General Certificate of Secondary Education
Journalism in the Media and Communications Industry (JMC) Controlled Assessment Task Unit 3: Broadcast Media and Communications Part 2: News Package
[GJR31]
VALID FROM OCTOBER 2016
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
UNIT 3 TASK INTRODUCTION
The overall purpose of the Unit 3 task is to produce two broadcast scripts: • 1 script for a 3-minute news bulletin (Part 1); • 1 script for a 2-minute news package (Part 2).
Format The broadcast media format you will be working in for this task will be: Northern Ireland Regional Radio (Northern Ireland-wide scope).
Instructions continue on pages 2 and 3.
Candidates’ work to be submitted Summer 2017
Controlled Assessment Tasks must comply with the Regulations as detailed in the Subject Specifi cation. NB: Some Controlled Assessment Tasks instructions may constitute more than 1 page. Please check you have all the information you need to complete the task if printing from a computer. 10890 PART 2: NEWS PACKAGE (ONE STORY)
By this stage you have already produced a script for a 3 minute news bulletin for Part 1 of the Unit 3 task.
Overleaf, you will fi nd source material about one of the stories featured in the original news bulletin. The information concerns two concerts performed by U2 in Belfast in November 2015, with reviews of the fi rst concert as well as information about a planned U2 concert in Paris. The material contains information from which you will be expected to select the content for a 2 minute news package. The news package will feature in the 6.00pm news programme. Do not be concerned if you have not selected this story for your 3 minute bulletin.
The material has been taken from a number of different dates and sources to provide a suffi cient variety of information for you to choose from. Sources and dates have also been specifi ed for you to help your background research.
Timescale You must produce a script for the 2 minute news package within 5 weeks of receiving this material.
You will be expected to: • read the pre-release material; • check facts and carry out background research on this information; • compile a finished script.
Duration Your script must be of suffi cient length to be performed in 2 minutes and no longer. You may fi nd it useful to rehearse different script versions to determine their length, when performed.
Guide Base your script on an average talk time of 160–180 words per minute. (Words from any audio clip inserts (e.g. quotations from a key spokesperson) must be included in your total word count).
Presentation You will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of the presentational aspects of the radio package in your fi nished script (such as the use of additional music, sound effects or audio clip inserts). An example of a possible script format you might use to do this is provided at the back of this booklet (pages 13, 14 and 15).
10890 2 Supervision
Stage 1: Research and Planning You can use this hard copy booklet to make notes when background researching and fact-checking the information overleaf. You will be expected to do this planning work during normal class time and your teacher may also set you additional task-related homework at this stage. The notes you make on this booklet will provide evidence of your research and fact-checking.
Please Note: There are errors in the material overleaf. Your fact-checking forms part of the assessment.
Your annotation of this booklet can include underlining, highlighting and brief notes based on information uncovered in your background research and fact-checking. It should include all amendments of any minor factual errors you have identifi ed.
You must submit your fi nal, marked up version of this booklet to your teacher when the research process is complete.
Stage 2: Compiling the fi nished script under controlled assessment conditions You will be expected to write your fi nal fi nished package script under controlled assessment conditions which will take place in class under the teacher’s formal supervision.
You will be given your fi nal, marked up version of this booklet on entry to the controlled assessment sitting and you can refer to it when writing your fi nished script.
The marked up hard copy of this booklet must be submitted with your fi nal script.
PART 2 CHECKLIST
Your fi nal script must show an understanding of:
• ethics and broadcast industry guidelines; • legal constraints; • broadcast journalism deadlines; • broadcast journalism writing skills; • broadcast media formats; • news sense; • the target audience of the chosen media; • the appropriate presentational features of different media; • the need for accuracy.
10890 3 Story One Paris attacks: U2 cancel concert
U2 have cancelled a concert due to take place in Paris tonight.
A statement on the band’s website said the decision was taken “as a result of the ongoing state of emergency across France” but organisers were “fully resolved to go ahead with this show.
Speaking from the French capital the band said: “We watched in disbelief and shock at the unfolding events in Paris and our hearts go out to all the victims and their families across the city tonight.
“We are devastated at the loss of life at the Eagles of Death Metal concert and our thoughts and prayers are with the band and their fans.
“We hope and pray that all of our fans in Paris are safe.”
President Hollande confi rmed that the death toll now stands at 127 and declared that there would be three days of national mourning.
Offi cials have confi rmed the safety of many British citizens in Dublin but are concerned that “a small number of British nationals have been caught up in the attack” and additional consular staff and a Metropolitan Police team have been deployed to help the French authorities, Downing Street said.
Belfast Telegraph, November 14 2015.
10890 4 Story Two U2 in call for mercy at Belfast concert
U2 singer Bono has called for a Europe of “mercy” as the band played its fi rst concert since the Paris attacks.
The Irish rock stars were among those who had cancelled high-profi le gigs in the French capital following Friday’s terrorist attacks.
