WEEK ONE
It was agarden wedding theme was purple and black. Close-up shots of the bride and groom to show emotions on how they feel about their big day during their interview. There were also long shots of the wedding area setting i.e. the reception and also the bridal entourage.
WEEK TWO
Today's show was an indoor setting both the reception and the church area. Theme was red blended with gold and nice finishing. There were extreme close-up shots of the bride's and groom's ring on their fingers to show it close to the viewers. The cameraman dollied in and out of different areas of the wedding surounding. Good techni9que of camera shots bringing a clearer picture on the whole turn of events.
WEEK THREE
Theme of wedding was hot pink and white. Both colours blending well together. The maids had beautiful coursages on their hair giving it a clear finish. We were able to see this as the cameraman took close-up shots. Also there was use of extreme close-up shots on thebride's and her maids dresses. The host of the show Nonny Gathoni used a unidirtectionalmicrophone during the interview of the couple.
WEEK FOUR
Theme of the day was jungle green matched with gold shoes for the brides for a garden wedding in Naivasha.This day Nonny used an omnidirectional mic as she did not have to shift the mic to the couple during their interview. Camera shots included of long shots of the bride and her maids walking down the aisle.
WEEK FIVE
This week it was an intercultural wedding from the Kikuyu and an American. There were extreme long shots of the bride's house as the women sang outside and she was getting herself prepared for her day. Theme of the wedding was sky blue blending well with white. A close up camera shot of the cake and its area plus all the decorations. Long shots were used to show the table setting and its arrangement at the reception. The cameraman being more creative had a close-up shot of the elegantly dressed groom, his suit and waist coat which indicated the theme of their wedding.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Congrats to our Technucal Team
Thumbs high to our technical team for setting up this online forum. I encourage everyone to get actively involved in our online forums. This way, you develop a multimedia mindset which is very crucial if you aspire to succeed as a journalist in this century.
Base your weekly critiques on assigned readings, your research, class presentations and your own instinct as a multimedia journalist. Make sure you commens on other people's postings as well. I will reserve my comments for a while.
We will have a study tour of KBC on 16th (A) and 23rd (B) of November 2010. So draft logical questions you'll ask when we get there.
Let's keep our blog active
Base your weekly critiques on assigned readings, your research, class presentations and your own instinct as a multimedia journalist. Make sure you commens on other people's postings as well. I will reserve my comments for a while.
We will have a study tour of KBC on 16th (A) and 23rd (B) of November 2010. So draft logical questions you'll ask when we get there.
Let's keep our blog active
Monday, October 11, 2010
Vioja - Channel One
Vioja Mahakamani
Vioja Mahakamani is one of the oldest local programs at Kenya Broadcasting Coperation. As the name suggests it’s a production which tackles different issues affecting the common person in the country. Its setting is like a normal court and all court procedures are adhered to. Most of its content is about is happening at the moment.
The program is aired every Wednesday, from 7:35v to 8:10.The episode I watched it was talking about the constitution. In this program we have about five main characters Alexander a maasai guy,Makoha a the only Rasta man and Ondiek. In this episode Makoha was is behind the dock, for insulting his neighbours Mr.Ondiek. on his defence Makokha claims that the constitution says that everyone is suppose to return to his/her home land, so because Mr.Ondike is not from that region he is suppose to go back to his home turn. On the other part Ondike is claiming that he is a bonfide citizen of this country and he has the rights to live anywhere.
Giving her verdict, the judge says that Makokha has no right to insult anyone, and there is no where the constitution says that people are suppose to return to their homeland.
The content of this program is always audience oriented, because the viewer is able to relate with the content. In terms of the production I think both the video and operator know they work, because they is always smooth transition from one shot to the other, use different angles. The same apples to the audio and from the way cast position themselves I think that they use omni directional microphones which are hanged up.
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Friday, October 8, 2010
Critique for Tahidi high tuesday 4th October 2010
Tahidi high was interesting. it was based on the three tickets given to the school by the United States embassy. this tickets were to be used by three students to fly to the United States over the holidays and Mr. Tembo and Miss Morgan engaged one of the teachers in choosing the three best students in academics, discipline and sports. as usual the teacher asked the students for money and gave the chance to the three students who gave the highest amount. the usual students Freddie, and Melvin were upto no good as usual as they framed O.j as having been smoking so that he cannot get considered for the trip. Omosh O.J's uncle was also not upto any good as he got the trip cancelled by damaging the form while trying to put O.J's name on them so that he can get a chance to fly to the United States. And towards the end we have Miss Morgan warnign O.J about smoking which is a moral lesson to us that smoking is bad for our health thus we should not smoke.
