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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.

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