Producing programs for HDTV broadcasting, one of the areas of digitalized broadcasting, has already been introduced in the programs of soap operas, sports relays, shows, and documentaries, and caused many changes. However, the case of news program is ...
Producing programs for HDTV broadcasting, one of the areas of digitalized broadcasting, has already been introduced in the programs of soap operas, sports relays, shows, and documentaries, and caused many changes. However, the case of news program is different from other kinds of programs. The reality of the broadcasting industry is that the image frameworks of news programs, made from various resources, cannot be easily converted into HDTV. In addition, even though the quantity and quality of information offered from HDTV are better than those of the already existing TV, its impacts on news reports are yet to be known.
Therefore, this study examined how HDTV production affected the image frameworks of news broadcasting, in that news broadcasting is a universal media, which is supposed to provide all people with information using electric waves, one kind of public property. Also, the contents of news images were analyzed by the camera reporters, who are most closely related to the image frameworks of news broadcasting among news production staffs in charge, particularly about what changes were made when news programs were shot, and about whether the changes were positive or negative, and an Internet survey was also conducted.
As a result, the quantitative change of news picture images between the existing TV age and HDTV age was confirmed. Furthermore, it was proved that there were some differences of the news image frameworks between the existing TV and HDTV. It was also verified that resolution was the characteristic of HDTV that exercised influences on news broadcasting most, and that what affected news shooting most was the 16:9 picture ratio. It was proved that close-up shots had diminished, and the number of camera shots of wide picture ratio, such as full shot, had been increasing.
Above anything else, image composition was selected as the area that was influenced most by HDTV production, and this result can be analyzed as that news images are in the same situation of other programs in terms of reconsideration of image aesthetics. In addition, the fact cannot be overlooked that HDTV news production has not only positive impacts but also negative impacts at the present point of time. Among different areas of HDTV news production, data searching and output, in which area HDTV production has been already developed a lot, were convenient, however, those who worked in the area of image collection and edition, in transition stage of HDTV news production, were feeling uncomfortable. It was also ascertained that camera shots, camera walks and image frameworks, which camera reporters always need to pay attention for shooting, were closely related to the impacts of HDTV news production on the camera reporters.
It is true that there are some difficulties in producing HDTV news at the present time of change. However, news images are expected to develop as image technologies improve, and the roles and domains of camera reporters for news production and reports are anticipated to extend. They will surely function as a chance for the camera reporters to produce HDTV news in the long term.