Introduction:
The only brief we had for our studio segment was that:
- you will devise and produce a studio segment which is exactly 10 minutes in duration
This mean that we had to devise an idea for what type of “show” our segment would be on. Before any other planning could be made, we created a range of ideas that would be used within the 10 minute slot and the outcome came as a quiz and discussion show based on the news from the previous 2 weeks. We used the already existing shows of “Big Fat Quiz of the Year” and “Mock the Week” as a base line and developed it from there.
Roles:
As we were working in one large group of around 20 students, roles for the segment had to be decided and handed out. With the initial idea coming from me and a few others, I decided to take on the role as director as I had an understanding of how I wanted the show to be created and the platform behind it as to how it would work. Crew list provided below:
The role of director meant I would over see all actions that took place and would control and arrange all meetings when necessary. It also meant that during workshops and practices as a group I would have to take charge of what I needed everyone to do and work on in preparation for the final recording of the show.
Risk Assessment:
As the director, it was mine and the producer’s job to create the risk assessment as well as a safety inspection which was filled out by the producer for the protection of the production crew.
Risk assessment as done from my role of the director:
RISK ASSESSMENT- studio segment
See 500 word statement below for detailed outline
Finished Product:
This is our completed studio segment created by the Media Production: Journalism group where I had the role of the Director…
[youtube]https://youtu.be/mi82h3Zw3pw[/youtube]
500 word statement:
For my final task the entire journalism group took on the production of creating a studio segment at the length of 10 minutes long. I took on the role of the Director an as part of my role I had to oversee all decisions that were made and make the final decision if necessary. Due to creating this is one group we each had a separate role and no contributor from the public was needed.
As my role of director, I did not have to provide a list of equipment that was needed to perform this task however it was my role to check all equipment was working properly and everyone was fulfilling their role on the equipment properly. With the use 3 of three large tv cameras, a large lighting set up, a desk for presenters/ contestants and the design for the studio, there were a lot of health and safety risks that had to be addressed. One of the main health risks was any of the production crew slipping, tripping or falling over any of the mass equipment within the studio. It was important that all the crew stayed where they were meant to in order to avoid in incident. This was not a concern within the control room as there was no equipment that could cause a fall, however due to the mass of people within the control room it was once again safer for all the crew to stay where they were stationed during filming to avoid confusion and a possible communication failure of any type. Although my role was not to set up the equipment, my role was to supervise and check everything was as planned. This meant I over saw lighting being set up as well as cameras and the set. To avoid another health and safety risk, I had to make sure access was available at all time for any fire or main doors into the tv studio as well as making sure the lighting crew were wearing heat protective gloves to prevent a health risk of a burn. In case of a health risk happening, a safety inspection was filled out by myself and the producer with a first aider listed on them in case of an emergency.
All techniques that we had learnt so far from previous tasks came into action during this task for many of the roles, however Director was not a role I had fulfilled before so with the use of many directing books from the university library, I learnt the basics needed to fulfil my role properly. “Directing television: a professional survival guide” (2012) taught me that I needed to use my management skills effectively to keep everything under control with a large group. “Directing and Producing for television: a format approach” (2001) showed a step by step guide on how to prepare for filming a tv show, include camera options, a set layout, lighting options as well as examples of scripts and auto cue all which I had to oversee. “The essential TV director’s handbook” (1998) was the final book I used to help with the presenters and contestants and provided a checklist of all things I needed to remember. This is why I chose this task to present.
We had a separate member of the production crew who edited the show together however, I was once again a small part of the process by helping plan the edit format and making the final decision on how it looked when edited together.
Bamford, N. (2012) Directing television: a professional survival guide. 1st edition. London: Bloomsbury.
Cury, I. (2001) Directing and producing for television: a format approach. 2nd edition. Oxford: Focal.
Jarvis, P. (1998) The essential TV director’s handbook. 1st edition. Oxford: Focal.