Newsreader Script Voice Piece
Teenagers texting whilst driving has caused numerous accidents over the past years leading to investigations into whether younger drivers should be allowed on the roads.
Our reporters Phoebe and Eleanor are Live from South Downs College reviewing the highly discussed issue of teenagers texting whilst behind the wheel.
Cut: Chris1
Dur: 40 Secs
Out: Lavin1
Reporters Voice Piece
Chris: Hello, welcome to South Downs News.
Rebecca: We are here today reporting live from South Downs College, discussing the topic of teenagers texting whilst driving.
Chris: 33% of deaths among 13 to 19-year-olds in 2010 occurred in motor vehicle crashes.
Rebecca: This is a terrifying statistic which is why change must begin as soon as possible.
Chris: We are now here joined with Charlotte, a 17 year old student who's recently passed her driving test.
Rebecca: Whats your thoughts on teenagers who text whilst driving?
Charlotte: I think texting whilst driving isn't good and I would never personally do it. I understand sometimes if its an emergency and you have to reply straightaway than its acceptable to text and drive, but if people just do it for the sake of it then I don't agree.
Chris: If you were in a vehicle with somebody who was texting would you intervene?
Charlotte: Yeah I would try to stop them as they are putting my life and others in danger. If it was say in a traffic jam where we wouldn't be moving for a while then I would maybe not intervene but if I thought I was in danger I'd definitely speak up.
Rebecca: Only 44% of teens said they would definitely speak up if someone were driving in a way that scared them.
Chris: Talking on a cell phone can double the likelihood of an accident as well as slow a young driver’s reaction time down to that of a 70-year-old.
Chris: Teen drivers with involved parents are twice as likely to wear seat belts.
Rebecca: Only 44% of teens said they would definitely speak up if someone were driving in a way that scared them.
Chris: Statistics show that 17 and 18-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger.
Rebecca: I hope you have found this to be helpful and informative.
Chris: So next time you debate texting whilst driving, just remember your putting your life and others in danger.
Chris: And this has been Chris and Lucy reporting for South Downs News.
Rebecca: Thank you for watching, back to the studio.
Vox Pop
(News readers asks the question 'whats your thoughts on teenagers texting whilst driving?')
Vox Pop Response:
I think texting and driving is bad and anybody who considers doing it should be ashamed. I would never personally do it as I think it puts peoples lives in danger. Being safe on the roads is way more important than answering a phone call or text.
(News readers asks the question 'If you were in a vehicle with somebody who was texting would you intervene?)
Vox Pop Response:
I personally would definitely intervene as its my life at risk just as much as the drivers and other people on the road. I have never been in a car where someone has texted and drove but if I did I would feel like its my right to say something so I would.
(News reader asks the question 'Would you ever text whilst driving?')
Vox Pop Response:
No I wouldn't think about doing that. Its stupid and unneeded, answering a call or text should not be peoples main priority whilst driving. I've just recently passed my test and I'm already scared of other drivers on the road purely for the fact of things like texting whilst driving, I just think people shouldn't do it.
Final Radio Vox Pop Piece
Link: http://chirb.it/NC3Pa1
This is the final finished piece of our radio box pop piece, we edited it through Adobe Audition, the changes we made were cropping and cutting certain section, replacing parts with different recordings and manipulating certain responses to fit within the style of a vox pop
Final Radio Vox Pop Piece
Link: http://chirb.it/NC3Pa1
This is the final finished piece of our radio box pop piece, we edited it through Adobe Audition, the changes we made were cropping and cutting certain section, replacing parts with different recordings and manipulating certain responses to fit within the style of a vox pop
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Evaluation
Phoebe and I decided to create our Radio piece on a story about teenagers using mobile phones whilst driving - this story was chosen because of its relevance and its importance to this target audience we're aiming the piece toward. We have decided to set our target audience primarily at teenagers - this being about 17 - 18 years old (young drivers). As a whole, these are the people who are at the heart of our story. Despite this, the information we've gathered, this includes facts, figures,opinions and statistics have been from DVLA, driving professionals or Police who are more than likely going to give a very one sided story to the report. We feel as though getting opinions from the people who are the main part of the story would be something we can congregate a lot of information and peoples opinions on thereby creating a two sided opinion on the story and getting teenagers and young drivers involved in something that would be a big part of there lives at the age we're aiming towards.
