DEAL or NO DEAL: Brits and EU divorcing the marriage (explains Brexit from the aspect of possible personal impact to the young viewer)Length: 2′33′ |
Genre: news + original performanceFormat: sit-downAffordances: time spent, democratic and everyday worthwhileness, technological appeal, news-ness |
Sound effects, background musicNumerous memes and pictures, and the written text emphasises the news factsEditing: jump-cuts to accelerate the pace of presentation, no post-production effectsHigh technical quality |
Explaining to the cameraListing of news-related factsNarrative elements: action, resolution, codaUses slang, includes few vulgar expressionsFast speech rate |
THE FUTURE IS NOW: robots writing business news(about using robots in journalism; similar to conventional infotainment news interview)Length: 6′44″ |
Genre: original performance + newsFormat: sketch + collabAffordances: time spent, technological appeal, news-ness |
Modest sound effects, ambient background musicVideo footage from newscastsSimultaneous unrelated action in the backgroundEditing: similar to journalistic feature news, no post-production effectsRemarkably low technical quality |
News interviewNarrative elements: abstract, orientation, resolution, codaEveryday word use, similar to formal news textsSpeech rate similar to ordinary conversation |
ONLY IN 5 MINUTES: stock market explained in kitchen(rises and falls of investing in stock market explained using cooking metaphors)Length: 4′49″ |
Genre: original performance + how-toFormat: sit-downAffordances: everyday worthwhileness |
Modest sound effects, background musicFew gifs, written punch lines, bloopersEditing: few jumpcuts to emphasise important factsNormal technical quality with minor flaws in sound and lighting |
Explaining to the cameraListed facts presented through actingNarrative elements: abstract, resolution, codaEveryday languageSlow speech rate |
BE AWARE: how you can prevent the financial crisis from happening?(explaining principles of financial behaviour in an acted sketch)Length: 2′57″ |
Genre: news + original performanceFormat: sketch + sit-downAffordances: time spent, democratic and everyday worthwhileness, technological appeal |
Sound effects to emphasise the facts or jokes, ambient background musicGifs, short video additions, written punch linesEditing: a number of jump cuts to emphasise important factsHigh technical quality |
Explaining to the camera using short sentences, jokes, punch linesNarrative elements: action, resolution, codaEveryday language Fast speech rate |