NEWS UNIT: RESEARCH SKY NEWS

Sky news have a very good youtube channel that has a constant live stream of sky news as well as a plethora of content to view on demand. I just clicked on it and found they were doing a brilliant live piece from a Pumpkin farm where children were carving pumpkins. They linked this very well with the story that there is a pumpkin shortage around the country.

The great thing about the report is that it was all done live and felt so smooth and well organised despite this fact. The reporter started outside the pumpkin tents introducing the place and what its purpose is, and he then proceded to enter one of the tents whilst the camera followed him in.

Introduction outside

He then does an interview with the owner of the farm who is very appropriately dressed as a witch. This has obviously been pre determined, but the interview seems very ad lib although at the same time smooth and interesting. 

Interview with farms owner

After this he goes for the heart of the viewer by interviewing a child who is enjoying the carving process. He links this all very nicely into the story of the pumpkin shortage and the fact that some people have returned to the turnip carving tradition that we used to do.

Very well conducted interview with a child

I feel like this would have been a nice example to take and its a great reference for future projects of this type. Even though the camera follows behind him as he enters the tent he keeps it interesting by talking, as well as the camera man playing his part by panning onto some pumpkins on a table. Also have to mention the way he keeps the mic below the level of the camera so as not to obscure the persons face. Overall a really well presented live report that I think we should take head of as a group.