Thursday 6 January 2011
Monday 8 February 2010
Journal of my role in the LIVE TV QUIZ SHOW
week one
During the first week we were divided into small groups and from these small groups we each assigned our self a role i choose technical manager. I worked along our post-production manager to make sure that our VT were film able. Also we discovered which round we would be making for the live show, ours was the music round.
Week two
The second week was more productive I helped film the VT inserts for the music round and I even starred in some of the videos. I set up the editing software in the right format and assisted where I could. Also this week we as a group came up with a good set idea which we called culture city.
Week three
During week three i found myself with nothing to do alot of the time so I asked the set designers if i could help paint the set, they agreed. I painted the sky on all of the flats and helped create the rope bridge on the main set piece. Later that week I painted the lights in the building for the set to make it seem more realistic as a cityscape in Silhouette.
Week four
This week we finished off the flats and began rehearsals using the last groups script. We each rotated at different roles within the studio, this was really fun as it gave us the chance to have ago lots of different roles. I started on camera and found it really easy to get the hang off. I then asked if I could direct because its something i really like doing and I hope to become a director after i leave college. This proved very fun and I really enjoyed having a go at directing.
Week five
This week we spent everyday doing rehearsals, I got to have a go at vision mixing and sound operating. Both roles I enjoyed and found no difficulty performing but I still wanted to direct during the live event as directing I enjoyed the most. Mid-week i had ago at DVD operating but found it tricky to do and messed up a few times during rehearsals. We finally found out which role we be doing in the live show and I was picked to operate the camera one and three. I was very disappointed not to be picked to direct the quiz show but I didn't complain because I knew the show had to go on and complaining that I didn't get the job role I wanted wouldn't help make a good show and it might of meant that my classmates would think differently before picking me to direct next time. We filmed the quiz show live at the end of the week, I did my job well and was praised for my good camera work i felt happy that they liked my effects but I still felt down about not directing the show.
I also asked Stuart Hilpert if I could use some of his pictures on my blog as his hand writing was neater than mine and also because he had pictures of our set.
During the first week we were divided into small groups and from these small groups we each assigned our self a role i choose technical manager. I worked along our post-production manager to make sure that our VT were film able. Also we discovered which round we would be making for the live show, ours was the music round.
Week two
The second week was more productive I helped film the VT inserts for the music round and I even starred in some of the videos. I set up the editing software in the right format and assisted where I could. Also this week we as a group came up with a good set idea which we called culture city.
Week three
During week three i found myself with nothing to do alot of the time so I asked the set designers if i could help paint the set, they agreed. I painted the sky on all of the flats and helped create the rope bridge on the main set piece. Later that week I painted the lights in the building for the set to make it seem more realistic as a cityscape in Silhouette.
Week four
This week we finished off the flats and began rehearsals using the last groups script. We each rotated at different roles within the studio, this was really fun as it gave us the chance to have ago lots of different roles. I started on camera and found it really easy to get the hang off. I then asked if I could direct because its something i really like doing and I hope to become a director after i leave college. This proved very fun and I really enjoyed having a go at directing.
Week five
This week we spent everyday doing rehearsals, I got to have a go at vision mixing and sound operating. Both roles I enjoyed and found no difficulty performing but I still wanted to direct during the live event as directing I enjoyed the most. Mid-week i had ago at DVD operating but found it tricky to do and messed up a few times during rehearsals. We finally found out which role we be doing in the live show and I was picked to operate the camera one and three. I was very disappointed not to be picked to direct the quiz show but I didn't complain because I knew the show had to go on and complaining that I didn't get the job role I wanted wouldn't help make a good show and it might of meant that my classmates would think differently before picking me to direct next time. We filmed the quiz show live at the end of the week, I did my job well and was praised for my good camera work i felt happy that they liked my effects but I still felt down about not directing the show.
I also asked Stuart Hilpert if I could use some of his pictures on my blog as his hand writing was neater than mine and also because he had pictures of our set.
Sunday 7 February 2010
What we learned from Techical rehearsals
From these technical rehearsals we learned that our buzzers sounded too similar and we had to find a replacement for one of the buzzers. we argreed to instead to have a dog toy ball that made a squeaky noise, and a bell. Another problem we discovered was that our VT weren't in the right place on the DVD and this meant we had to edit our script and running order.
