1. Experts and eye witnesses clip

2. Field reporters.
These are reporters who are on location (present at a particular event or scene) and are linked/contacted by the studio news reader in order to tell the audience what is happening at a particular time.
They will often be accompanied by an eye witness, for example, who they will ask questions to in order to obtain more information.
They will back up what the studio news reader is talking about.

3. Field reporter clip

4. Actuality footage.
Recorded live from the scene and is used to back up a particular subject or story.
Shows what is happening at a specific time, therefore grabbing the audience’s attention rather quickly.

5. Modes of address to the viewer.
What is used by news programmes to categorise their shows so that they can be aimed at all types of viewers.
Newsround would be more aimed at the younger generation and delivers the news in a friendlier manner.
Whereas, BBC news at 6pm would be more aimed at families and the older generation and deliver the news in a more proper, formal way.

6. Documentaries.

7. Narrativisation.
These type of documentaries are put together with the aim of forming a story for the audience to aid their understanding.
They consist of the presenter speaking to the audience which would enable the presenter to explain to them what is actually happening.

8. Interactive.
Interactive documentaries are made with the intention of making the audience members feel welcome and as though they are part of the journey by speaking directly to them.
An example of an interactive documentary would be Louis Theroux ‘Dark States’ documentary where he brings the audience with him on his visit to a town destroyed by drugs.

9. Interactive documentary clip