TIMETABLE:
February 28th:
10pm - 12pm = The Opening Segment Show
12pm - 2am = Radio output
Back on air for the result - 2am -4am - The Result Show
March 1st - The Reaction show - 12-2pm - On Eastleigh
UNIT PRODUCERS
Eastleigh unit - Lou - Producer
Radio unit - Sam Ashton - Producer
10pm show and 2am show - Kate - Producer Nicole - Co-producer
Morning show round up - Kate - Producer Nicole - Co-producer
Thursday 28th Feb:
10am rehearsals
10pm-12pm on air THE SHOW - Kate producer
12pm-2am on air Radio - Sam Ashton producer
2am-4pm - THE RESULT - Kate producer
Friday 1st March:
12 noon - rehearsals
2pm - on air - REACTION - Kate producer Co-producing - Nicole
EASTLEIGH UNIT
Lou - Producer of OB
Nadine - Presenter - swap over with Lou
Ellen - Camera
Kirsty - Sound deputy camera
EQUIPMENT:
2 OB Cameras - booked
Studio equipment - booked
Laptop (Lou) [backup laptop]
Skype equipment needs testing here and on location! 2pm Skype test
Charges for phones, laptops etc
Need wifi code
Radio mics
RADIO UNIT - Sam Ashton and Jack Griffiths
MANAGEMENT TEAM:
Managing Editor - Luke Garratt
Content Editor - Anja
STUDIO SHOWS - Producer and Co Producer / Floor Manager - Kate and Nicole
The Opening Segment - Presenter - Christina
Editor - Anja - get guests - commission packages
Floor Manager - Karina
Director -Flick [Backup - Lav]
Sound - Emma
VT - Amy
3 Cameras - Lav, Spence, Harry [first year back up!] - Runners
Autocue - Karl Payne
Vision Mixer -Alex
Minder - Anja
EQUIPMENT:
Studio from 6pm - 8.30am
Security have been told
Tri-caster booked 6-8:30am
2 arri lights
4 radio mics
Batteries!
Laptop and backup
2 OB kits
Everybody involved - Rehearsals Wednesday 10am and Skype at 1pm with OB to Eastleigh
The Result - Same team as the Opening Segment
Presenter - Spence
Director - Flick
Same roles apply as earlier show - apart from camera's - presenters swap round
The Reaction - in EASTLEIGH
Editor - Lou
Producer/co-producer - Kate and Nicole
Presenter - Harry
Sound - Flick
Autocue - Karl
2 Cameras - Ben and Amy
Mega Package- Faith
Runner - Christina
News Room Unit - NIGHT SHOW ONLY
Tom - Breaking News Editor - night show - on camera
Sam Sheard and Harvey and Simi - Social Media Team
Thursday night
VT Editor - Anja
Jason - Live Blogger 10pm - 4am Stop at the result
Hannah - Social Media
WINOL
Monday 11th - News conference - Briefing on show
Monday 18th - News conference - Plan out packages - Eastleigh team and WINOL package
Wednesday 20th - Normal WINOL
18th-20th - split news team to make packages
Monday-Wednesday 27th - NO WINOL - 99 NEWS - Liam Producer and Luke
PACKAGES
3 minutes on history of Campaign per Party
Tory - Simi
UKIP - Ellen
Lib Dem - Ben
Labour - Faith
4 minutes - Round up - Luke
1-1.30min issues:
Employment (Ford) - Faith
Immigration - Simi
Europe and UKIP - Ellen
Huhne resigns and designation on politics - Ben
EXIT POLL - first years Brian brief them Wednesday
EVERYBODY BE IN MONDAY 9am
Scripting - Presenters + Harry!
Monday, 11 February 2013
Thursday, 7 February 2013
News Editor - Feedback 6/2/13
CHRIS HUHNE
As we were short for cutaways I think it was suitable that we had footage of the headlines that were plastered over every national paper, additionally to the use of archive footage.
VOX POPS was the right decision, it was necessary to hear from the public's opinion
in Eastleigh.
Keith House Interview – Well framed, only critic is I would frame it in closer, and focus it sharper.
Confident PTC in Eastleigh, but be aware of the traffic
noise, it suddenly peaks.
Altogether this was a great package, It was my top story
as it is the biggest political scandal currently, and as it is so close to our
patch it is a huge story both nationally and locally.
Scripting was great, you told the story well. The voice over was clear, and the sound was good apart from the traffic noise in the PTC as mentioned before.
I know you had another interview that you hoped to use, but
I think we made the right decision to cut it as the sound quality and wind
noise was poor thus bringing the quality of the package down.
Nadine you worked really hard this week, and determination was clear
when you went back early Wednesday morning to re-film VOX pops that were
originally out of focus. – I like the use of archive footage also, you told the
story well.
