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Understanding the pre-production process
     
Before you begin … 
Build a word web on the board using these and the students’ own ideas (starting 
in the middle and working outwards). Many more arrows are possible, and the 
word web may be expanded to include other words such as verbs, for example 
to take part in something
, 
to present
, 
to star in something
, 
to play the part of 
somebody
, 
to read the news
, 
to interview somebody
, 
to narrate a documentary
, 
etc.
Current affairs
TV programmes
News 
broadcasts
Chat shows
Soap 
operas
Documentaries
Reality 
shows
Game 
shows
Sitcoms
Comedy series
jury
Talent 
shows
Children’s 
programmes
contestants
presenters
narrators
guests
reporters and 
correspondents
newsreaders
Drama 
series
stars, supporting 
actors, extras
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Understanding the pre-production process
l 
Organising a filming schedule
l 
Filming on location
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Editing a TV documentary
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Cambridge English for  
the Media
TEACHER’S NOTES
Professional English
Cambridge English for the Media   Cambridge University Press 2009     
www.cambridge.org/elt/englishforthemedia
UNIT 4
 
Television

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  1  a 
Students discuss the questions in pairs and then feed back to the class.
 Answers
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The director of news and current affairs is responsible for the gathering and 
production of national daily news, as well as business, political and current 
affairs programmes. The director of news reports to the director-general and 
the deputy director-general.
 
The editor is the artistic force behind a series in TV and radio. S/he is 
responsible for the programme and the team, appoints and/or supervises staff, 
decides who does what on the programme, gives them advice and supervises 
them on their work, and gives feedback on their performance. Finally, s/he may 
change the agenda and tone of a programme. (Note that the output editor is 
usually responsible for one edition of a programme.)
 
A social affairs correspondent
 
reports news on social affairs, for example 
health, drugs, population, migration, and labour and employment. 
 
A reporter
 
is a person who collects and reports news for a TV station. 
 
A researcher is the person in charge of finding out facts and information about 
a given subject.
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Both newspaper journalists and TV journalists collect and write news stories, 
for newspapers and television respectively. However, whereas the TV journalist 
can count on the images being shown as well as a comment being broadcast, 
the paper journalist has to describe things in detail to make readers visualise 
what’s happening (although the article may also include visuals such as photos 
or illustrations).