Here's the instructions (just included the main points)...
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE - SPRING SEMESTER COURSEWORK ASSESSMENT
VIDEO: Climate Change – Is it real and what are the implications?
Assessment design and rationale
This assessment allows you to use your imagination and ingenuity to address real-life issues associated with public understanding and interpretation of the science surrounding climate change. Your task is to make a 5 minute video-based news-clip exploring the question: climate change – is it real and what are the implications?....
..This video-based assessment is best suited to teams of 3-4 people and no team may have more than 4 members. All team members must appear in the video. Each team should designate a team “leader”, who will be responsible for the organisation of group meetings and liaison with the module convenor and the Media Centre...
This teamwork project requires you to make a 5 minute video clip as an item to be included in a BBC 6 o’clock news bulletin. The focus of the piece is to discuss (a) whether climate change is real and (b) what the implications may be for the British Isles. You should provide a balanced account which syntheses the arguments, explains the mechanisms of change and discusses potential implications. This exercise is about the public understanding of science and therefore clarity of argument and ability to integrate knowledge in an accessible way, is critical.
The Cast:
The video should include a cast of at least three (and possibly more) journalists and must include:
The Anchor (Newscaster): Sophie Raworth
The Science Correspondent: Fergus Walsh
The Special Correspondent: A list of BBC correspondents and their biographies can be found on the following website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi ... efault.stm
You may wish to watch some real BBC news bulletins to get a feel of how the various actors interact to present a news story. The anchor often remains seated whereas the science correspondent usually stands next to a display board illustrating the scientific mechanisms. The anchor and special correspondents then usually cover a variety of related, possibly human impact, issues.
The role play element of this exercise provides a professional and logistically-constrained stage onto which you can build your science-based, intellectual case. Marks will be awarded for realistic portrayal and believability!
Technical Support:
Training and advice on how to design and shoot a successful video is provided, free of charge, by the University Media Centre http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/is/services ... tion.phtml). You can arrange to loan of one of the Media Centre digital video cameras or you can use your own one with them.
The Media Centre also has a digital editing suite which you can book time on to edit and enhance the quality of your video.
Rather amusing to see the lecturer wants us to pose as Sophie Raworth and Fergus Walsh among others, rather than just complete randoms.
Basically, my reason for asking on here... I'm quite keen on making a good job of this not only in terms of the video editing skills involved, but making it seem realistic, rather than just 3 people stood/sat around a desk in a classroom.
I wonder how likely is it that my local BBC centre in Nottingham would let my group use their laundrette as a set for our presentation?! Inevitibly it would have to be done at some completely off peak time like a Sunday morning to avoid clashing with rehearsals or a live broadcast, but would it be worth enquiring or would the BBC never allow anything like that?
I wouldn't expect them to let us use any electrical equipment, other than perhaps the projector - which I imagine could be plugged into a standard laptop to display a Powerpoint presentation - and I'd use my own camcorder, but just having the set and Anne's ironing board would be a very nice touch!
Would certainly get us marks for initiative!