However we also found that the technical rehearsals helped us improve all our skills at framing and changing from camera shots, it also help us get sound levels just right and when to cut from the VT inserts back to the studio which improved how well did in the LIVE shoot.
However we also found that the technical rehearsals helped us improve all our skills at framing and changing from camera shots, it also help us get sound levels just right and when to cut from the VT inserts back to the studio which improved how well did in the LIVE shoot.
Rehearsal and recording practice
Before we recorded our quiz show as we did a few rehearsals. for these rehearsals we each took it turns to be guests and we run through how the show would work.
It was important to do these rehearsals to work out if we had techincal problems or anything wrong with our questions like them being too easy or if it was going to be possible to have buzzers in our quiz show.
Recording practice allowed us to pull together as a group as well, giving us more comfindance that our show would work.
It was important to do these rehearsals to work out if we had techincal problems or anything wrong with our questions like them being too easy or if it was going to be possible to have buzzers in our quiz show.
Recording practice allowed us to pull together as a group as well, giving us more comfindance that our show would work.
Scripts
The script is most important thing for the quiz show it contains techincal information for the director and DVD operators to look at, as well as the dialogue of the host and information about vision and audio inserts lengths for the Sound, DVD operators and for the assistant director to keep track off on behalf of the director.
The script also mention which camera shots will be used for opening of the show, as well as listing all the AD LIB shots the director is looking for in the rest of of show. the layout of a TV script is that all audio used reguardless or wither its from the host/guests or from VT inserts always goes on the right hand side of the script. And all vision information goes on the left of the page, this is because it makes the script easier to read for director, assistant director, floor manager and DVD operator. When ever the director calls cut it means that vision mixer cuts to that camera as listed in the script. If its a VT insert that the director has to play next in the script he calls roll VT instead.
below is our example of a TV quiz show script.
The script also mention which camera shots will be used for opening of the show, as well as listing all the AD LIB shots the director is looking for in the rest of of show. the layout of a TV script is that all audio used reguardless or wither its from the host/guests or from VT inserts always goes on the right hand side of the script. And all vision information goes on the left of the page, this is because it makes the script easier to read for director, assistant director, floor manager and DVD operator. When ever the director calls cut it means that vision mixer cuts to that camera as listed in the script. If its a VT insert that the director has to play next in the script he calls roll VT instead.
below is our example of a TV quiz show script.
Planning and lighting the set
We went about plaining the lighting by placing the set in the studio and using five people around it to represent our four guests and host. We discovered that the best way to light the set and our host/guests was to use 3 point lighting.
3 point lighting is when you have a key light that tends to be a powerful spot light (tungsten light) aimed at your subject, this creates a shodow down one side to counter this you have fill light facing the other side of the subject (cool lights). After you lit the subject add another spot light (tungsten light) behind the subject to bring the subject out from the background, this sometimes creates a halo effect on the top of their heads if the subject is a person, however this fine because brings them out from background which looks better on camera.
3 point lighting is when you have a key light that tends to be a powerful spot light (tungsten light) aimed at your subject, this creates a shodow down one side to counter this you have fill light facing the other side of the subject (cool lights). After you lit the subject add another spot light (tungsten light) behind the subject to bring the subject out from the background, this sometimes creates a halo effect on the top of their heads if the subject is a person, however this fine because brings them out from background which looks better on camera.
Planning and designing a set
We as group were very indecisive about how to design our set, we each split into smaller groups and came up with ideas. In each group we had a set designer who would draw up our ideas, hhowever each of us came up with drawings which we handed to the set designer. The set designer then got to gether with the other set designers and came up with a final idea.
The final idea was called Culture City. The design was to paint a city scape onto the flats (wood boards) and connect them together to create our set. the colours we used were greys, blacks, purples and dark blues to make it seem that it was nightime in the city. We also added additional colour in the form of bright yellow and orange to represent the lights from the buildings, however we only did this for two of the flats to create depth in the set and make it seem that some buidings are further away than they really are.
The final idea was called Culture City. The design was to paint a city scape onto the flats (wood boards) and connect them together to create our set. the colours we used were greys, blacks, purples and dark blues to make it seem that it was nightime in the city. We also added additional colour in the form of bright yellow and orange to represent the lights from the buildings, however we only did this for two of the flats to create depth in the set and make it seem that some buidings are further away than they really are.
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