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Broadcast Story Structure
PPCF or PPF |
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Present-lead with most recent material
Past-what has led to this point
Context-what it means
Future-what happens next |
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lead in sentence
for broadcast stories |
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ex: "there's more bad news from Iraq"
acts as a headline
prepares viewer for whats coming up
general |
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When referring to people in
broadcast stories |
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ID before NAME
repeat names rather than pronouns |
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style guidelines for broadcast writing:
Numbers |
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Definition
spell out numbers one through eleven
write out 12-999
above that, combo--one thousand, 12 thousand |
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| In print we create pictures with words, in broadcast, we create ________ with _______ and give _________ with words. |
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| in broadcast we create pictures with pictures and give info with words |
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| What does KISS stand for in broadcasting writing? |
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| what do u have to do to have ELM in broadcasting? |
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-conversational style
-sound good rather than read well
-think of syllables per sentence: 25 |
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| what does ELM stand for in broadcast writing? |
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| what does SVO mean in broadcast writing? |
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subject, verb, object.
what (subject) was done (verb) by whom (object) |
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| Who (subject) says/does (verb) to whom (objects) |
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| verb tenses in broadcast writing |
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use present (is)
then future (will)
then present perfect ( |
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| present perfect refers to events that are ___ ________ but not completed. |
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IN PROGRESS, not completed
council has voted |
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