Vote Correctly, Vote CONSERVATIVE

I thoroughly enjoyed watching the first political debate on TV last week, and am already itching to see the next one this thursday, however, i was left wanting more, especially from the Conservatives who i felt didn't have a particularly strong debate, as Cameron was kind of overshadowed by the ever moody petulance from Brown, and the almost warming figure of Nick Clegg.

However, unlike many others, i have not been caught up in all the fuss surrounding Clegg, and have been shocked to here so many people saying, "Oh i'l vote for him, he's the best".

It was one debate, and the fact of the matter is, if a selection of people base their views on that solitary debate that they shall vote for him, it would be a catastrophe because as David Cameron warned, because of the current structure of the government, voting for Lib Dem's would almost certainly result in Brown becoming re-elected, which would be nothing short of a disaster.

The latest YouGov poll for the Sun, carried out on Saturday and Sunday, suggests the Lib Dems are 1% ahead of the Tories on 33% with Labour in third place on 26% - which if repeated on 6 May would result in a hung Parliament. This would be a disaster, and we as intelligent journalism students, must do the right thing, VOTE CONSERVATIVE.

WINOL WEEK 7

The last WINOL production of the term, and this week, i took on another new role, this time i became part of the camera crew. The stories (as ever!!) didn't leave us with much time to have a practice run through and as that 3pm deadline drew closer and closer my nerves were at an all time high.

Thankfully with the help of Joey and Josh up in the studio gallery, they were able to calmly and collectively guide us cameramen through the process as the bulletin went out live and on time despite a few technical problems to begin with and the small issue of us running out of time, which cut the live interview from Austria short, which was a shame, as i thought it was an incredibly clever use of our technology and would have excited our viewers.

I look forward to next term where i have a new role as a news reporter and will be working hard to get stories that will interest our viewers, increase our traffic, and make WINOL better overall.

Until then, Happy Easter

WINOL Week 6 Debrief Notes

Road Closure: Good, strong images, something happening, good shots of the bridge
Maps looked very professional, lined up the interview with bursar well,
Didn’t lower the sound on a cut-away, lost a sentence. Out line was a bit
Strange, never use ‘Remains to be seen’.

OOV: Libel to show the man, positive identification. Run it longer or leave it out
Completely, it is not factual that he is a thief

Union: Voice over and scripting was very good, no comment and all factual.
Trying to frame to fit in a poster.

Mice: Good piece, no shots of signs allowed! ‘But at what cost?’ No suspense.
Introduced Councillor with the statement was poor, use a tag line.
Tree was coming out of Claire’s head.

Slob: Brian did not understand it, wasn’t very well explained. Not relevant to
Winchester. Liked the PTC at the start, good moving shot worked very well.

SPORT

Carry cheers underneath a picture edit, run it longer, and then fade it down.
Good presentation from James.