Unit 20: Factual Production

Formats

Media Formats for

Factual Products

Print Broadcast

Computer/Electronic

- magazines

- newspapers

- leaflets

- websites

- blogs

- social media: •Twitter

•Facebook

•Instagram

- TV News

- reality TV

- documentaries

- sport

- current affairs

- wildlife

- cookery

- lifestyles

- radio news

- radio documentaries

Print - magazines

Codes and Conventions:

- newest gossips and

affairs

- advice and guides

- some of the magazines

offer free stuff, like CD’s

or samples

Print - newspapers

Codes and Conventions:

- local news

- exchange ratings

- current and important

affairs

Print – leaflets

Codes and Conventions:

- useful information

- advertising/promoting

- relatable images and

pictures

Computer/Electronic - websites

Codes and Conventions:

- useful information

- attractive layout

- option to leave your

comments/opinions

- you can have your own

account on some of the

websites

- you can interact with

other users

Computer/Electronic - blogsCodes and Conventions:

- you can publish whatever

you want

- you can leave

comments/opinions

- you can follow other

people’s blogs

- you can design the blog

however you want

- some of the blogs can be

used for

promoting/advertising

Computer/Electronic – social media

Codes and Conventions:

- sharing pictures/videos

with your friends

- communicating and

interacting with other

people

- you can read about

current affairs

- finding new friends

- you can use them on

your mobile phone

Broadcast – TV News

Codes and Conventions:

-1 maybe 2 news readers

- formal language

- studio settings

- headlines/summaries

- weather (at the end)

- video clips/live

footage/outside broadcast

Broadcast – reality TV

Codes and Conventions:

- often have celebrities in them

- usually includes a group of

people

- hidden microphones and

cameras

- participants often given tasks

- audience voting

- usually only one setting

- 24/7 filming

Broadcast - documentaries

Codes and Conventions:

- real life problems

- people are not actors

- everything is happening

in real world

- often show other

people’s struggles or

issues

- they can be filmed

locally

Broadcast - sportCodes and Conventions:

- programmes that show

all kind of sports

- live footage

- studio broadcast

- interviews with

sportsmen

- current sport affairs

Broadcast – current affairs

Codes and Conventions:

- often controversial

- not always true

- happening in real world

- live and 24/7 footage

Broadcast - wildlife

Codes and Conventions:

- show animal interaction

- show natural habitat that

animals live in

- factual

- footage from all around

the world

- working with wild

animals can be dangerous

for reporters

Broadcast - lifestyles

Codes and Conventions:

- not always true

- almost all the programs

are edited and directed

- people may be actors

- some of them include

celebrities

- made for entertainment

- some of the programmes

are competitions

- cookery programmes

Broadcast - radio

Codes and Conventions:

- news, interviews and music

- competitions

- audience can interact with

reporters by calling the

station or sending

messages/e-mails

- advertising and promoting

- tell you about local events