London Tonight is a news programme broadcasted on ITV at certain times of the day, usually 2 bulletins in the morning alongside the main 6pm and 10pm bulletins.
The sort of shots that LT use vary with A Roll, B Roll and many more. At the beginning of the show they use a pan shot which zooms around the studio showing a picture of some of the top news. It then goes into a wide shot of the newsreaders who then welcome the viewers and alerts them into what has hit the headlines today. They always start with a shot of the newsreader(s) because they want to engage the viewer. To also not make the clips boring, they also add in close-ups and mid-shots.
When the presenter has finished reading a story out they then add a link to the news package that has been done by a fellow colleague; they usually include a couple of interviews with a few people and some B-Rolls to try and spice up the story so the viewer knows exactly what is going on.
Some of the best things about news packages is the location of the newsreader; some can be in the middle of Afghanistan reporting on a death of a solider, and another reporter could be trying to crash a student protest to try and show the viewers the devastating effects of what has been done.
With LT, some of their packages could be live or pre-recorded. There are a lot of differences between the two. One of the first has to be lighting; this is because with a live package you need to make do with what lighting you currently have. If you miss up in a live interview/package you need to make do with what has happened. The advantages of having a pre-recorded package is that you can add extra lighting. You can also cut bits out or do a retake if you think you could have done better.
Lastly, when the news finally comes to an end, they will introduce the weather and then once that is done they will then turn back to the newsreaders who will do a link out and say goodbye to the viewers. In LT, it is a one person close up which then turns to a wide shot of both readers and then a long shot which then fades.
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