Broadcast Production

True or False: Most news casts are one hour long.

• True

• False

True or False: If you are writing a VOSOT it must run 45 minutes

• True

• False

True or False: The terms VO and voiceover are interchangeable.

• True

• False

Which of the following stories is the best fit to lead a newscast?

• A special meeting will be held at city council to celebrate the mayor’s birthday.

• A neighborhood watch group plans to attend the city council meeting to discuss parking issues within its community.

• The city council will make a final vote on whether it will support raising the sales tax in the area.

Your boss tells you she wants to see more personality from your

Anchors. After looking over your show you see spots where you

could incorporate some time for chat. Which of the following is best

suited for anchor chat?

• . At the end of a segment featuring four hard news stories

•  Right after weather, when the meteorologist joins the anchors on set

•  After a story about firefighters rescuing a puppy stuck in a tree

Which of the following is an example of a good newscast pacing?

• . Lead story is a pkg, second story is a VO/SOT, third story is a reader, fourth story is a VO, fifth story is a pkg

• . The first 5 stories in a newscast are all packages

•  The first 5 stories in a newscast are all readers

. Which of the following describes the differences between a TV

 headline and a newspaper headline?

• TV headlines have video

• TV headlines can showcase several stories

• Newspaper headlines focus on a single story

• All of the above

True or False: Teases air at the beginning of a newscast.

• True

• False

Which of the following best describes the difference between

headlines and teases?

•  Headlines and teases air at the end of each segment.

• b. Headlines give key details and teases only give part of the story.

•  Teases feature stories that are in the first block of the newscast.

 Below are some headlines and a description of the video that would go with the script.  Pick the one you think is the strongest headline.

• . A high school athlete is seriously hurt after a weekend car crash. Tonight her parents speak out. (Video: No video, just the anchor on camera reading the script.)

• .A two-car collision has left a student athlete in critical condition at a local hospital. Tonight the student’s parents speak out. (Video: File video of the student playing basketball)

• c. A high school athlete is in the hospital tonight after someone

  slammed into her car. Tonight, her parents talk to KOMU 8 News. (Video: Video of the crash & file of the student playing basketball)