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Love the opening script of the metaphor ‘opening door’ to symbolise the welcoming of the new law change, with
NATSOT of an organ.
MP Lynne Featherstone interview is great, with good
soundbites, what a golden moment to have the equality minister at our university, an opportunity you grabbed with both hands Anja.
Good use of cutaways, small note keep the aston on for a
bit longer so people can read exactly what they say.
This was the longest package in the bulletin, but I made the
decision to give you the extra time of 1.40 as I thought it was crucial to hear
from all of the people who may be affected by it – MP, Priests and the case
study of the man who was engaged was perfect, without that element the piece
would certainly be missing direct context to those affected by the new law
decisions.
Good interviews, I know you struggled to get hold of a
priest to talk to you initially but you found a way around that, and was
determined to speak to them.
Voice over is clear, and I appreciate that you re-recorded
when I asked, I know you had to cut down time, but try speak slightly slower so the viewer can digest everything that is being said.
The piece on the whole works really well, follows through
nicely and there is good balance of opinions, but mostly in favour.
Anja, you delivered everything I asked for, so thank you for
following critic as you were working on the story.
The script was also polished off nicely, just remember not
to include the name of the person you are going to speak before you see them, the one exception this week was with the case study where you
introduced him as “Ash”.
Ending script: “Walk down the isle” proves a good example of speaking to pictures.
Sign out just needs to be your name and Winchester News
Online, drop the “for”.
[I like the idea of pushing people towards the website, to
check out how the Hampshire MPs voted]
NEW CHIEF CONSTABLE
You did fantastically first of all Spence to get an exclusive
interview, with both Andy Marsh and Simon Hayes. On top of this you also had an
interview with John Apter the Chairman of Hampshire Police Federation, so in terms
of interviews this was the strongest package, which will target a niche market
who are interested in this matter.
Great cutaways at the start leading into the interview,
shaking hands, appropriate set up.
Good that you had more then one camera to get different
angles, small note is remember your rule of thirds, but I know this was
difficult as you were interviewing two people at once.
Good sound bites. As suggested by Paul Greer, may have been
good to hear the last interview first, but that aside I like the opening of “leading
the way” good scripting to visual.
Voice is clear and confident, linking into your interviews
well.
Although some consider the flag cheesy, I thought it was a
nice touch to end the piece on.
This didn't go in the headlines in the end, but maintained
its position as third story. I decided to do this as it is a big local story
of great interest to many.
[I chose to put OOVs after three strong packages, in order
to break up the heavy weight stories]
OOVS
KING ALFREDS BONES – This worked really well as an OOV Jack,
it is still very initial stages, and therefore was suitably a teaser for a potentially
big story to unravel, it is particularly current following the discovery of
Richard III. The shots were good as they were the location of where they are
believed to be, but try to avoid too many pans. A note to remember, do not do two motions, if you are going to zoom out do not move up, similarly to do
not pan across and then move up or down. Keep to just one motion at a time. I
know you helped Nadine with filming on the Tuesday, but I was disappointed that
you didn't come to the news meeting, or have a story for me this week.
LAND DEVELOPMENT – This was a package to begin with that you
worked really hard on Simi, you had some interviews with councillors, but I
felt that they didn’t directly target the story in hand. I struggled to get to
grips with what the story was about, and found it worked better as news in brief.
Looking through your rushes you had lots of good footage to
use as cutaways. Just remember Article 8 – The right to a family life and
privacy, to ensure that you don’t identify anyone’s face even if there was
permission to film at the station. Good way to get around this, is to get shots
of people’s feet, that way they are not identified.
Avoid too many pans also, I know when it comes to filming
big land its often very easy to just film pans, but try to get some different
angle shots, both wide and more focused in.
You were determined to get balance for your story which it
really needed, good idea to hear from estate agents, but I know you struggled
to get anyone to speak to you. Well done for continuously calling and not
giving up, you did get the interview in the end, but sadly within too short
notice to the bulletin.
COURT RAPE
First of all well done for getting all of the legal issues
passed Luke, and identification with a mug shot. Good opening visual, with the zoom
in on the eyes, this works better then a static photo which you initially presented
to me.
The walking PTC is fantastic Luke, you are on location, speaking
confidently and much slower then last week. I know there was another line on the PTC which we cut, but remember
what I advised, that you stop after a sentence and speak directly to the camera
so that when it does come to editing, you can blade it, so that you don’t end
on an UP where the viewer expects to hear more.
I like the statement that you put in from the police, adds a
nice element to the package.
Visuals are always extremely difficult to get hold of
understandably, but although we did cut down a lot of the park shots, it still
felt like there was too many guilty signs. Another PTC at the end of you in
vision may have worked better.
It is a hard hitting crime story, which made the headlines.
