News Production: Fine Cut Feedback

Today was our fine cut viewing, and although we hadn't completely polished our programme, we would've really appreciated the feedback from Helen. As it turned out we received a lot more constructive feedback than we initially thought, which seemed like a setback but was actually genuinely useful. I knew our piece was missing something and at times seemed tedious with its limited camera positioning, and lengthy pieces to camera. Our option was to cut this down and have quicker cuts, as Helen suggested the high energy is lost with the lengthy PTCs with one shot.

Because our episode contained one live reports and two pre-recorded, but our criteria was only one of each. We discussed the idea of re-shooting our top five tips because the lighting was 'orange looking' and the tips weren't cut-fast enough. In the end we agreed to completely scrap the top five tips all together and just keep the tech, DIY tech and important current news story. That way we could focus on and do an even better job on less stories; it becomes quality over quantity.

Our option to re-film and change up the script/locations would've been nice but we don't have the time to do a proper job now. This isn't the end of the world as it wouldn't necessarily make our content any better, it just means cramming more content in, and having it not all be of a high standard; less is more.

Something else I learned from our feedback was a way to improve the live broadcast. We knew that the traffic noise was an issue when we got there, but tried to cover up by carrying on. I thought this was best as I wanted to seem as professional as possible but Helen said that it would've been even better to acknowledge the traffic noise before because that way you look honest and the audience is expecting it and understanding rather than struggling. This was a very useful tip for not only this project but future project, and is something I wouldn't have otherwise thought of.
After receiving this feedback we decided to cut the 'top five tips' package and just up the quality of everything else and reshuffle the order. (see new running order).

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