TV NEWS

SCRIPTWRITING AND
NEWSCASTING
National Training of Trainers
for Campus Journalism
REXCEL JOHN SORZA
Journalist
• Who is your favorite newscaster?
• What is your favorite newscast?

Newscasting
• What do you want to learn from this
workshop?

Newscasting
• To introduce/re-introduce you to
newscasting
• To learn/re-learn scriptwriting

Objectives
• NEWS PRESENTING
• NEWS ANCHORING
• NEWS READING
• NEWSCASTING

What is Newscasting?
• NEWSCASTER
• REPORTER
• CORRESPONDENT
• BROADCASTER

What is Newscasting?
• YOU ASSUME A PERSONA
• YOU INTERPRET IDEAS
• YOU ARE PART OF A TEAM
• YOU GIVE NEWS ITS FACE

Newscasting is a SHOW
Newscasting is a SHOW
Newscasting is a SHOW
• VERBAL COMMUNICATION
• NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION

Newscasting is
COMMUNICATION
• VERBAL COMMUNICATION
• VOICE VOLUME
• VOICE QUALITY
• VOICE TONE
• VOICE RHYTHM
• PRONUNCIATION
• GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE

Newscasting is
COMMUNICATION
• NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION
• FACIAL EXPRESSION
• EYE CONTACT
• POSTURE
• HAND GESTURES
• MOVEMENTS

Newscasting is
COMMUNICATION
Newscasting is
JOURNALISM
• TELLING STORIES/REPORTS
• TELLING THE TRUTH
• PUBLIC SERVICE

Newscasting is
JOURNALISM
• SHOW
• COMMUNICATION
• JOURNALISM

Newscasting
1. PITCHING OF STORIES
2. STORY CONFERENCE
3. NEWS GATHERING
4. EDITING
5. SCRIPTS
6. VIDEOS (AV PACKAGES)
7. PREVIEWING OF MATERIALS
8. AIRING - NEWSCASTING
9. POST-MORTEM

News cycle
• THE ACTOR
• THE ACTION
• THE PERFORMANCE
• THE CONTENT
• THE TECHNICALS

Newscasting
FACE
• BEAUTY
• SKIN

The actor
The actor
The actor
The actor
The actor
The actor
The actor
The actor
The actor
VOICE
• BARITONISH FOR MEN
• NOT SHRILLY FOR WOMEN

The actor
 sample

The actor
ATTIRE
• SEMI-FORMAL
• BUSINESS/CASUAL ATTIRE
• REMOTE LOCATION ATTIRE

The actor
The actor
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The actor
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The actor
The actor
The actor
• HEAD
• EYES
• MOUTH
• HANDS
• SHOULDERS
• HAND PROP

The action
The action
The action
The action
• sample

The action
• HAND SIGNALS
• PERIPHERAL VISION

The performance
• THE TECHNIQUES
• REVIEW SCRIPT
• UNDERSTAND
• ASK
• PREPARE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
• REHEARSE
• BEFORE A MIRROR
• READ ALOUD
• INTERNALIZE
• EMOTION
• READ-UP
• IT PAYS TO KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND
• ADVANCE READING

The performance
• VOICE
• PITCH
• VOLUME
• TEMPO
• PRONUNCIATION
• DICTION
• NOISE
• POPPING
• SIBILANCE
• ASPIRATE

The performance
DELIVERY
• PHRASING
• SYLLABICATION
• EMPHASIS
• SIGNATURE
• MIKE ENRIQUEZ
• ANCHOR CLAVIO
• TV PATROL

The performance
DELIVERY
• ACTIVE
• CHOREOGRAPHED
• MOVEMENTS
• TALKING TO YOU; "INVOLVES YOU"
• PASSIVE
• JUST MOUTHING
• NO MUCH MOVEMENTS
• AUDIENCE IS SPECTATOR

The performance
• SAMPLES
• MIC
• CAMERA
• MAKEUP
• HAIR
• LIGHTS
• PROMPTER
• COMSET

The technicals
• MIC

The technicals
• MIC

The technicals
• CAMERA

The technicals
• CAMERA

The technicals
• CAMERA

The technicals
• MAKEUP
• HAIR

The technicals
• MAKEUP
• HAIR

The technicals
• MAKEUP
• HAIR

The technicals
• LIGHTS

The technicals
• LIGHTS

The technicals
• PROMPTER

The technicals
• COMSET

The technicals
VIEW SAMPLES
• GROUP YOURSELVES BY ____
• CHOOSE TWO NEWSCASTERS (ENGLISH)
• CHOOSE TWO NEWSCASTERS (FILIPINO)
• PERFORM
• AFTER, SHARE:
• WHAT DID THE "ANCHORS" FEEL?
• WHAT DO AUDIENCE WANT THE
NEWSCASTERS TO IMPROVE ON?

Exercise
• SHOW T.O.A. HOW IT WAS DONE.

Exercise
STATION VISIT: ASSIGNMENTS
1. OBSERVE HOW THE ANCHOR PREPARES
2.OBSERVE THE PRODUCTION ON THE STUDIO
FLOOR
3.OBSERVE THE PRODUCTION IN THE CONTROL
ROOM

END OF DAY 1