I appreciate that you tried to get hold of the e-fit picture and tried to get
in touch with the cold case unit that set up the Operation, but often these
things fall through and prove to have complications, aside from that a good
week for you Luke, strong court report.
MARKET UPDATE
Good NATSOT of the bus to begin with Ellen, and good scripting to
pictures.
I'm glad you added movement to the still archive images, bring them to life more, I like that you put quiet audio beneath the still images, and took advice from last week that stills shouldn't be silent.
Good update on the interview with the campaign founder, I
like how you took on board mentioning last week’s proposals, and the changes
that had been made. Interview is shot well, good use of rule of thirds; it is a
little dark though but still visible.
The update meant we had time to hear from stall owners, something that was missing from last week's package. Ellen you got some good cutaways, plenty of cheese to be seen!
Shame the high street market wasn’t running so you couldn’t get some moving
footage of the change implemented, but considering this you did well to illustrate
the story.
['Still to come on WINOL' – I made the decision to incorporate
a ‘coming up’, as seen on news broadcasts it works well and keeps the viewers engaged.]
Shame that the Mayor was not on his bike though when it was said - the timing was out.
I like the smoother transition from the sport back to news this
week, in previous weeks it looked like a straight jump cut, but with a brief “thank
you” it adds a sense of communication between the two.
LEISURE CENTRE
This was the only story in my bulletin that was more
light-hearted, and therefore I decided it would work best as an “And Finally”, in comparison
to all the hard hitting news stories from Chris Huhne to police to court
reports. Although it was a puff piece about the leisure centre opening I like
the fact that it was related to a second story with plans the council had implemented,
this gave it more of a news angle.
Good NATSOT at the start of the piece. I didn't get the
chance to look over the interviews but as you said the quality was poor it made
sense that we didn't include it and leave the viewer on that note.
You got plenty of varied shots Faith which was great! I didn’t
have to see another pan, instead you had varied wide and close shots, with some
great cutaways of the Mayor using the equipment, this is far more interesting
to look at then just equipment sat unused.
I know you worked hard to script it, and it worked well,
also good point that we didn't include the opinionated statement at the end
about there being “no excuse for Winchester to keep fit”, keep to the facts in
your voice.
Overall this week, I think it has been one of the strongest
WINOLs. The news content was extremely strong, with currently big national and local stories. It is a bulletin the entire news team should be extremely
proud of. Thank you reporters, for taking on the advice I gave, and
appreciating some of the decisions I had to make.
It was an extremely valuable experience being News Editor this week, it made me more aware
of areas that I had never thought about before as a reporter. For example: the
timings of the packages, prioritising packages, thinking about the structure of
the bulletin, looking over scripts deciding what the headlines should be, and how in
control you are of making decisions you feel best fit.
The guest editor this week was Paul Greer from Five Live, a de-brief thoroughly enjoyed by all! A lesson that Paul left us with, is that your story is not you, if your story turns out to be rubbish, then the critic is not aimed at you personally, you are not rubbish as a reporter. A valuable lesson everyone should take on, in the industry of journalism we will have to be thick skinned and take critic on the chin. Lastly, he expressed the need to be interested if you are not interested in your story then you can't expect anyone else will be. See what else he had to say about WINOL in the video below.
Friday, 1 February 2013
WINOL Week 2
This week a few stories I was working on fell through, but by the end of the week a joint package Nadine and I was working on made the headlines.
Hampshire Police and Crime Panel Meeting
This week Spence and I went down to the Council Chambers to watch the debate of the preferred Chief Constable. This was an extremely interesting experience, we sat in the press dock and made extensive notes on the councillors questions and responses. This was in preparation for the announcement of the new chief constable.
Court
As usual I went down to court in hope to find a newsworthy story. I began following a breach of sentence regarding a Southampton player who was assaulted, I was present at the court in Novemeber when the suspended sentence was received and was therefore familiar with the case. However, despite my efforts to get in touch with the club and speak to the victim I found there were too many legal issues such as the addresses, which stopped me from progressing and broadcasting it. I knew that it would probably be unlikely that the victim would want to speak to me, but I wanted to try something new this week and try get the angle from the victims point of view. Without it, there was minimal visuals, and therefore decided to axe the story and look for something more creative this week. On my second visit down to court there was reporting restrictions on the case.
By this point, it was Tuesday morning and I was storyless. I tried to do something constructive such as an OOV belt to add an element to the bulletin that we didn't have in the first week.
OOV
Nadine and I got together a few possible ideas for an OOV such as the 200th year anniversary of Pride and Prejudice. She drove us down to Chawton in Alton to visit Jane Austen's House Museum, whereby we got permission to film inside. Unfortuantely a lot of the footage was pretty dark as the lighting was dim inside. But we got many GVs so finding a few shots to use in a 12 second OOV was not a problem. I found that the OOV itself was quite 'promo' for the museum therefore struggled to make it a 'news' story.
