Factual Programming

Practical

Last week What were you doing?

This weekYou will begin your practical production for factual programming this week.

Over the next few weeks

You will be planning a multi-camera show in small groups. Your group will be able to decide the format of the show and its central theme, but you will need to pitch this to your executive producer.

You will each need to conduct in-depth research for your show, recording it as a detailed research portfolio.

You will need to plan your show, finding guests & a host, writing questions and scripts, designing your set, planning time and organising the filming of inserts. You will record this as a detailed planning portfolio.

You will be given a date and time for when your groups show will be recorded in the studio. Your final video will be marked.

What do I need to produce?

An individual research portfolio, with notes and references, and an evaluative report where you explain the reliability and usefulness of what you have discovered.

A group planning portfolio.

The final video, recorded in the studio live.

Task 1: Formats Your company has been asked to

come up with an idea for a multi-camera factual programme for an online broadcaster.

Your team must decide which of the following formats of show you will pitch an idea for: Talk show Review show Magazine show

Task 1: Feedback

Task 2: ThemeEvery show needs to have a theme, a central unifying idea which ties the show together.

What is the central theme of Top Gear? What format of show is it?

What is the central theme of The Gadget show? What format of show is it?

In your groups decide on the central theme of your show. If it is a review show, what type of products you will be reviewing? If it is a talk show, what issue will be at the heart of the show?

Task 2: Feedback

Task 3: As part of your work you will each need to produce

an individual research portfolio into your subject matter (ie. the issue or theme of your show).

You will need to conduct both primary and secondary research, and write your findings up in a research report.

In your groups brainstorm the different things you could research.

Task 3: group feedback

Task 4 Log onto Moodle and download the research

portfolio template.

Working alone begin to research your TV shows theme, finding out background information.

Copy and paste your information and any links you find into the research template, writing up your findings as you go.