still receive quality care.
Queensland Health believes the initiative will increase
patient flow and decrease health expenses.
This year it was announced that 14 billion dollars would
be spent on the health care system in Queensland.
In total this equates to an increase of over 560 million
dollars compared to last year’s budget.
Overall, 11.5 billion dollars of the budget is dedicated
to hospital services and health care programs.
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| Image: Dr Anthony DeNiro |
Dr Anthony DeNiro says the Hospital in the Home Program
is a way of combatting demands at the Gold Coast University Hospital.
“So by bringing the acute care to a home setting costs
are a lot lower than a hospital bed,” Dr DeNiro said.
Patients that have taken part in the program have shown
satisfaction with the service and opportunities available to them.
Health services say the program offers better or equal
health outcomes for patients compared to traditional hospital care.
Hospital in the Home Clinical Nurse Julie Dawson believes
the program is the beginning of a new era in healthcare.
“We’re hoping it’s going to be the way of the future. It
certainly helps to keep people out of hospital and keep them in the home,
because it all helps with their recovery,” Nurse Dawson said.
The service works in conjunction with Blue Care to ensure
patients are receiving one-on-one medical attention.
Selected patients can receive treatment on a case
specific basis, meaning that patients with a chronic illness are unable to
obtain the home care.
Originally 40 to 50 patients were participating in the
program, but the number has almost doubled on the Gold Coast with more patients
volunteering.
A Queensland Health report also shows that the number of
chronic diseases from 2014 is increasing, creating a stronger demand for
hospital spaces.
The statistics also suggest the service reduces
complications and hospital service costs.
58 year old Shelley Goldsack from Carrara is taking part
in the Hospital in the Home program.
She suffers from an acute illness and that affects her
digestive tract.
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| Image: Nurse Julie Dawson (left), Patient Shelley Goldsack (right). |
Her illness gastroparesis means that she is unable to
digest food properly, instead it sits in her stomach for longer than normal and
she has to be fed intravenously.
As part of her care she receives daily visits from a
professional clinician who administers her nutritional needs.
Under normal circumstances she would have spent the past two
months in Hospital, leading up to her surgery.
Instead she is taking part in the home care program and
allowing another person to take her place in hospital.
The pensioner will still need to attend hospital for a
mandatory surgery procedure, but she will only be there for recovery purposes.
A major benefit on home care is the safety from hospital
diseases.
A majority of acute patients contract infections in
hospital and Ms Goldsack used to get infected every time she stayed in
hospital.
“In hospital, I have often copped sepsis from TPN, which
is a normal thing. I’ve been on it [HITH] since May and not one lot of sepsis.
So this is a big thing. It’s really great,” Ms Goldsack said.
The program is the first step in combating the national
problem of health care costs and demands.
With an average population growth of 90 thousand people
per year over a decade, there will be an even stronger need for home care
programs.
Over the past year there was an increase of 4.1
percent in health care expenditure.
In addition, there is a bigger demand for hospital spaces
with over 66 thousand hospitalisations each year in Queensland and the Hospital
in the Home program aims to decrease this demand.
Video: The Future of Healthcare at Home.
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ENDS.
Monday, 17 August 2015
Radio Transcript
READER: Gold Coast Health is leading in the future of care, allowing patients to receive in-home treatment.
The House in the Home Program is available to selected patients who are voluntarily cared for at home by clinical nurses and health care provider Blue Care.
Doctor Anthony DeNiro says it helps on the road to recovery...
DR DENIRO: "So Hospital in the Home, provides acute care to patients in their home setting. So what that means for patients is that they can receive treatment at home. In a familiar environment".
READER: The program's aimed at freeing up hospital beds and saving on the State's budget.
58 year old Shelley Goldsack from Carrara is one of many locals taking part in the Hospital at Home program.
She says the service is top quality in the comfort of your own home.
SHELLEY GOLDSACK: "The quality of service is marvellous. In Hospital I've often copped Sepsis from TPN, which is a normal thing. I've been on it since May and not one lot of Sepsis. So this is a big thing. This is really great".
READER: Around 48% of health expenditure is given to patients with these acute conditions, meaning something needs to change to save hospital beds in the long term.
Home Care Nurse Julie Dawson says it's the future of health care.
NURSE DAWSON: "We're hoping it's going to be the way of the future. It certainly would help to keep people out of hospital and keep them in the home, because they can watch T.V. when they want, drink a cup of tea when they want and have a shower when they want. It all helps with their recovery, so it's good".
READER: Overall, the program's received positive feedback from patients with even more set to get on board.
Caitlan Gallagher - Griffith University News.