An OOV between two was not exactly anything to be proud of, and as a reporter that aims to be in the bulletin every week I felt I had let myself down. But with a call from our news editor Ben, regarding a campaign that was launched and a possible interviewee, I was excited again and ready to produce a package - even if it meant turning the story around and editing it all the morning of the bulletin.
The story was a follow up regarding an accident that happened on Friday where a young boy was hit by a bus. I was luckily walking down the high-street where Spence and I noticed ambulances and police cars. We knew it would be a pretty big story as the police cornered off the area and Press were already down there. I took some photos from the scene of the crime on my iPhone as this was the only device I had at the time, and thinking it would only be a text story I made the mistake of not taking any moving footage. Note to self I am working for TV, always take a video, not just still. It unravelled in the week that a campaign on Facebook was launched in response to the danger zone, therefore we set up an interview with the founder of this campaign: Andy Salter, who was happy to talk to us.
Nadine and I scripted the PTC which we decided she would do as she wanted to gain more experience on screen, whereas I had little experience conducting interviews and therefore wanted to use this opportunity to do so. With the chance to produce a full package, rather then a court report which never has any visuals, I ensured we had some sequence shots so when it came down to editing it we would have plenty of shots to choose from. We also used the stills that was taken on the day of the crime to show what had happened, but the important part was the new update on the story that the market stalls had been closed. Nadine got in touch with the council to investigate what changes they were deciding to make, and therefore found out that had suspended that area of the market for the foreseeable future. She did a walking piece to camera from the area where the market stalls would usually be which visually displayed the difference, she did a great job and it looked really professional. When we got back to the newsroom, we began to edit it together, and realised that the first PTC that she did needed to be re-recorded as we had put pictures over it, and therefore need to script to pictures rather then the other way round. Therefore it was re-scripted and recorded in the Radio studio. We worked well as a team, and was extremely happy with what we produced, we cut it down to a few shots for the headline clip, and we had secured our place as the second top story. Here it is:
Hampshire Police and Crime Panel Meeting
This week Spence and I went down to the Council Chambers to watch the debate of the preferred Chief Constable. This was an extremely interesting experience, we sat in the press dock and made extensive notes on the councillors questions and responses. This was in preparation for the announcement of the new chief constable.
Court
As usual I went down to court in hope to find a newsworthy story. I began following a breach of sentence regarding a Southampton player who was assaulted, I was present at the court in Novemeber when the suspended sentence was received and was therefore familiar with the case. However, despite my efforts to get in touch with the club and speak to the victim I found there were too many legal issues such as the addresses, which stopped me from progressing and broadcasting it. I knew that it would probably be unlikely that the victim would want to speak to me, but I wanted to try something new this week and try get the angle from the victims point of view. Without it, there was minimal visuals, and therefore decided to axe the story and look for something more creative this week. On my second visit down to court there was reporting restrictions on the case.
By this point, it was Tuesday morning and I was storyless. I tried to do something constructive such as an OOV belt to add an element to the bulletin that we didn't have in the first week.
OOV
Nadine and I got together a few possible ideas for an OOV such as the 200th year anniversary of Pride and Prejudice. She drove us down to Chawton in Alton to visit Jane Austen's House Museum, whereby we got permission to film inside. Unfortuantely a lot of the footage was pretty dark as the lighting was dim inside. But we got many GVs so finding a few shots to use in a 12 second OOV was not a problem. I found that the OOV itself was quite 'promo' for the museum therefore struggled to make it a 'news' story.
An OOV between two was not exactly anything to be proud of, and as a reporter that aims to be in the bulletin every week I felt I had let myself down. But with a call from our news editor Ben, regarding a campaign that was launched and a possible interviewee, I was excited again and ready to produce a package - even if it meant turning the story around and editing it all the morning of the bulletin.
The story was a follow up regarding an accident that happened on Friday where a young boy was hit by a bus. I was luckily walking down the high-street where Spence and I noticed ambulances and police cars. We knew it would be a pretty big story as the police cornered off the area and Press were already down there. I took some photos from the scene of the crime on my iPhone as this was the only device I had at the time, and thinking it would only be a text story I made the mistake of not taking any moving footage. Note to self I am working for TV, always take a video, not just still. It unravelled in the week that a campaign on Facebook was launched in response to the danger zone, therefore we set up an interview with the founder of this campaign: Andy Salter, who was happy to talk to us.