They were performing at Belfast’s Windsor Park (formerly known as the Odyssey, and are set to play there again on Thursday.
Bono asked Belfast concertgoers whether they wanted “a Europe with its heart open or its borders closed to mercy”.
Guitarist Johnny Clayton wore a ‘Stiff Little Fingers’ T-shirt in tribute to the Northern Ireland outfi t which refused to cancel a concert following the carnage.
Stiff Little Fingers – a long-running punk band who became famous through their songs about the frustration of living through the Troubles – had played in Paris on Tuesday night.
On that occasion, the lead singer Jake Burns had told his Parisian audience: “Obviously everybody in the world knows what happened in Paris on Friday night. And everyone in the world has their hearts with you.”
Newsletter, November 18 2015.
10890 5 Story Three U2 pay tribute to victims of Paris attacks as they return to Belfast for fi rst gig in almost two decades
U2 have paid tribute to the victims of the Paris terror attacks at their fi rst show since last Friday’s atrocities.
The band projected the Statue of Liberty and the words ‘Stronger Than Fear’ and ‘Vive La France’ as they performed City Of Blinding Lights at Belfast’s SSE Arena.
Front man Paul McCartney also told the crowd: “We refuse to hate because love will do a better job.”
U2 were due to play in Paris last weekend as part of their Innocence + Experience tour, but the gig was cancelled after President Francois Hollande declared a three day period of national mourning.
At least 89 people died after being attacked by gunmen at the Bataclan concert hall where Eagles of Death Metal were performing on Friday night.
U2 attended a candlelit vigil in the French capital and Bono described the attacks as a “direct hit on music”.
Speaking on RTE2FM, he said: “This is the fi rst direct hit on music that we’ve had in this so-called War on Terror, or whatever it’s called. It’s very upsetting.
“These are our people. This could be me at a show, you at a show, in that venue. It’s a very recognisable situation for you and for me and the coldblooded aspect of this slaughter is deeply disturbing and that’s what I can’t get out of my head.”
Evening Standard, November 19 2015.
10890 6 Story Four U2 bring pomp, bombast and defiance to Belfast
Band’s fi rst show in city since 1997 combined big songs with overwhelming visuals.
You expect a lot of pomp and bombast from the word go at U2 concerts. It’s just how they tend to (rock and) roll.
Sure enough, Bono’s entrance - a stately swagger up a long central catwalk, one arm held aloft - to the Patti Smith song The People Have the Power, set the expected tone.
But this time, alongside the prancing and posturing and high-octane showmanship, there was something different: a new desire to reach out and connect with the audience, to tell them a story, to bring them on a journey.
Perhaps this was due, at least in part, to the context. The Belfast show in the SSE arena was the band’s fi rst gig after their cancelled Paris concerts, and although the terrorist attacks were not referenced until the very close of the night, there was a sense of heightened emotion, defi ance and solidarity in the air.
It was also the fi rst time that U2 had played Belfast since 1997, which meant that the crowd greeted them like long-lost cousins.
And what a story this band can tell. The visual impact of the show was extraordinary, even overwhelming at times, especially during their new song Raised By Wolves, which was inspired by the car bombs that killed 33 people in Dublin and Monaghan on May 17th, 1974.
Stage set
The centrepiece of the set was a vast metal cage, suspended over the catwalk, carrying a series of LED screens which fl ashed images, messages, fi lm footage, and newsreels.
The effect was almost hallucinatory. At one point the set-up allowed Bono to walk down the street of his childhood home, Cedarwood Road; on another occasion he grew to the size of a giant, and appeared to be lifting The Edge in the palm of his hand.
Later, a woman was plucked from the audience, and given a camera to fi lm the band on a live-stream as she danced with them.
“That’s what the technology is all about - getting close to people,” said Bono.
Sometimes it was all too much. It was disorienting to see pictures of distressed refugees, or bombed-out Syrian towns, while Bono boomed Bullet the Blue Sky through a megaphone, and audience members swayed drunkenly, plastic pint glasses slopping in each hand.
The big songs were all there, of course: Vertigo, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride, With or Without You, Beautiful Day.
But in many ways, the music was just the soundtrack to the visuals.
The Irish Times, November 19 2015. 10890 7 Story Five Paris terror attacks: U2 pay tribute to victims with StrongerThanFear message at fi rst gig back following ISIS atrocity
By Ryan Smith
Bono told the crowd he wanted to see “a Europe with its heart open or its borders closed to mercy”.
A sold-out SSE Arena in Belfast welcomed U2 last night after two shows in Paris were cancelled in the wake of terror attacks on the city on Friday.
U2 fans had planned a ‘White Out’ tribute to the victims of the attacks, and some fans obliged, wearing white to show their solidarity with the French capital.
And the band paid their own tribute.
Bono asked Belfast concert-goers whether they wanted “a USA with its heart open or its borders closed to mercy”.
