Morning Announcements as a School-Intern Source of Information?
A school day can never really begin without a morning announcement. The day just feels empty otherwise and more importantly, students need to be updated on what’s going on in their school. Morning announcements are the best way to do it.
Ideas for Morning Announcements in High Schools
Morning announcements are a standard part of the daily schedule in most high schools. Most of these announcements tend to follow a fixed structure. Though there’s no problem with that, there’s also nothing wrong with spicing things up a little.
What are the Students’ Positions in a Morning Announcement Team?
Producing videos for morning announcements in a school is almost like producing a film. Of course, it’s nowhere near as complex as producing an actual film. However, the principle remains the same. There are certain tasks involved and these tasks are overseen by a particular bunch of people. In this blog, we are going to […]
The Weather Forecast In Morning Announcements
The weather forecast is one of the most important features of a morning announcement for more reasons than one. Whatever the weather, rain or sunshine, there is always a story to tell your audience. For starters, it will give the students and staff members a fair idea of the kind of weather they can expect during the day. This will help them plan sporting events, excursions and other outdoor activities accordingly. You need to train your presenters to gather all the information they can from the National Weather Service and make sure that they consolidate the data and tell a story that helps the other students understand the weather phenomena.
How To Properly Conduct an Interview For Morning Announcements
Interviews are an integral component of morning announcements and they give the students an excellent opportunity to learn more about the journalistic principles that go into successful radio or television production. Not only will it make for a great addition to their college applications, it will also give a professional sheen and edg
Five Common Mistakes To Avoid In Your Morning Announcement
Who likes to work long and hard to gather and arrange news for morning announcements only to bungle up the presentation? Don’t answer that – as you probably guessed, that question was rhetorical. By making sure your team’s production skills are ‘on point’, you can ensure that the material you worked so hard to produce does not go to waste. The first step towards that end is to make sure you avoid all of the more egregious amateur mistakes. Let us take a look at the most common ones and how to avoid them.
How to use a Teleprompter
A teleprompter is a device that displays ‘prompts’ or ‘lines of speech’ to the speaker. It is placed below the level of the camera so that it is not captured on film, but still remains visible to the speaker.
It is extremely helpful when the subject needs to read out lines from a script and the content is too large to be memorized.
Introducing the Camera: Cinematography
After still photography made its impact, people began to think of capturing a series of still photographs in quick succession, that when combined, would give the impression of a ‘moving picture’. Beginning from the 1870s, a series of developments, starting from a speed of 10-12 pictures (a.k.a. ‘frames’) per second to the adoption of celluloid to a motor for moving the film across, have culminated in the motion picture camera as we know it today.
How to Create a Good Script for a Morning Announcement?
Let us get down to brass tacks, if you want to hold the attention of your audience, you need to have an engagingly written and well-paced morning announcement script, whether it be a TV show, a movie or the customary morning announcements in school. Most schools do not give it a lot of importance and it reflects in the kind of material they produce for their morning announcements, from the dull and dreary content to the lifeless reading to the archaic systems they use to broadcast the same. And you may very well ask, “What is wrong with that? After all, it is just the stuff we are mandated to inform. We see no reason to turn it into anything special.” Well, technically, you would be right, but you are ignoring the fact that morning announcements are a time-tested way to set a positive tone for the day, as well as build community and morale.
How to Set Up a Recording Studio for Morning Announcements
Morning announcements in schools are usually dull mini speeches that no one in the school usually listens to, not even the person reading them into the mike. Most schools still do their announcements the old-fashioned way where they have a person read all the news into a PA system straight out of the 60s. With […]