Nadine and I scripted the PTC which we decided she would do as she wanted to gain more experience on screen, whereas I had little experience conducting interviews and therefore wanted to use this opportunity to do so. With the chance to produce a full package, rather then a court report which never has any visuals, I ensured we had some sequence shots so when it came down to editing it we would have plenty of shots to choose from. We also used the stills that was taken on the day of the crime to show what had happened, but the important part was the new update on the story that the market stalls had been closed. Nadine got in touch with the council to investigate what changes they were deciding to make, and therefore found out that had suspended that area of the market for the foreseeable future. She did a walking piece to camera from the area where the market stalls would usually be which visually displayed the difference, she did a great job and it looked really professional. When we got back to the newsroom, we began to edit it together, and realised that the first PTC that she did needed to be re-recorded as we had put pictures over it, and therefore need to script to pictures rather then the other way round. Therefore it was re-scripted and recorded in the Radio studio. We worked well as a team, and was extremely happy with what we produced, we cut it down to a few shots for the headline clip, and we had secured our place as the second top story. Here it is:
WINOL 30/1/13
Personally this week I felt WINOL was extremely successful, we had a great range of news stories with a range of both hard and soft news. We had coverage of royalty, crime, court report on bomb hoax, wind farm update, government grants, elderly people, sport and cute animals. Despite the slight delay in broadcasting the bulletin I thought production did really well, and the bulletin flowed nicely and looked professional. Harry Parkhill our news anchor also did a brilliant job of presenting, looking extremely comfortable, something I aspire to be able to do myself in the future. Watch the full bulletin below:
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Existentialism - Being and Nothingness
"Existence precede's essence" - Jean Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness
Existentialist's believe that you are here in the moment and all that matters is that we know we exist.
They reject Descartes' "Cogito ergo sum" - "I think therefore I am", instead they support "I am therefore I think" reducing it down to "I think", which essentially is "there are thoughts". They reject also the narrative "I", as they do not regard people as self contained; rather that we are a composite of other people around us. You wouldn't be you if you were just on your own. Consciousness is not individual, there is no "I", the transcendent Cartesian ego cannot be found anywhere.
The journey begins with Kant, he outlines in his famous work 'The Critique of Pure Reason' that
existence is not a predicate (purpose/result) of consciousness or being. Kant believed that existence is a pre-condition of consciousness, and that consciousness is not a proof of existence anyway, consciousness "just is", it's not the result of anything, or the cause of a particular thing.
How could there not be consciousness? The opposite of consciousness is unconscious, which is a mind without properties, therefore we cannot stand outside of consciousness. Just how the opposite of nothing is not something, similarly to how dog is not the opposite of cat, nor is it a not-cat.
Husserl wrote a famous book titled "Psychology from an empirical standpoint" which became the foundation of modern phenomenology*. The essence of his phenomenology is the study of immediate data of consciousness. For Husserl it makes no difference whether the ideas I have represent the real world, or whether they are hallucinations. For example, there is a table in front of me, whether this phenomena is real or an hallucination is irrelevant, to Husserl it did not matter.
*phenomenology is the study of the structure of experience and consciousness.
Heidegger proclaimed the end of the metaphysical age from Plato to Husserl, the change began in the 1790s with Kant who they believed triggered the destroying of metaphysics. The Logical positivists in Vienna and Cambridge were saying the same thing at the time. In the metaphysical age, objects exist independently of mind, they 'subsist', and the role of the mind is to kind of mirror the structure of reality.
The 'mission' of philosophy was to establish the 'reality' of the existence of the ego as an object within an external world and to describe the nature of this reality. (Science)
The primary idea in the metaphysical age is to make thoughts corresponding with underlying or hidden substrata of independently subsisting reality, such as Descartes' 'God' or Schopenhauer's 'Will'.
Thoughts that correspond with reality are truth statements.
"The truth is out there" - Truth is agreement of knowledge with objects. Objects are eternal and prior to mind (Aristotle) or can be mind dependent (Kant) but either way according to the metaphysicians they exist.
After Heidegger there is no absolute truth there are only subjective "weak truths" or "practical truths" or "convenient truths" and these are the reliable truths which are necessary to being and being is always concrete and specific: "always being in the world" or "being there" (Dasein)
Dasein is in your mood or emotion.
Heidegger believes that your mood is you and emotion is authentic being.
Truth is no longer a matter of matching thought to reality, but of making reality which is seen as true post-hoc. (Latin for "after this") There is no idea of a 'correct truth' in which one culture has access to, there are many truths which are specific to the desires and moods of an individual.
Heidegger's Project was to clear away all philosophical terminology and throw away the concepts and systems since Socrates, he literally burned them, in order to liberate himself from objectification and metaphysics. Heidegger was a Nazi, who believed to live an "authentic life" would be to live a simple life in the forest. The 'good life' consisted of real ale, organic foods, fertile women and physical strength. This was his dasein.
