Nov 20 JCTV News Review

Section 3 failed to get the news on the air once again. This is two newscasts in a row and there needs to be something fixed so that the news can go on the air next time. We can all improve still. Personally, I messed up getting the music going to open the newscast. Next time, I need to be more aware and have the mics open for the CD player. Our anchor's could improve and stop laughing when they are speaking. The person who changes the cameras in the back room could have done better. He messed up getting the weather on the screen, but that can be easily fixed. It was his first time with a new job, so those mistakes are somewhat expected. If everyone can focus and do their job properly next time, there is no doubt we can get a good newscast on the air. We have done it before so we definitely have the ability to do a good newscast.

JCTV News Nov 13

Section 3's newscast for November 13 was not as good as it has been in the past. Everyone definitely had something they could improve on. Every member knows this because this newscast did not make it on the air. When this happens, something obviously did not go as wanted. I could improve personally by making the volume of the microphones more consistent. This way, everything sounds more fluid and it all flows together when we change microphones. Other people in the newscast could do better as well. The person that does the slideshow and puts the weather on the screen should have been more aware of the fact that she did not have the forecast up first, but rather the radar. Our weather man could have done better by going over the radar while we got the forecast up. This would have been better then having a 10 second delay while everyone is confused. Our anchors could also do better by making their words clearer and looking up at the cameras. Also, they need to make sure that they pitch it over to the right person when they are done speaking. All in all, this wasn't a great newscast and everyone can improve for next time.

Film Review #2: The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 film and is known as one of the greatest movies of all time by many people. 99% of critics on Rotten Tomatoes enjoyed it. It was a very influential movie to everything we see on TV today. It was the first movie to be shown in color. Everything we see now is in color. This movie set the tone for movie making today.

The movie is about a girl named Dorothy and her adventure with her dog Toto. A tornado comes and takes her to the magical land of Oz. In Oz, she meets a crew of interesting characters. They include a talking scarecrow and tin man. They are in search of the wizard. After a fun adventure she returns home. This is just a brief summary about what the movie is about without giving away too much.

This movie is great for anyone because when you watch this movie, it is like watching the basis of movies right in front of you. The movie is well plotted with suspense coming everywhere. There isn't any point where the viewer will become bored because there is so much happening and its a magical world where the unimaginable happens. You cannot predict the plot of what will happen next in this movie because of that. This keeps the viewer entertained throughout the entire film. That is what a good movie is made of. Something that will make the viewers want to watch again. When people are still raving about a movie 75 years later, you know the makers did something right.

JCTV News Oct 3 Critique

Section 3's newscast for this week was very good overall once again. I think we improved over last week as well. I think that I did my part as the audio mixer pretty well. I also believe that I did my job better than last time. I played the music at the beginning and at the end for good duration's and the fading at the end seemed to go pretty fluently. Always room for improvement though. Our class cleaned up some as well from last week by doing some little things better, like keeping elbows out of the picture and speaking clear. We have put out 2 newscasts already so I believe that there is something to proud of right there. If we keep working hard, we will be able to improve our news and continue to put out quality news for our entire school to take advantage of.

Forrest Gump Movie Review

Forrest Gump is recognized by many people as a great movie with great acting a great plot. I too think that Forrest Gump is a great movie and there are plenty of reasons on why I think that way. Forrest Gump is about simple man with a fairly low I.Q. but he has great intentions. He goes through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life. Forrest eventually leaves to join the army for service in Vietnam, where he finds new friends. None of this matters because all that he can think of is his childhood sweetheart, Jenny.

The role of Forrest Gump is played by actor Tom Hanks. Hanks does a wonderful job of playing a character that is not quite on the bright side which could be difficult for actors to do well. Hanks delivers some inspirational quotes and some of the most famous quotes there are. The most famous of those is likely “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.” This quote has been used in various places at various times to explain life. It’s a quote that most people out there are aware of.

Forrest Gump was such a great movie on so many different levels. It was quite entertaining for the fact of the comedy included. But the best part about this movie was about the inspiration that it delivered in a variety of ways. One way that it inspired was that anyone can lead a successful life. Forrest wasn’t a smart man, but he was able to go out and make use of his life in the army, and had great adventures. Life should never be able to drag you down and not allow you to be successful or have fun.

The most important message the Forrest Gump delivers is that you should work harder than everybody else. No matter who you are and what talents you have and how smart you are, you can be successful if you work harder. For these reasons, the creators of Forrest Gump hit a home run with this film. It had great entertainment values and it taught some great life lessons. Everyone and anyone that has ever watched this movie should be able to take something important away from the movie. It also doesn’t hurt that this movies could give watchers some laughs. 

JCTV News Sep 25 2014 Critique

Section 3's first newscast went pretty well overall. It was good enough to share with the entire school. I feel like I did a pretty good job as the audio mixer, but I could always improve. One thing I could do better is playing the music in the beginning so that it is playing as soon as we start recording and we can hear more before our anchors begin to speak. I could also be even more consistent with the volume on the microphones. The other members of the newscast did their jobs good as well. A few things to do better in the future could be the speakers looking into the camera more and speaking more fluently sometimes. Also, keeping elbows out of the shot would be nice as well. All in all, our first newscast was pretty good, but we can do even better in the future.