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Over the last couple of week I have been working with a group of my peers on creating a magazine style show. I was involved in all the different staged including pre-production, production and post-production. The brief, which was set, ask us to create an exciting new and live youth show. We would have 3 weeks to research and become familiar with techniques used by other show of a similar style. The next step of the project was to create and develop our ideas, then in small groups present our ideas to an industry professional. Then the ideas, which are the most successful, will be put into pre-production. After the pre-production is complete we had 4 weeks to rehearse and record the show. The project deadline was 17/12/11.
As a team we collectively came up with the idea of our youth show by all thinking of creative ideas which would make the show more interesting and fun. After that we would come together in a meeting and discuss what ideas would be best for the show.
As a collective group we decided to set the studio in a V formation, therefore we could use the 3 cameras to our full advantage. We used two table set on an angle facing each other slightly so we could position the cameras at the side of of each table, therefore then we can get a clear shot on the presenters or the guests. At the beginning of the show we stood the two presenters in the middle of the table, so the middle camera could get a master shot of the whole set. All the camera operators and the floor manager had headsets and microphones; this connected them with the director/producer in the gallery.
The equipment included an talk back this was useful because if anyone had a problem they were able to discuss it with the people in the gallery. We also needed lightening to light the set in a professional way, by high lightening different parts which were important such as were the presenters stood when introducing the show. A sound mixing desk was used to control the volume of the theme tune and McFly track after the V.T. We used a boom mic to pick up the presenters voices however we did you microphones as well to make it clear. In the gallery we used the vision mixing desk and monitor so the vision mixer could see which shot he was selecting.
The producer, director, vision mixer, floor manager and presenters all had a copy of the script therefore they could see if everything is going to plan and what was going to happen next. The presenters had que cards of the script this made it look more professional when filming becuase then they wasn't looking down at pages of white paper thye had small cards with the shows logo on the back, this was also an advertising the show. Musical insturments were also used for the final quiz round.
My role through out the project was the producer, so on the day of filming i was in the gallery and worked very closely with the director, floor manager and vision mixer. I over looked the project making sure everyone knew what they were doing and if there were any problems i would try by best to sort them out.Before filming i checked if all the camera shots were correct and i was happy with everything in the studio. During the filming process i timed each section to make sure we were still on time and not running over or done a round to quick. I found this quiet difficult because i had to do a number of things at once. However once we went through the show a couple of times, it wasnt as hard to do. I enjoyed the roleof producer because i think im a good team leader and i made sure everyone had something to do in all stages of production. Next time i would like to be a camera opperator because i liked being in the studio and its a role i have always wanted to try.
My role through out the project was the producer, so on the day of filming i was in the gallery and worked very closely with the director, floor manager and vision mixer. I over looked the project making sure everyone knew what they were doing and if there were any problems i would try by best to sort them out.Before filming i checked if all the camera shots were correct and i was happy with everything in the studio. During the filming process i timed each section to make sure we were still on time and not running over or done a round to quick. I found this quiet difficult because i had to do a number of things at once. However once we went through the show a couple of times, it wasnt as hard to do. I enjoyed the roleof producer because i think im a good team leader and i made sure everyone had something to do in all stages of production. Next time i would like to be a camera opperator because i liked being in the studio and its a role i have always wanted to try.
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