Like Nietzsche, Heidegger believes Socrates corrupted Western Civilization. Heidegger invents an original set of terms in order to speculate about the exterior world.
Like Husserl, Heidegger is not interested in consciousness.
Being is not an abstract idea, we are always thrown in to things, thrown in to the world, thrown in to doing jobs, and we are always in the middle of some sort of task, like a roller-coaster ride; everything is always moving. Freedom and authenticity for Heidegger is complete absorption in a task-
when you are fully engaged in a task, you no longer exist.
Existence = Boredom
Boredom is the "problem of being", thus Heidegger would advise you find your Dasein as the opposite of boredom is Dasein, the lack of boredom is non existence (engagement in Dasein).
Existence requires time
Without time there would be no boredom, but with infinite time there would be infinite boredom.
The perception of "lack of time" creates a sense of urgency, it force's you to just do it. Dasein is non reflective and unthinking, you are in the moment. Dasein is not thinking.
There are three aspects of time
(1) Attunement - expressed as mood, this is the reflection on the past associated with guilt
(2) Being for itself, or being there - this is caring about the task in hand, the present mode
(3) Directedness - this is a reflection on the future which is associated with the mood of dread, fear of the future.
Past = Guilt
Present =Boredom (dasein)
Future = Fear
Existentialist's believe that you are here in the moment and all that matters is that we know we exist.
They reject Descartes' "Cogito ergo sum" - "I think therefore I am", instead they support "I am therefore I think" reducing it down to "I think", which essentially is "there are thoughts". They reject also the narrative "I", as they do not regard people as self contained; rather that we are a composite of other people around us. You wouldn't be you if you were just on your own. Consciousness is not individual, there is no "I", the transcendent Cartesian ego cannot be found anywhere.
The journey begins with Kant, he outlines in his famous work 'The Critique of Pure Reason' that
existence is not a predicate (purpose/result) of consciousness or being. Kant believed that existence is a pre-condition of consciousness, and that consciousness is not a proof of existence anyway, consciousness "just is", it's not the result of anything, or the cause of a particular thing.
How could there not be consciousness? The opposite of consciousness is unconscious, which is a mind without properties, therefore we cannot stand outside of consciousness. Just how the opposite of nothing is not something, similarly to how dog is not the opposite of cat, nor is it a not-cat.
Husserl wrote a famous book titled "Psychology from an empirical standpoint" which became the foundation of modern phenomenology*. The essence of his phenomenology is the study of immediate data of consciousness. For Husserl it makes no difference whether the ideas I have represent the real world, or whether they are hallucinations. For example, there is a table in front of me, whether this phenomena is real or an hallucination is irrelevant, to Husserl it did not matter.
*phenomenology is the study of the structure of experience and consciousness.
Heidegger proclaimed the end of the metaphysical age from Plato to Husserl, the change began in the 1790s with Kant who they believed triggered the destroying of metaphysics. The Logical positivists in Vienna and Cambridge were saying the same thing at the time. In the metaphysical age, objects exist independently of mind, they 'subsist', and the role of the mind is to kind of mirror the structure of reality.
The 'mission' of philosophy was to establish the 'reality' of the existence of the ego as an object within an external world and to describe the nature of this reality. (Science)
The primary idea in the metaphysical age is to make thoughts corresponding with underlying or hidden substrata of independently subsisting reality, such as Descartes' 'God' or Schopenhauer's 'Will'.
Thoughts that correspond with reality are truth statements.
"The truth is out there" - Truth is agreement of knowledge with objects. Objects are eternal and prior to mind (Aristotle) or can be mind dependent (Kant) but either way according to the metaphysicians they exist.
After Heidegger there is no absolute truth there are only subjective "weak truths" or "practical truths" or "convenient truths" and these are the reliable truths which are necessary to being and being is always concrete and specific: "always being in the world" or "being there" (Dasein)
Dasein is in your mood or emotion.
Heidegger believes that your mood is you and emotion is authentic being.
Truth is no longer a matter of matching thought to reality, but of making reality which is seen as true post-hoc. (Latin for "after this") There is no idea of a 'correct truth' in which one culture has access to, there are many truths which are specific to the desires and moods of an individual.
Heidegger's Project was to clear away all philosophical terminology and throw away the concepts and systems since Socrates, he literally burned them, in order to liberate himself from objectification and metaphysics. Heidegger was a Nazi, who believed to live an "authentic life" would be to live a simple life in the forest. The 'good life' consisted of real ale, organic foods, fertile women and physical strength. This was his dasein.
Like Nietzsche, Heidegger believes Socrates corrupted Western Civilization. Heidegger invents an original set of terms in order to speculate about the exterior world.
Existence and Time
Dasein means "being there".Like Husserl, Heidegger is not interested in consciousness.
