Soooo once again we are graced with the 4 hours of intense studio development. The first two hours consisted of our regular debates about the weeks reading, arguing over how we can use satire without abusing it to the point where every individual could get sued or upset anyone watching. We also discussed the ideas of not only implementing satire within our comedy news skit but possibly incorporating some parody which would be an interesting and very different approach in carrying out our comical news. We then went through the list of chosen news segments favorited which will be used in our next project and the challenge of forming groups over who liked which segment the most began. Then the practicality of the studio approached, my group (B) sat down and talked to Leo about what we had research and how we were going to start the scripting process. My research of the implements of fear into media tactics was a highly acclaimed idea and was considered to be the initial opening segment after introducing the topic tough on crime. We then went into a studio again and practiced the news room structure, this time we had a city skyline poster as our backdrop behind the talent sitting on the desk and played with including icons within the segment. It looked very professional and Weekend update worthy, I have to admit this studio lesson was very exciting and has made me more enthusiastic and inspired to start our upcoming projects.

Nakita xx