Vicky Kilby is one of the presenters for the show, and she came in to give us some written feedback on the script, in order to make sure they were up to industry standard and looked professional. The target audience for the show is of both male and female with no particular age, this is specifically people who are into gaming. The also are people from around the local area, so it will be aimed at people in the Sheffield Region. Sheffield Live is a low budget show therefore will be aimed at more than just the target demographic of ABC1. This is why in our script we included the information about Mine craft as it is available for a free trial download. We also included information about the local businesses like Sumo Digital. The audience is generally from the local area this means it connects with the station by connecting with the presenters with a regional accent and slang used. Throughout the script using key gaming terms is useful too, which is why we included them within so the gamers will stay interested so the presenters show that they know what they are talking about. The game show will also be broadcast in daytime hours therefore the content of the show will be suitable for people of a young age as it will not include anything against these regulations. The fact that in the script we mention things like the "Sony Morpheus Virtual Reality Helmet" means that the script is entirely gender neutral, meaning we are not trying to stereotype the show to a certain gender. However it is stereotypically known that more males are into games than females. The local audience is also considered when we mention that their is a local gaming company "Sumo Digital" which indicates to the audience that we will provide them with relevant local gaming news.
Throughout Vicky's feedback Vicky explained that our script was solely focused on the technology side of the games. As well as the fact that our script was lacking the local news for games, which was a big part of the show as most of it had to be local so target the local audience. She also mentioned that our script was to formal and if made informal it could be more fun and entertaining for the viewer. We need to go back through the script and make sure we include more local gaming news, for example games released by Sumo Digital or Team Cooper because this would relate to the show being on Sheffield Live! This station only exists to serve the local community.
The improvements needed to be made in the script are that of; less technology focused and more news focused, more informal language to make the script sound less scripted and more features of the gaming industry. It is important that we make these amendments in order to improve the script as a whole. We will also use more local news from around Sheffield and local areas so that it fits in well with the radio show. We will also adapt the dialogue to be more informal than formal so it feels more relaxed and so the audience feels more like a part of the show.
The content of the script I think met the needs the client altogether. The script is written in a formal style which matches a news script I have seen in my examples. However since The games Corner has a different sort of audience or feel to it so it will need to be a be ore informal this is because it is a news show so it will need to be more in a conversational style. The house style of the script is to follow the stylistic conventions of a typical news script, because we wrote the script in a size 12 courier font which is the industry standard for scriptwriting. The script also contains all the information it needs to such as sound effects and graphics effects to make the show a little more interesting. We also include along with the graphics and sound effects what visuals will be appearing on the screen. The mode of address the script was written in is teacher to pupil this is because the show is in a formal style however when we upgrade the script to make it sound more informal the mode of address will be peer to peer. Another thing missing of the content would be some of the shooting script conventions, this includes things like camera directions and transitions as well as the location of the show and even the date and time for the intro of the script, this is all key important for the script. So we will make sure that we have include all of these missing components of the script within the revised/upgraded script.
Our script complies with the Ofcom broadcasting regulations. This is because it does not contain any inappropriate content for children under the age of eighteen because this programme will be broadcast during the day. Ofcom have specific guidelines about the protection of children under the age of eighteen. This is shown when Ofcom state "material that might seriously impair the physical, mental or moral development of people under eighteen". One thing we must make sure of however is when showing the footage of games with a PEGI rating of over 18 we must make sure that the gameplay footage is appropriate for the ages that could be viewing, so there can't be anything that can't be shown to a younger audience of pre watershed. The scrip will be appropriate because Ofcom describe the content for a daytime audience as no unsuitable material for children which is classed as 'sexual content to violence, graphic or distressing imagery and swearing'. However in regards to bias opinions are allowed in the script to a certain degree as we will be giving people real opinions, which will essentially be promoting and advertising the games. This is to avoid bias and becoming an issue. This is overcome in our script by trying to balance out both the positive and negatives. However due to the show being broadcast on Sheffield Live! we are allowed to include bias as we aren't employed or funded by any of the companies we are advertising and reviewing. In regards to the music, graphics and gameplay footage used on the show we must first gain permission from the owners of the content, this is in order to make sure we have legal permission to use everything, so we do not breach any copyright laws. In regards to the music we could avoid the copyright law altogether and use license free music sites such as Creative Commons or even create our own music for the show using Cubase.
Due to the fact that in the gaming company there are a lot of false rumors going round we will need to make sure that source we are getting them from is reliable. For example we could use the website IGN. However when using information from sources it could be majorly important to reference them in case any of the information comes back false so then it will be traced straight back to the original publisher rather having a problem of starting a rumour.
