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 21 OCTOBER 2013 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 2014 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. 9294 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 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 6.00 pm 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 fi nished 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 19–21). 9294 2 Supervision Stage 1: Research and Planning You should use this hard copy booklet to make notes when researching the background 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. 9294 3 Story 1 Derry~Londonderry launches Ireland’s “richest ever cultural programme” The fi rst edition of the programme for Derry~Londonderry 2013, the UK’s fi rst City of Culture, was announced today. Derry~Londonderry in Northern Ireland will play host to a world-class programme which includes: the Turner Prize presented outside England for the fi rst time; a new commission by the London Symphony Orchestra; award-winning choreographer Hofesh Shechter; the return of Field Day; a new play by American playwright Sam Shepard; local Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney; and the fi rst visit to Northern Ireland of the Royal Ballet for over 20 years. Announcing the programme today, Mary McAleese, Chief Executive of Culture Company 2013, said: “We hope that Derry~Londonderry’s City of Culture year brings a sense of joy, a sense of ambition, a sense of pride in our community, a sense of being part of a global community, and in the end a sense of achievement – that we all did this together and it meant something. A huge success for a small city.” Mayor of Derry Cllr Kevin Campbell said: “The City of Culture year will transform our city and region. The range of contemporary music, dance, theatre, arts and performance events will link our diverse communities in programmes of celebration. The exciting programme of events scheduled for 2013 will encourage, develop and showcase our amazing cultural talent to the world and lay the foundations for economic prosperity for years to come.” Welcoming the programme, the Culture Minister Peter Robinson said: “2013 promises to be a momentous year for Derry and for this part of Ireland. With such an exciting programme of events to suit everyone’s tastes, the endorsement this week from the Lonely Planet and the sheer dedication to make this happen, Derry City of Culture is not to be missed. Derry is ready to embrace this opportunity and to showcase Ireland’s rich culture and heritage on the local and international stage.” The year will open with Sons & Daughters, a spectacular free concert on Sunday 20 January 2013, staged in a new purpose-built pavilion in the heart of the city on the banks of the River Foyle. The concert will celebrate Derry’s rich musical heritage co-produced by BBC Television for broadcast. Among the highlights of the programme across the year are: THEATRE The Return of Field Day: May – September Playwright Brian Friel and actor/director Stephen Rea founded Field Day in Derry in 1980. For over 30 years Field Day has been a potent theatrical grouping, credited with altering the terms in which culture and politics have been debated in Ireland, and Northern Ireland especially. Celebrating the return of the company to Derry, they will present the world premiere of a new play, workshopped in Derry, by internationally acclaimed playwright, actor and director, Sam Shepard. There will be an exhibition on the history of Field Day, and The Field Day archive held at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin, will be opened up for free access online, leaving a lasting legacy from the season. Field Day will also raise the curtain on the year with two new works by Northern Irish writers, Clare Dwyer Hogg and David Ireland, directed by Stephen Rea. 9294 4 Alongside this, there will be a season of plays by Brian Friel presented by local venues including the Millennium Forum and the Playhouse including Performances, The Enemy Within, Freedom of the City, and the seminal Translations directed by Adrian Dunbar, premiered by Field-Day at the Guildhall in Derry in 1980. The Conquest of Happiness (Summer) In summer 2013, Derry~Londonderry will host the world premiere of The Conquest of Happiness, a large-scale open-air performance inspired by Bertrand Russell’s famous essay on happiness, led by the internationally acclaimed Bosnian director Haris Pasovic, and featuring artists from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Bosnia-Herzogovina and Slovenia. The Return of Colmcille (June) A city-wide spectacle taking place over a whole weekend devised by Frank Cottrell Boyce, writer of the London 2012 Opening Ceremony, with Walk the Plank. The 24 hour performance spread over three days celebrates Colmcille, the warrior monk who founded the city, a seminal historical fi gure in the story of Ireland. Teenage Kicks: A Punk Musical (November) Set in Derry during the late 1970s, when The Undertones, perhaps Derry’s most famous export, burst onto the scene, this new musical is written by Northern Irish award-winning novelist and screenwriter Colin Bateman (‘Divorcing Jack’, ‘Murphy’s Law’). Featuring classic songs from the punk era, Teenage Kicks is about being a kid, rebelling against authority and falling in love. Children and young people in the city will take part in a Music Festival alongside the production. MUSIC The Music Promise The Music Promise is a year-long programme of inspirational learning for children and young people in Derry. More than 7,000 of the youngest children will take part in the programme, schools all over the city will participate, and thousands of free tickets will be given to schools to ensure that young people are at the heart of the music offering of the city.