Interviews Audio
MEDIA CONTACT
Gold Coast Health Media Advisor
Dwayne Grant
0434564698
dwanye.grant@health.qld.gov.au
Location: Griffith University Hospital.
Type: Face to Face - using microphone.
Nurse Julie Dawson:
Date: 7th August 2015
Location: Riverside Retirement Village, Carrara.
Type: Face to Face - using microphone.
READER: Gold Coast Health is leading in the future of care, allowing patients to receive in-home treatment.
The House in the Home Program is available to selected patients who are voluntarily cared for at home by clinical nurses and health care provider Blue Care.
Doctor Anthony DeNiro says it helps on the road to recovery...
DR DENIRO: "So Hospital in the Home, provides acute care to patients in their home setting. So what that means for patients is that they can receive treatment at home. In a familiar environment".
READER: The program's aimed at freeing up hospital beds and saving on the State's budget.
58 year old Shelley Goldsack from Carrara is one of many locals taking part in the Hospital at Home program.
She says the service is top quality in the comfort of your own home.
SHELLEY GOLDSACK: "The quality of service is marvellous. In Hospital I've often copped Sepsis from TPN, which is a normal thing. I've been on it since May and not one lot of Sepsis. So this is a big thing. This is really great".
READER: Around 48% of health expenditure is given to patients with these acute conditions, meaning something needs to change to save hospital beds in the long term.
Home Care Nurse Julie Dawson says it's the future of health care.
NURSE DAWSON: "We're hoping it's going to be the way of the future. It certainly would help to keep people out of hospital and keep them in the home, because they can watch T.V. when they want, drink a cup of tea when they want and have a shower when they want. It all helps with their recovery, so it's good".
READER: Overall, the program's received positive feedback from patients with even more set to get on board.
Caitlan Gallagher - Griffith University News.
Interviews Audio
MEDIA CONTACT
Gold Coast Health Media Advisor
Dwayne Grant
0434564698
dwanye.grant@health.qld.gov.au
Dr Anthony DeNiro:
Date: 6th August 2015Location: Griffith University Hospital.
Type: Face to Face - using microphone.
Nurse Julie Dawson:
Date: 7th August 2015
Location: Riverside Retirement Village, Carrara.
Type: Face to Face - using microphone.
Patient Shelley Goldsack:
Date: 7th August 2015
Location: Riverside Retirement Village, Carrara.
Type: Face to Face - using microphone.
Week 4
EDITING.
I have compiled my news story and will use the audio from each interview to frame my story. Firstly, I listened to the interviews and took notes of what the talent is saying in each interview. These notes help to paraphrase the talent in my story and also add context whilst developing an angle for my piece.
After taking notes I did some background research into the Queensland Government's current policies regarding health care and expenditure. These notes helped add detail and information to my piece, as a politician was unavailable to comment on the matter.
I initially decided to organise my best grabs from my talent first and position them in the story line. These grabs should be the focus of my story with my voice simply adding detail to the piece. I used Final Cut Pro to edit and trim the grabs. I also adjusted the sound levels to ensure the grabs sat between -6 and -12 decibels.
Next, I editing my script. I wrote the piece for online news using the pyramid scheme, but for my radio story I had to ensure that the story flowed and the information continued throughout the piece, keeping the listener’s attention. I did this my starting with Queensland health stats and a doctors perspective on the issue and adding in the nurse, then concluding with the important review from the patient and adding in more Queensland health data to conclude the story.
Overall, my editing process focused on cutting the audio to fit within the specified time frame and ensuring my voice tone and sound levels matched the flow of the story.
I have compiled my news story and will use the audio from each interview to frame my story. Firstly, I listened to the interviews and took notes of what the talent is saying in each interview. These notes help to paraphrase the talent in my story and also add context whilst developing an angle for my piece.
After taking notes I did some background research into the Queensland Government's current policies regarding health care and expenditure. These notes helped add detail and information to my piece, as a politician was unavailable to comment on the matter.
I initially decided to organise my best grabs from my talent first and position them in the story line. These grabs should be the focus of my story with my voice simply adding detail to the piece. I used Final Cut Pro to edit and trim the grabs. I also adjusted the sound levels to ensure the grabs sat between -6 and -12 decibels.
Next, I editing my script. I wrote the piece for online news using the pyramid scheme, but for my radio story I had to ensure that the story flowed and the information continued throughout the piece, keeping the listener’s attention. I did this my starting with Queensland health stats and a doctors perspective on the issue and adding in the nurse, then concluding with the important review from the patient and adding in more Queensland health data to conclude the story.
