Winol Review

Winchester News Online is ordinarily a great piece of television news. So far this term I've been impressed by high production standards, slick editing and well researched and delivered news items. It was therefore rather disappointing that this weeks broadcast (26th October) did not live up to the usual high standards.
As always, the stories were well researched, accurate and well written, but the delivery of the bulletins let down the content. I felt that at times the speech of the presenters flowed unnaturally, causing mistakes, and the obvious reading from paper scripts suggested that the piece had been rushed, and not enough time had been dedicated to learning the script. I also felt that the use of outdoor interviews meant that there was much overwhelming background noise, which distracted this viewer, and detracted from an informative piece of journalism. Having said this, the content was of a very high standard, and the stories were informative and interesting, it was a shame that they were not done justice.
At times the camera work and editing was also problematic, with shots out of focus for extended periods of time and too many shot changes in short periods. Perhaps using fewer shots for longer periods would have been better for the overall aesthetic of the piece.
Overall then, the broadcast this week felt fairly weak, and appeared to be rushed. The stories had obviously been well researched and written and had much time dedicated to them, it was disappointing that similar commitment was not apparent in the presentation of the show. It was still a reasonably good piece of student work, however it had far greater potential than it displayed.