Producing Across

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Chapter 11

• Producing Across
• Electronic Technologies

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• Producing the Half-Hour TV Newscast
• Determine the News Hole.
• Subtract time for commercials, weather and
  sports.
• Usually, fewer than 15 minutes of actual news
  time.
• End breaks take out 30 seconds from each half
  hour.
• Usually, 2900 or 2930 actual program time.
• See Figure 11.3, p. 227.

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• 20-30 items used in the news block, to provide a
  faster pace.
• The more stories added, the shorter each must be.
• Block the Newscast
• Consider the news hole and the news budget
  (list of stories).
• Consider the mix of stories with video and
  without.

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• Producer must figure how
• Much time is available, time the program.
• To set up segments so they have an even feel.
• To get commmercials on the air.
• To budget times for every element of the
  newscast.