Producing Chapters 14-15 RTV 440 S18

Producing the 30-minute show The time constraints are brutal: 30-minute newscast has eight minutes of commercials, leaving only 22 minutes for news. Subtract three minutes for your weather report (19 minutes remain), another four for sports (now 15 minutes are left for news), …and then another minute for bumps, opens, and closes. Your half-hour of news lasts a mere 14 minutes.

Terms Producer, Associate Producer, Asst. Producer Executive Producer (EP) Teases and Bumps Blocks Stacking Rundown Lead Story ‘most important story in then newscast’ Traffic Gatekeeper

Terms Producer / Line Producer Field Producer Web Producer DMA / ratings / overnights / sweeps / Nielsen On the rundown Slug, Talent, GFX, ERT, TRT, SOT, cume

Content of the show… VO VO-SOT READER PACKAGE Rundown: A Block RDR/OTS, PKG, VSV, VO, PKG, RDR, VSV peak-and-valley format of each block Timing and pacing Addition of good Graphics Keeping viewer interest -- teases

Content of the show… Opening tease with video Anchor on-camera time: Balancing the anchors ad-libs, bumps, teases, and tosses Breaking stories: dropping and floating stories Live shots 

Live Shots News meeting planning Live truck / Sat truck / Fiber feed / Backpack Wraparound of VO / VSV / PKG Toss from anchor Debrief from anchor IFB / monitor / Mix Minus How a traditional live shot is done

Producing Radio Chapters 15

The state of radio news “The demise of the significant role that radio had traditionally played in covering the news began with the unfortunate decision by the FCC that radio stations did not have to provide news as a public service.”

The state of radio news Radio newscast Readers Actuality stories Voice reports Voice-actuality (like a PKG) Sceners

Local radio news Rip and read What local people want to know about and need to know about Easier than TV No video to shoot Interviews over the phone Real use of a beat check One person operation

Radio News Terms Writing from the back Localizing the news Convergence Wraparounds Lead-ins, TRT and OC Teases and Headlines Pad copy and backtiming

Radio News Examples Radio news feature with wild sound and actualities A Report with Interview type of feature story Sports Feature A voice report story with a standard outcue

In general, a 30-minute newscast contains _____ minutes of commercials, leaving only ____ minutes for news.  8 / 22

Chapter 14 says the _____ is responsible for the long-term look of the newscasts, determining, in consultation with the news director and the GM, the set, the style of the opening and close, the choice of anchors, the philosophy, and other details. Executive Producer

While sometimes the main job might be writing stories, the chapter says the ______ helps reporters put together packages when they are in a rush or have been assigned to a second story or cuts sound bites and picks video for the packages. Associate Producer

The 24-hour news cycle and online presence allowing viewers to find Internet updates at their leisure has led to the birth of: Web Producers

The ________ is the 'business manager' of a TV station's news department, overseeing the overall operation and determining how the budget is allocated. News Director

The lineup of stories as they will run within a TV newscast is called the _______.  rundown

In discussing the producing world at TV stations, the chapter says there are basic steps that are universal in newsrooms, including that newscasts begin with ________, and continue throughout the day as stories either thrive or die. Staff meetings

The ‘D’ Block in Chapter 14’s description is said to often be called the: Kicker block

___________are similar to one another, and might be, “We'll be back with more. Stay with us,” or might promote a story in the next block. Bumps and teases

The chapter says the most basic graphic is the Downstream key (DSK) Used for lower thirds / name keys

'Wire copy' usually refers to material that comes from what service? Associated Press (AP)

Radio newswriters say that the first stories they write are those that will not change--working in this way is called _______.  Writing from the back

In radio news most newscasters read approximately ________ lines of copy per minute.  15-16

What we call sound bites in TV news may also be called that in radio, but also may be called ________.   actualities

The combination of sound and words, using the voice of the newscaster or reporter at the beginning and end of a story or report and the voice of the newsmaker in the middle, is known as a(n) ______ .   wraparound

Every sound bite, wraparound, and report from the scene included in a news script must be introduced by a line or phrase known as a(n)______.  Lead-in

The short sentences used in a script to hold the audience's attention just before a commercial break:   teases

Copy written for protection against mistakes in timing and unexpected changes in the newscast that could affect the timing is called _______.  pad