As well as this, being the same age, we feel that we can create a radio piece that will know what it's talking about and will know what will appeal to the people people and what they want to hear as we are basically directing it at ourselves. By doing this were able to connect with the people were aiming for by having that link. This means we can look at current events in the news and see which ones stand out the most to us thus we'll then have an idea of what people our age are interested in and what will appeal to them as it has come from ourselves. As well as this having the same age range as our target audience is an advantage to us, as this means we can project the news stories out in a way that we know the teenagers watching will enjoy and have a genuine interest in. Not only this, but being the same age range as the people who we're directing these stories for means that we'll have good connection with them, we can know what they want to see and do our best to give it to them.
Teenagers are always interested in these kinds of stories because it will relate to them on a more personal level whether it be through family, friends, experiences or being already aware and wanting to air there opinion. However this story will push the limits and not be afraid to put out the important details that we think will make the teenagers catch on and realise the dangers. Not only this but it will be a reminder or a lesson for them as the relevance of it is massively important. In a day were technology is constantly used, I believe teenagers are becoming unaware of the dangers as it is not put forward to them enough how critical using a mobile while driving can be therefore teenagers can use the as a reminder and a way to make them more aware of the situation. The vox pops are going to encourage young drivers to have the opportunity to bring forward and air there opinion in a way that would be heard especially if they have no other way of telling their point of view.
I feel I have demonstrated a variety of professional practice within my film and radio piece. To start with my filming assignment reflects professionalism as I used a mixture of different and expert angles like cut away shots, long distance shots and close ups. I also made sure the actors and actresses I decided to use for the filming were the best I could find, I wanted the news film to be as professional as possible which is why I choose actors and actress who were up to that standard and what I wanted to represent our news programme. Another example of how my film treatment reflects professional practice is the script. Throughout this assignment I researched a variety of different news programmes and looked into how the way news reporters speak, what they say etc. and due to this made sure the script reflected that. We treated our story like the real thing taking in all aspects and considerations. We first thought about the vox pops and who would be interested, relevant and who would air the most opinion. As we knew teenagers were the core of the story we knew that these would be the best people to get opinions and judgement from as this is also who were targeting the piece for. Teenagers will often care a lot more and have a valid opinion on something that is likely to affect them and people their age so we knew that by asking them we could get a lot of material. We both knew we could take vox pops from people around the college as almost all the teenagers there would be coming up to learning to drive or already driving. We would be able to go out at any point of the day and take small recording from several people with different ideas and feelings towards the situation. In the end we were able to get vox pops from people who were already driving, learning to drive or just had an opinion anyway, which was great for our piece as we could get a range of mixed point of views from people who were strongly against it or people who didn't really mind about texting whilst driving. We asked three questions overall, these were; 'What are your thoughts on teenagers texting whilst driving?', ''If you were in a vehicle with somebody who was texting would you intervene?' and 'Would you ever text whilst driving?'. Choosing very quick fire and simple questions enabled us to get opinions and information from all sorts of people who could answer them in a very short brief yet informative way. This was good for us as we had a lot of people's point of view and it was easier to pick at the best answers and edit them easily. The cue was something we also was able to do quite easily as we just had to pick out the valid points and condense them so that it lead on to vox pops smoothly and in a way that people could clearly understand.
I think overall we gathered and created a really strong piece that has a good story that we could utilize and adapt to the kind of thing we wanted to create. I would say the first strength of our piece as a whole is the fact we had really strong questions to ask the public and this allowed us to get a ton of opinions and points of views that we could turn into a really valid and important set of vox pops for the final story. It was also easy to edit on Adobe Audition, where we had to cut out small speaking errors or pauses. This made for a very strong final piece which flowed like a real life radio piece and sounded very informative. There area few weaknesses and these probably include general things such as if we had more time we would of been able to edit the piece to a higher level and therefore if we needed more vox pops or an improved que we would have the time to gather and adjust it. We also could of had more vox pop questions just so that we had a broader outlook on the subject from the public rather than asking everyone the same three questions. I think as well we would of added an end piece to the story so that we could of rounded it off professionally and make it like the real thing.