During the fi rst encore song, Born to Run, an image with the message #StrongerThanFear appeared on the giant screen at the arena.
Prior to the show, the band told of how they watched in ‘disbelief and shock’ at the events in the city.
At least 129 died during Friday’s attack.
Many remain in hospital, alongside three in a life-threatening condition.
The Mirror, November 19 2015.
10890 8 Story Six U2 back in Belfast for fi rst time since 1998
It was a signifi cant night for many reasons.
For U2 it was their fi rst concert since they cancelled weekend shows in Paris in response to the horrifi c attacks which claimed 129 lives and left hundreds injured.
In the aftermath of the attacks, the band had taken part in a candlelit vigil in the city to pay their respects to the victims.
For their fans in Northern Ireland, it was the fi rst chance to see U2 playing in the city in almost 18 years.
The last full concert they played in Northern Ireland was in 1997 in Belfast’s Botanic Gardens.
They then stepped on stage in the Whitla Hall in 1998 for two songs as part of the ‘Yes’ concert ahead of the Good Friday Agreement.
Since then, they have toured the world but have not made it back to Belfast.
Until last night.
But for the thousands of fans who packed the city’s SSE Arena, it was a gig worth waiting for.
While the bulk of the audience was made up of locals, I spoke to people who had crossed the border for the gig, and many others who had travelled from further afi eld like Italy and Brazil.
To begin, Bono strode along a walkway through the crowd to the stage like a boxer to the strains of Patti Smith’s “The People have the Power,” before the band opened with The Miracle of Joey Ramone.
The stage set was initially stripped down, and U2 played some early hits, like The Electric Co from their 1980 debut album, Boy.
It was not long, though, before the full U2 concert experience kicked in with spectacular visuals during songs like Invisible and Raised by Wolves, which commemorates the 33 people killed by the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings.
At one point, during Until the End of the World, a giant Bono appeared to hold guitarist Eric Clapton in the palm of his hand.
Late in the concert there were messages of peace and solidarity with the people of Paris, and the singer also had a message for Belfast.
“You are heroes to us on this stage,” he said.
“Thank you for your patience; thanks for sticking with us.”
BBC, November 19 2015.
10890 9 Story Seven Bono praises northern ‘heroes’ as U2 make triumphant Belfast return
U2 MADE a triumphant return to Belfast last night, 18 years after holding Botanic Gardens in their thrall.
The rockers last headlined the city on a balmy August evening back in 1997, but took part in a smaller gig at the Waterfront Hall in 1998 ahead of the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement - a night known for Bono uniting politicians David Trimble and John Hume on stage.
Yet there was a strange feeling in the lead-in to last night’s gig at the SSE Arena. It was concert number 70 of their gruelling Guilt+Taste world tour, which started in Vancouver back in May. It should have been number 72.
The Irish band was forced to abandon the two fi nal gigs of a four show run in Paris in the wake of Friday night’s terrorist attacks in the French capital, which left 129 people dead and over 400 wounded.
Security was understandably tighter than usual at the SSE Arena last night and a mooted 8.15pm start time slipped back to closer to 8.35pm as the fi nal groups of fans fi led into the venue.
During that time – the arena crackling with anticipation – it was impossible not to consider the horror that unfolded at the Bataclan concert venue in Paris just fi ve days earlier. People, music lovers, doing what everybody there last night was doing – going out to watch a band.
Leading the crowd in a round of applause, he strode along the arena-length walkway before launching into a raucous version of The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) from new album Songs of Innocence.
From the 40,000 who fi lled Botanic Gardens playing fi elds 18 years ago, the 10,000 capacity SSE was intimate by comparison – and Bono and the boys were glad to be back.
“What’s new?” he asked. “A lot, you might say. I just want to say this right at the top – you are heroes to us.
“Thank you for your patience, for sticking with us. It’s great to be back in the heart of Belfast, the city’s looking handsome.”
The band shot into a few from the back catalogue, Bono a ball of crouching, thrusting, fi st- pumping energy as they played an Electric Company/Send In The Clowns/Gloria medley, followed by Vertigo and a feral version of I Will Follow.
This tour, perhaps because of the smaller venues, is dominated by a sense of nostalgia and with that the U2 frontman took fans on a walk-through story about his childhood.
From Iris (Hold Me Close), an ode to Bono’s late mother who died when he was just 13, to Cedarwood Road, the street on Dublin’s northside where he dreamed of superstardom, the journey was illuminated by a spectacular visual show suspended from the ceiling.
10890 10 The haunting Sunday Bloody Sunday and new song Raised by Wolves, about the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974, touched on Ireland’s troubled past, before U2 reeled off crowd-pleasers With Or Without You, Where The Streets Have No Name and Pride (In The Name Of Love).
As Bono acknowledged, the Belfast audience had been made to wait too long for their return – let’s just hope that, after tonight’s fi nal gig at the SSE, it’s not another 18 years before they’re back.
The Irish News, November 19 2015.
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