Being is not an abstract idea, we are always thrown in to things, thrown in to the world, thrown in to doing jobs, and we are always in the middle of some sort of task, like a roller-coaster ride; everything is always moving. Freedom and authenticity for Heidegger is complete absorption in a task-
when you are fully engaged in a task, you no longer exist.
Existence = Boredom
Boredom is the "problem of being", thus Heidegger would advise you find your Dasein as the opposite of boredom is Dasein, the lack of boredom is non existence (engagement in Dasein).
Existence requires time
Without time there would be no boredom, but with infinite time there would be infinite boredom.
The perception of "lack of time" creates a sense of urgency, it force's you to just do it. Dasein is non reflective and unthinking, you are in the moment. Dasein is not thinking.
There are three aspects of time
(1) Attunement - expressed as mood, this is the reflection on the past associated with guilt
(2) Being for itself, or being there - this is caring about the task in hand, the present mode
(3) Directedness - this is a reflection on the future which is associated with the mood of dread, fear of the future.
Past = Guilt
Present =Boredom (dasein)
Future = Fear
The core of existentialism is that existence is everything, people don't have essences. We don't have to act in certain way just because we are students - life is there to be made, and it will be made for you if you don't make it for yourself.
Existential saints are people who are madly committed to something, but to do something in a moderate way to please others or fit in is an existential sin. The only way to free yourself is to have an overriding desire, and passion. Existential hell is doing something because you have to.
Existential saints are people who are madly committed to something, but to do something in a moderate way to please others or fit in is an existential sin. The only way to free yourself is to have an overriding desire, and passion. Existential hell is doing something because you have to.
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Semester 2 Week 1
WINOL is broadcast every Wednesday at 5pm, but if you missed it you can watch the bulletin here:
David Hayward from the BBC College of Journalism visited us on WINOL this week, he was very complimentary of the work that we had all produced, hear what he had to say in the video below.
Reflection of Week One:
The first week back into court reporting brought me back face to face with Winchester Crown Court. This week I followed a story on a Southampton man who was jailed for three years for possession of crack cocaine and heroin. I visited the court on both Thursday and Friday, but there was little luck finding a hard hitting story. The weather conditions proved difficult as it caused delays down at the court, but the sentencing's still went ahead once people managed to get in to work avoiding the snow chaos.
Commonly with court reporting finding pictures to visually display the report is a struggle. With close contact with media relations at Hampshire Constabulary I obtained a convicted photo after filling out the form. However, it proved impossible to get hold of the officer in charge of the case as she was out of the office for a few days, missing the tight deadline we were working too. On several occasions I tried to get hold of her, or even the duty sergeant I was hoping to obtain some police photographs of the drugs found inside the property to add a more visual appeal rather then a solid piece to camera outside the court. I confirmed the legality of my report, by getting the identification of the defendant from the clerk of the court and speaking to court listings and the police media team.
This week I had a camera man, as I went down to the courts with former court reporter Luke Garratt. This allowed me to have my hands in shot, however I feel it looks quite stiff as I don't make full use of my hands free. However, before hand we had a lot of technical difficulties, the camera wouldn't turn on as the battery was temperamental even though it had been fully charged, loan counter have been notified of this dodgy battery.
I tried to open up the story by relating it to Operation Fortress which has been launched to tackle the issue of drugs in Southampton. This relates to the case I was covering as the man convicted was based in Southampton. However, as it was general comment I was looking for they wouldn't conduct a video interview, but the media relations team sent me a quotation from the lead of Operation fortress. Although I didn't use this in my news package, It added exposition and greater depth to a wider issue in my written story.
Reflection of Week One:
The first week back into court reporting brought me back face to face with Winchester Crown Court. This week I followed a story on a Southampton man who was jailed for three years for possession of crack cocaine and heroin. I visited the court on both Thursday and Friday, but there was little luck finding a hard hitting story. The weather conditions proved difficult as it caused delays down at the court, but the sentencing's still went ahead once people managed to get in to work avoiding the snow chaos.
Commonly with court reporting finding pictures to visually display the report is a struggle. With close contact with media relations at Hampshire Constabulary I obtained a convicted photo after filling out the form. However, it proved impossible to get hold of the officer in charge of the case as she was out of the office for a few days, missing the tight deadline we were working too. On several occasions I tried to get hold of her, or even the duty sergeant I was hoping to obtain some police photographs of the drugs found inside the property to add a more visual appeal rather then a solid piece to camera outside the court. I confirmed the legality of my report, by getting the identification of the defendant from the clerk of the court and speaking to court listings and the police media team.