Overall, my editing process focused on cutting the audio to fit within the specified time frame and ensuring my voice tone and sound levels matched the flow of the story.
Monday, 10 August 2015
Week 3
STORY IDEA
For my first assessment I have decided to focus on the idea of Healthcare in the Home. The initiative is targeted at getting patients to receive treatment at home, in a bid to free up hospital beds. I believe the topic is of high relevance on the Gold Coast with over crowding issues at the Gold Coast University Hospital and a number of new policies have been added to the State Government's budget plans for Queensland Healthcare.
This topic is newsworthy and highly notable, because it addresses a variety of news values. The topic of healthcare spans across the Gold Coast, then through Queensland and even nationally across the country. The issue is a state-wide problem that the State Government intends to address, meaning the news story would offer local with a beneficial alternative to being hospitalised. Therefore, the story covers a variety of audiences, relating to impact and proximity values. Furthermore, recent state legislation and the release of the program coincide, meaning that the issue is timely. Next, the topic involves prominence with politicians discussing resolutions with the media to combat the state-wide problem.
I sourced the piece from a recent media release sent out by Gold Coast university Hospital Media. Suggesting the program has just begun on the Gold Coast with a number of patients getting involved in the service.
I plan on interviewing a politician, doctor, patient in the program and finally a nurse involved in the program. I believe this will offer a variety of perspectives for my piece. From a doctors benefit to a patient's benefit there are a range of points to discuss and any conflicting views will balance my story. Questions I will focus on are the advantages and disadvantages of the program and how they intend to manage it and get others involved.
I am focusing on completing a radio segment for my piece as I have developed a passion in the field and would like to focus on the sound elements of the story. Additionally on the website I will include images of the people I interview and a range of links to the current healthcare policies set out by the State Government in relation to my topic.
This topic is newsworthy and highly notable, because it addresses a variety of news values. The topic of healthcare spans across the Gold Coast, then through Queensland and even nationally across the country. The issue is a state-wide problem that the State Government intends to address, meaning the news story would offer local with a beneficial alternative to being hospitalised. Therefore, the story covers a variety of audiences, relating to impact and proximity values. Furthermore, recent state legislation and the release of the program coincide, meaning that the issue is timely. Next, the topic involves prominence with politicians discussing resolutions with the media to combat the state-wide problem.
I sourced the piece from a recent media release sent out by Gold Coast university Hospital Media. Suggesting the program has just begun on the Gold Coast with a number of patients getting involved in the service.
I plan on interviewing a politician, doctor, patient in the program and finally a nurse involved in the program. I believe this will offer a variety of perspectives for my piece. From a doctors benefit to a patient's benefit there are a range of points to discuss and any conflicting views will balance my story. Questions I will focus on are the advantages and disadvantages of the program and how they intend to manage it and get others involved.
I am focusing on completing a radio segment for my piece as I have developed a passion in the field and would like to focus on the sound elements of the story. Additionally on the website I will include images of the people I interview and a range of links to the current healthcare policies set out by the State Government in relation to my topic.
Monday, 3 August 2015
Week 2
As a case study for this week I decided to look at a popular
morning news program: the Today Show.
The program begins with the lead stories
of the day. These topics are a particular focus of the public interest and as a
result the news program leads with demanding news stories, before discussing
the topics later in the show.
Journalist Sylvia Jefferies is the news
reader on the program, with live reads every half hour throughout the show. The
day's top stories are repeated throughout the program as it airs in the early
hours of the morning. By repeating the news as it develops throughout the
morning, viewers are able to keep up to date with information as it happens,
and it also caters for the fact that all viewers wake up at various times of
the morning.
In addition, between each news segment there are charactistic
topics aired by the program including ‘live political interviews’, ‘money
minute’, ‘block of cash’ and ‘girls on the grill’. These topics add flavour and
personality to the program, offering viewers a new version of news
entertainment.
The program runs for a few hours with each segment being explored
throughout the show, and a new aspect of news developed in each story. A number
of feature stories also make up the segment with live interviews and archived
footage used to add to the packages.
As previously mentioned there is a large panel of rounds
Journalists and Presenters that cover individual fields. Carl Stephanovic and
Lisa Wilkinson are co-hosts for the program. Sylvia Jefferies covers news; Tim
Gilbert covers sport; Steven Jacobs covers weather; Ross Greenwood covers
finance and Richard Wilkins covers entertainment and celebrities.
As a suggestion for the show’s producers, I would offer more
political news in the agenda. There are specific presenters for sport, weather
and finance, but there is no specific presenter to cover daily politics.
Despite having some guest speakers and reporters covering politics, a daily
political update would gain the attention of a more informed audience.
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