The images were good and they mostly used medium shorts an example where we had O.J and Omosh coversing about the opportunity to go to the United States and close - up shots. At some points they also used long shots like when they were showing Omosh hiding from Miss Morgan. The framing was good as the gave head room and nose room.
By 09-0850
The images were good and they mostly used medium shorts an example where we had O.J and Omosh coversing about the opportunity to go to the United States and close - up shots. At some points they also used long shots like when they were showing Omosh hiding from Miss Morgan. The framing was good as the gave head room and nose room.
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Mother-In- Law Program critique
The previous episode is about the family conflicts within Mr.Mwamba's Family. This revolves around the expected marriage between Charlie and Celina. Mother-in-law who is Charlie's mum is against the wedding. the reasons for Charity's opposition to the wedding is that Celina cannot be trusted since at one time she was involved in witchcraft. However, Mr. Mwamba is in full proposition for the marriage to take place and that Charlie to be given chance to make his life decisions. Celina who is considered to be very expensive, is ready to marry Charlie. She Confesses that she loves Charlie despite of Swopo, another character approaches Celine for her hand in marriage.
The scene for this episode took place in Mr. Mwamba's and Jack, his son's compound. This is very critical as the scenes revolve a round the daily lifestyles of the Kenya families.
There was good lighting, scripting, although the ideas seem to mix up but they represent what happens in most Kenyan and other african families,especially in terms of planning for marriages.
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The scene for this episode took place in Mr. Mwamba's and Jack, his son's compound. This is very critical as the scenes revolve a round the daily lifestyles of the Kenya families.
There was good lighting, scripting, although the ideas seem to mix up but they represent what happens in most Kenyan and other african families,especially in terms of planning for marriages.
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
TAHIDI HIGH CRITIQUE
14th September 2010
The episode focuses on two scenes: Melvin, OJ and Freddie not having their names written on the class' trip list, so they find a way of including their names and Allan who's supposedly to write some assignments for Eddie but "loses" his books, hence is forced to sell a desk and a chair to raise up the money that he owes Eddie. The agreement was for Allan to do Eddie's work as a debt clearance.
This episode depicts a student being bullied i.e Allan a form three student is doing assignments for a fourth form student. Mischief is also depicted in OJ, Freddie and Melvin as one of them sneaks in the staffroom to include their names in the list.
If I were to give this episode a tittle, it would be entitled "Kubambwa" as the mischief of the three boys was found out and they were subsequently punished. Eddie by chance found out that Allan had lost his books and threatened to kill Allan if he books were not produced, which led t Allan selling a desk and a chair.
21st September 2010
Today's episode starts with the Swahili teacher Mr. Meiposi telling the class that they can't go for the "mjadala" that they were anticipating because the invitation had arrived that very morning and protocol need to be adhered to. As is with students, they are disappointed. OJ, Melvin and Freddie as is with their character mobilize the class and plan on sneaking out. They hire a matatu, select a teacher amongst them and they are ready to set out.
A related scene is where Kamonjo, the schools' gardener gives Omosh,a fellow worker his best suit and tells Omosh to keep well till after work. Omosh hangs it on a tree, OJ happens to find it and subsequently their "teacher" gets to have a suit. The episode was to be continued.
The episode was interesting as some of my friends started narrating the mischief that they had engaged in while in secondary school, including hiring a parent among the hawkers around. Tahidi High clearly captured this as it is not new among our secondary schools and we, all could identify with.
As usual there is no tittle for this episode but I'd name it "the plan".
28th September 2010
This is a continuation of the previous episode. The principle of St. Angela's, the school that they had sneaked into, calls Mr. Tembo and tells him to congratulate the students on her behalf as they did an excellent job during the mjadala. Mr. Tembo is baffled and summons the Swahili teacher Mr. Meiposi to explain to him what is going on. Mr. Meiposi is also in the dark but after some simple and quick investigation are in the light.
Watching these four episodes, I have noticed that there are always two major scenes that may or may not be related. In this episode, it was that I have described above and the other of two women; the tea girl and Mr. Ngatia's wife verbally fighting. The episode ends with the students being told to go and kneel in front of the staffroom save for the head girl who did not sneak out.
I'd tittle this episode as"the catch" because in the long run, the students were caught.
07-1240
The episode focuses on two scenes: Melvin, OJ and Freddie not having their names written on the class' trip list, so they find a way of including their names and Allan who's supposedly to write some assignments for Eddie but "loses" his books, hence is forced to sell a desk and a chair to raise up the money that he owes Eddie. The agreement was for Allan to do Eddie's work as a debt clearance.
