LO3: Script for News Broadcast

LO2 Task 4: Games Corner Moodboard

This is my moodboard for the Game-based television news show we are creating a script for. I have included common interests a gamer would have and well-known acclaimed games gamers will most-likely be into. There are also pop-culture references to some of the gaming stereotypes such as energy drinks associated with gaming.

Ideal Audience Profile

Joe is 18 years old and loves gaming. He is in his second year of college in which he studying Games Production and hopes to go on to study this at University in the future. He has always enjoyed playing games with friends online and discussing games with friends. However Joe is also very sociable and enjoys hanging about with his mates in pubs and clubs such as Corporation Sheffield, and also enjoys attending the local gigs around his area and watching local bands at venues such as The Hop, The Plug and the Leadmill. Joe's favourite food is Doritos with Mild Salsa dipping sauce and owns a Turtle Beach X12.

LO2: Researching News Stories

We used sites such as IGN and BBC News in Gaming for research into the stories for the script. Here's the page for the Minecraft story used in the script.

Stories researched:

Anticipated game Project Cars has been delayed for the third time in a row, resulting in the game’s launch date to be moved back another month. According to publisher Namco Bandai, the hyper-realistic racing sim is now expected to be released in “mid-May” time, and this was to ensure the final build matches fan expectations.
Developer Ian Bell confirms out of the critically-acclaimed racing games that this will be its most “grand and intricately detailed of them all”.

The widely loved sandbox game Minecraft, based on players having the ability to create whatever they please in an open-world, is currently facing a ban in Turkey for being “too violent” and that its depictions of violence “cannot be ignored” according to the Turkish Family and Social Policies Ministry.  This has sparked controversy for gaming fans in Turkey, as Minecraft is believed to be a game solely based on creativity and imagination, rather than an excuse to act as a violent game.

PlayStation Vue, a new project that will act as a cloud-based TV streaming service for both PlayStation 3 and 4, will begin its commercial rollout nationwide by the end of the month for select invitation-only tests. Vue will be targeting “cord-cutters”; people who ditch their traditional cable providers in favour of digital-only services. Vue will let viewers watch many different live TV and on-demand content from networks such as FOX, NBCUniversal, Viacom and CBS. 

The cost of subscribing to PlayStation Vue has not yet been announced, but will first be available on consoles and eventually iPads and other non-Sony digital devices.

LO2: Minutes Meeting

LO2: Production Plan

LO2: Mindmapping Ideas

LO2: Team Roles

I will be creating the script in a group with Alex Raynes, Danielle Baggaly and Becky Jackson. Me and Alex will be handling the research for gaming news stories that will be included in the script, while Becky and Danielle will be responsible for converting this into script format.

LO2: Task 1

For this unit, I will be taking part in writing a news broadcast script for Sheffield Live TV show "The Games Corner", which me and my classmates have already taken part in filming for Unit 43: Production and Post-Production for Television.

We were emailed by production assistant Jasmine Sahu and presenter Vicky Kilby to create the script, which will be given feedback from members of Sheffield Live! community radio station. The script will feature the dialogue and content of the show's news segment and will be broadcasted on the new Sheffield Live! TV.