Week 1- Informing Ideas Arthur – Interview productor Leo – Editor [Post-Productor] Ruby – Designer / Art Director Farron – Editor-in-Chief Miley – Sound and Podcast Producer Gracie-Mai – Lead Researcher Fardeen- Film Director/Camera + Studio Operator (??) Summer – Lead Writer My role in the investigative journalism project is being the designer and art director. This means I get to design everything for the project, including logos for our podcast episode, thumbnails for TV v

Music is one of the most impactful mediums we have today, and it is ultimately a key part in shaping our daily lives. The inclusion of politics within songs is significantly important within our society, but a highly debated subject.  Ruby Hemsley   You would think that artists should be able to openly voice their opinions without criticism and spread their message. Their songs are used in political campaigns and often reflect the message shown in them, an aid to transmit a p

The Present- short film review A short film about the harsh realities of acceptance and self-love, with a wholesome ending sure to warm hearts **** Ruby Hemsley Above- The award-winning CGI short film released in 2014, The Present A boy sitting on the sofa, playing violent video games, gets annoyed when his mother places a box down on the table in front of him. So far this is typical children's/teenage Hollywood blockbuster stuff. Yet when he rejects the dog, the story takes

Barbra Streisand effect The Barbra Streisand effect is where someone tries to repress something that they are opposed to so much that it draws attention to it. For example in 2003, photographers tried to take a photo of the Californian coastline to monitor coastal erosion, and the photo happened to include Streisand's house. Even though only 6 people saw it, her lawyers did and reported it to her. She decided to sue $75 million which brought attention to the piece, increasing

Research sources: https://darrensimpsonwrites.co.uk/ Debut novel 'Scavengers' was a Guardian best book of the year 'Furthermoor' was a Waterstones best book of the year Writes fiction for older children and teens https://usborne.com/gb/authors/darren-simpson https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2025/09/thirst-darren-simpson-interview/ Just released his 4th children's novel Intro: "Hello and welcome to Nottingham College TV with Farron and Vanessa. Here we are today with Nottingham

Last Wednesday, we focussed on vox pops. In the morning we went into more depth on what they were, and analysed pros and cons of different examples. For example, a good vox pop includes clear sound quality and video. A bad one could be hard to hear and have a blurry image. Linked to this, we looked at how vox pops can vary, for example the type of questions that can be asked, such as simple questions and adding follow up, unplanned ones to them based on answers. Vox pops are

Week 2- Interviews and how to do them- intro to interviews What are interviews? Interviews are made to inform, entertain and speak truth to power, which can mean challenging high-profile figures to access the truth to an important factor What are the different types? There are many different types of interviews, but 6 of the main ones are: vox pops, studio, witness, profile, Q+A and a press conference How do they differ? Vox pops- random public interviews, potentially wider d