University Election Package

Presidential Candidates Students at the University of Winchester have the chance to vote for their next Student Union president this week, writes Daniel Mackrell. Three candidates are running for the position this year, and the results will be announced Thursday 29th at 3pm. Presidential candidate, Sam Quested said at the Q&A session on Tuesday evening 'Taking on...

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Winol Semester 2 Week 9

Week starting 26/03/2012Monday. In this week's debrief, I recieved some good feedback from my lecturers. Mainly for my ability to construct a package, and be able to pack so much into a one minute package in terms of content, and also for good scripting. This week I had two ideas for a story. The first dipped into my 'news beat' of Science and Technology, it was a new 3D machine...

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Olympic Hopeful Package

OLYMPIC HOPEFULS BURNING DESIRE Winchester resident Louise Damen is hopeful of earning a team GB marathon spot for the London Olympics, writes Daniel Mackrell. She will take part in this years London Marathon, and if she can impress, she may be selected to compete beside Paula Radcliffe and Mara Yamauchi. Louise, 30, said on Friday 'It would be a dream...

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Winol Semester 2 Week 8

Week Starting 19/03/2012 Friday. Today I went to interview Louise Damen, a Winchester athlete. Me and Flick met her outside the River Park leaisure centre, and then walked over to the field to shoot the interview, as well as various gvs, and sequence shots. I was quite pleased the responses I got from the questions. Monday Tuesday I decided that it would be good to combine...

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Logical Positivism

The Vienna Circle Wittgenstein - Language games - Everything you've ever thought takes place in a series of rules. A situation bound by certain rules. Personalities associated with the movement. The meaning of a word is determined by the way it is used in a particular language game. 'We speak how we do because of what we do'. Wittgenstein was a mechanic, eventually felt there was no point in language. Wrote 'The Book' and 'The Other Book' (also known as 'The Brown Book' and 'The Blue Book'). Art - Paul Klee - Modern abstract art. 'A house...

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Bloodhound Package

BEATING THE BULLET A car hoping to reach 1000mph was on display in Southampton last weekend, writes Daniel Mackrell. The team behind the Bloodhound SSC hold the current land-speed record with the Thrust SSC, which broke the sound barrier travelling at 763mph in 1997. The car, to be driven by Andy Green (the current record holder) would be faster than a bullet if...

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Winol Semester 2 Week 7

Week Starting 12/03/201 Saturday (10/03/2012) Today I got aranged a press pass for a Science and Engineering Day at the University of Southampton. We've been told that if we go to event, the focus should not be on the event itself, instead we should find a story within the event. Before heading their, I already knew that my main focus would be on a model vehicle called the...

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Tom Wolfe - The New Journalism

Later 1966 - when you first started hearing people talk about the New Journalism in conversation Wasn't a movement - no manifestos'. Mid sixties - 'Some sort of artistic excitement in journalism and that was a new thing in itself.' What is new journalism? From 60's and 7-'s -  astyle of journalism that was considered unconventional. Mainly found in magazines instead of newspapers/. It can deal with form and technique. 1972 article by Dennis Chaser identifies it as emphasizing truth over facts. Mixing journalism with literary techniques. (most...

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Winol Semester 2 Week 6

Week Starting 4/03/2012 Monday Tuesday I already knew that my story was falling apart, but Tom was slowly running short on news stories, and had asked me to try and make an oov out of what I could get, considering I already had an interview arranged. I went to interview a local councillor about the recent power cuts in Winchester. It wasn't the best of interviews, I soon...

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Mathematics in Logic and Language

Natural numbers - words used to count things. To count is to create an abstract category or group. On average, natural numbers go up to 7. A number such as 73,962 is abstract and mysterious, impossible to visualise or recognise. Any complex number can be analysed Analytic philosophy - idealist or synthetic - breaking things down to find their logical basis. Plurality - more than one Plurals of plurals. Eg: 9 = 3 x 3 'Special words' - have been used in the past by tribes to count stuff. Eg- 'one thing', 'more than one thing' and 'many...

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WINOL Semester 2 Week 5

Week Starting 27/02/2012 Monday Debrief Notes Today was the first time I was struggling in terms of securing a story for the week, I had made a few attempts on the thursday and friday before this week hunting for a story, and had a few ideas, but because of interviewees being unavailable, I had to scrap them. When Monday arrived, I was still unsure on my different ideas,...

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Fluoride Package

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Winol Semester 2 Week 4

Week starting Tuesday I arrived at the eco home with Lou at 10am, and the devloper, Nick Price, was at the gate and lead us to the homes. He was very helpful, and because he was quite busy, I decided to interview him first, so that he was then able to get back to work while we filmed around the home. The interview went soothly, and had a nice looking background as it was...

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