This episode depicts a student being bullied i.e Allan a form three student is doing assignments for a fourth form student. Mischief is also depicted in OJ, Freddie and Melvin as one of them sneaks in the staffroom to include their names in the list.
If I were to give this episode a tittle, it would be entitled "Kubambwa" as the mischief of the three boys was found out and they were subsequently punished. Eddie by chance found out that Allan had lost his books and threatened to kill Allan if he books were not produced, which led t Allan selling a desk and a chair.
21st September 2010
Today's episode starts with the Swahili teacher Mr. Meiposi telling the class that they can't go for the "mjadala" that they were anticipating because the invitation had arrived that very morning and protocol need to be adhered to. As is with students, they are disappointed. OJ, Melvin and Freddie as is with their character mobilize the class and plan on sneaking out. They hire a matatu, select a teacher amongst them and they are ready to set out.
A related scene is where Kamonjo, the schools' gardener gives Omosh,a fellow worker his best suit and tells Omosh to keep well till after work. Omosh hangs it on a tree, OJ happens to find it and subsequently their "teacher" gets to have a suit. The episode was to be continued.
The episode was interesting as some of my friends started narrating the mischief that they had engaged in while in secondary school, including hiring a parent among the hawkers around. Tahidi High clearly captured this as it is not new among our secondary schools and we, all could identify with.
As usual there is no tittle for this episode but I'd name it "the plan".
28th September 2010
This is a continuation of the previous episode. The principle of St. Angela's, the school that they had sneaked into, calls Mr. Tembo and tells him to congratulate the students on her behalf as they did an excellent job during the mjadala. Mr. Tembo is baffled and summons the Swahili teacher Mr. Meiposi to explain to him what is going on. Mr. Meiposi is also in the dark but after some simple and quick investigation are in the light.
Watching these four episodes, I have noticed that there are always two major scenes that may or may not be related. In this episode, it was that I have described above and the other of two women; the tea girl and Mr. Ngatia's wife verbally fighting. The episode ends with the students being told to go and kneel in front of the staffroom save for the head girl who did not sneak out.
I'd tittle this episode as"the catch" because in the long run, the students were caught.
07-1240
TAHIDI HIGH CRITIQUE
Tahidi high is one of the many local programs that airs in citizen TV, showing every Tuesday from 7:30 to 8 pm. It is slotted a 30 minute airtime but it runs for 25 minutes given the number of advertisements. It is produced by and directed by Catherine Wamuyu. Helping her with the script writing is Naomi Kamau.
Tahidi high is a hi h school drama full of intrigues, love infighting as any typical Kenyan secondary school would experience. It also depicts the conflict between teachers, students as well as parents.
I must confess that I am not a fan of local productions because for one, there's never originality, always copying what the Hollywood people have done, their production is always poor and the actors do not "feel" the characters that they are supposed to act out. I must say though that we are on the road to improvement given that Citizen TV has paved a way for the local productions to have a platform on which to showcase their talents.
7th September 2010
This episode was all about alcoholism. Two students notably OJ and Lamo and three of their friends are found by Mr. Tembo, the schools' assistant principal, sneaking alcohol into the school. Their parents are supposedly summoned but the students decide to "buy" parents because they do not want to involve their real parents. The bought parents incidentally or intentionally (the idea of the director and script writer) happens to be drunk as well.
Watching this episode, made me wonder what it was that was being put across, because the students were not punished and Mr. Tembo did not bother to find out about the drunken parent. There is no tittle for this episode hence you judge for yourself.
07-1240
Tahidi high is a hi h school drama full of intrigues, love infighting as any typical Kenyan secondary school would experience. It also depicts the conflict between teachers, students as well as parents.
I must confess that I am not a fan of local productions because for one, there's never originality, always copying what the Hollywood people have done, their production is always poor and the actors do not "feel" the characters that they are supposed to act out. I must say though that we are on the road to improvement given that Citizen TV has paved a way for the local productions to have a platform on which to showcase their talents.
7th September 2010
This episode was all about alcoholism. Two students notably OJ and Lamo and three of their friends are found by Mr. Tembo, the schools' assistant principal, sneaking alcohol into the school. Their parents are supposedly summoned but the students decide to "buy" parents because they do not want to involve their real parents. The bought parents incidentally or intentionally (the idea of the director and script writer) happens to be drunk as well.
Watching this episode, made me wonder what it was that was being put across, because the students were not punished and Mr. Tembo did not bother to find out about the drunken parent. There is no tittle for this episode hence you judge for yourself.
07-1240
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