The main concepts of planning, organisation, collaboration and communication were crucial in making sure we created a studio magazine show totalling 10 minutes as stated by the brief. The brief of the studio task was to include a live interview during the show and two VT’s. The show must be suitable for a primetime and pre-watershed audience. As this was a live task there would be no chance to edit the show after the studio filming.
‘In the studio, teamwork is essential as each person plays an important role in making sure the production goes smoothly’ (Johnson 2016). Therefore teamwork was key for this artefact, we collaborated on the creative decisions such as what to have for our VT’s, Logos and colour scheme while ensuring that they are suitable to the theme of a magazine show, we found that by having team discussions we was all able to express our ideas and develop them into the show. Social media groups chats was made in order to ensure that all members of the production team was up to date with any changes that may have been made and also available for those who had any enquires. However, being in large groups for this artefact it didn’t come without problems such as some roles had to be covered when it came to final production day due to some members been absent.
My role within the production team was an autocue operator and VT presenter. I wasn’t very confident with this role compared to other areas but it was good to gain a bit more experience and practise. My role as an autocue operator was to sit in the gallery and be in charge of the speed at which the script appears on the camera for presenters to read. It was important that I practice this role during rehearsals so that I could go at the right pace for the presenters. During rehearsals some changes needed to be made to the script and it was my responsibility as an autocue operator to make these changes as quick as possible (Brown, L. Duthie, L 2016).
I’ve learnt that health and safety in production environment is important (Verrall, 2006) which is why a risk assessments was made for each location of filming so crew members were not at risks. During our shoot on location, which was in York city centre, the main risk was the public with our equipment and them not being aware. The risk management we incorporated was to not set our cameras in busy areas, narrow walk ways and ensure that there was no trailing of wires across the pavement. We also had a production schedule which was the glue that held the production together as without the schedule we wouldn’t have been able to go live at the given time. (Brown, L. Duthie, L 2016).
Overall, this artefact has been selected because it was a good group project that shows collaborative work as well as showing a good understanding of media production skills.
Bibliography:
Brown, L. Duthie, L (2016). The TV Studio Production Handbook. I.B Touris.
Johnson, K., 2016. Shoot, Edit, Share: Video Production for Mass Media, Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations. Focal Press.
Verrall, B (2006). Choosing an Angle: Citizenship through Video Production. London: Learning and Skills Development Agency. Pg41.
