For Assignment 3, I decided to continue with my initial idea of creating a satirical news show that answers the question I posed at the beginning of Assignment 2;

Can I make a ‘news’ show that is more inline with how we receive it whilst also being funny and entertaining?

For this assignment, there were two main things I wanted to improve upon/change for assignment 3, staging and the delivery of information. Firstly, I wanted to change the staging. For both of the videos from assignment 2, I was sitting in front of my desk, which was something I didn’t want to do as an initial goal was to try and stand out from preexisting satirical news shows and create a unique style and energy. My feelings were echoed during the class presentation by the guest lecturers, with one suggesting I look at Jonathan Pie for inspiration, who is known for his satirical news videos shot out in public. I changed the staging for this video by standing in front of my wardrobe. Although not as visually stimulating as sitting in front of my desk, by standing up it allowed me to ‘perform’ more freely and be more expressive with my movements, which, according to audience feedback, made me more entertaining. This also felt more natural for me than sitting down as it was more akin to stand up comedy. Although I preferred the staging of this video more than the previous ones, I am also thinking of taking the staging in a completely different direction. During my initial ideation of this project at the start of assignment 2, I questioned the disparity between how the news is delivered to us considered to how we consume them, which briefly comes up in my main prompt. I was considering trying to stage a video where I am completely inline with how we receive the news. Most news shows are delivered by someone wearing formal clothing, speaking in a very formal manner and sitting behind a desk. Consider this when comparing to how we receive the news. Lying on the couch after a long day, reading it on Facebook whilst on the toilet or just being told the news by some guy down at the pub. My other idea for staging is to go ultra relaxed, ultra casual, ultra informal. Whether this means I’m on a bean bag, in my bed or on the toilet (well, maybe not the last one) I’m not sure yet, however I am going to explore this in my next video.

The second main change I wanted to make was the delivery of information. This video, likes the ones previous to it, consists of jokes about various topics with some small sketches to break up the jokes. I made a small adjustment in this video by including less one liners about headlines and trying to focus on a single topic for longer. Although less topics to make jokes about, I feel as if this format works a bit better as it allows the video to flow more freely and doesn’t feel as repetitive and stop-start, although the laughs-per-minute may be compromised. I also thought that this format would create a more efficient shorter video, however this video ended up being my longest so far, but I feel as if the time was utilised better. With that being said, for my next video I am going to try and deep dive into a single topic and try to focus on that singular topic for the entire video. I suspect it may not be as long but I am hoping it flows better and is more cohesive whilst also being just as funny.

LINK: https://youtu.be/OtcClLvgFvs