This week I had a camera man, as I went down to the courts with former court reporter Luke Garratt. This allowed me to have my hands in shot, however I feel it looks quite stiff as I don't make full use of my hands free. However, before hand we had a lot of technical difficulties, the camera wouldn't turn on as the battery was temperamental even though it had been fully charged, loan counter have been notified of this dodgy battery.
I tried to open up the story by relating it to Operation Fortress which has been launched to tackle the issue of drugs in Southampton. This relates to the case I was covering as the man convicted was based in Southampton. However, as it was general comment I was looking for they wouldn't conduct a video interview, but the media relations team sent me a quotation from the lead of Operation fortress. Although I didn't use this in my news package, It added exposition and greater depth to a wider issue in my written story.
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Southampton man jailed for class-A drug haul
David Caines was stopped outside his home address, Golden Grove in Southampton, where he was found with class A drugs with a street value of about £1500.
Officers searched the property where they found equipment that Caines used as part of his drug dealing.
Judge Jane Miller said Caine's was clearly a street dealer with links to a drug network in Southampton.
The court heard that the 48-year-old man received no financial payment but was motivated by obtaining drugs for himself.
Hampshire Constabulary launched Operation Fortress in May 2012 to tackle the issue of drug related violence in Southampton.
Detective Superintendent Kath Barnes said "A dedicated team of police officers and staff was set up to investigate incidents of drug-related violence and target those involved."
“Our aims are to restrict the supply of drugs while reducing the demand for drugs and helping communities to rebuild themselves free from the fear of violence."
23/1/13 WINOL
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
BBC College of Journalism
BBC College of Journalism is the core centre for training journalists, providing many useful and detailed videos on every aspect of journalism. As my news patch is crime and courts I have focused on the law section on the website, I also did this in preparation before starting out as a court reporter in the summer, outlining the roles of people found in court; this can be found here. These notes were made from the tour by Rory Maclean of Southwark Crown Court, which I found extremely helpful in establishing who sits where in the court; this made my first time down to court less daunting as I could position all the different professionals in their place from the Judge to the dock. It also gave me an insight into what each person does in the court, particularly the clerk of the court which is a good source for me to get the identification of the defendant. The Crown Court video can be found here. The briefings on Defamation, Privacy, Copyright and Contempt helped me freshen up on my media law, this knowledge is essential when dealing with crime and the law.
Over the course of time as a court reporter I have established that finding pictures to illustrate the case has been the hardest challenge. Often the reports rely heavily on a piece to camera, which is talking directly to the camera in vision. David Shukman's video on pieces to camera shows a detailed analysis of interacting with the camera in a comfortable and confident way.
When watching the local reporting video I found I could easily relate to the advice given. As suggested with news gathering it is best to source stories from other places rather then just the 'diary', such as social media sites and contacts that you have built a strong and trusted relationship with. I have followed national organisations and importantly local organisations to keep up to date with the news in the area. From the local papers to all the local corporations including the police, ambulance service, fire etc relating to my news beat to keep on track with all the breaking news in the crime field. In relation to building a good relationship I feel I have done this by working closely with the police, press officers, the courts and the crown prosecution. As a news team we also gather on a monday where we can share our ideas and stories, as suggested on the local reporting video collaborating with others helps as we can exchange contacts and someone may have information on something you need. I like the idea of brainstorming future ideas on a board so it can remain as a hard copy for all reporters to glance at and contribute too. The video on local reporting can be found here.
The BBC college of Journalism is certainly a encouraging and informative tool to help training journalists learn the ropes from the basics, all the way to the top of the ladder. A site I will constantly refer to, to enhance and improve my skills.
Over the course of time as a court reporter I have established that finding pictures to illustrate the case has been the hardest challenge. Often the reports rely heavily on a piece to camera, which is talking directly to the camera in vision. David Shukman's video on pieces to camera shows a detailed analysis of interacting with the camera in a comfortable and confident way.
When watching the local reporting video I found I could easily relate to the advice given. As suggested with news gathering it is best to source stories from other places rather then just the 'diary', such as social media sites and contacts that you have built a strong and trusted relationship with. I have followed national organisations and importantly local organisations to keep up to date with the news in the area. From the local papers to all the local corporations including the police, ambulance service, fire etc relating to my news beat to keep on track with all the breaking news in the crime field. In relation to building a good relationship I feel I have done this by working closely with the police, press officers, the courts and the crown prosecution. As a news team we also gather on a monday where we can share our ideas and stories, as suggested on the local reporting video collaborating with others helps as we can exchange contacts and someone may have information on something you need. I like the idea of brainstorming future ideas on a board so it can remain as a hard copy for all reporters to glance at and contribute too. The video on local reporting can be found here.
The BBC college of Journalism is certainly a encouraging and informative tool to help training journalists learn the ropes from the basics, all the way to the top of the ladder. A site I will constantly refer to, to enhance and improve my skills.
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