After we had been split into 5 groups, we then had to give ourselves a role from a list of four possible choices. In this post I will be talking about what each role is about:
- Technical Producer; Made sure all the inserts worked correctly.
- Content Producer; Made the final script, and made sure all of the questions made sense and worked well with the style of our round.
- Post-Production Producer; Put all of the inserts onto disk, and edited the live show after we had finished filming it. They also created the titles, credits and music.
- Art Director; Designed, made, painted and put up the set.
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Friday, 27 November 2009
Team Production Meetings
The group were split into four groups of four, and one group of five, where we would be each creating and designed a round of the quiz show. In my group there is Amy, Steph, Reece and Alex, and we would be tackling the "Quickfire" round. I feel confident with this round as everyone in our group has different interests and therefore we can cover all of the rounds equally and to the best of our ability. As we are the last round of the show, we needed to make our round stand out from the rest and end it on a high to impress the audience and everyone involved.
The other rounds of our quiz show are:
- Music
- Film
- TV
- Internet
In our group we started to discuss how we wanted our round to work and the format of it. After lots of heated discussions we decided to give each team a minute and a half to answer as many questions as possible. We also decided to have a heartbeat sound playing as the contestants answer the questions to create tension and give the round a more serious atmosphere to the previous rounds. The team with the highest amount of points would play first, and then the other team would try to pull it back in the last few minutes of the show. Each team would have approximately 5 seconds to answer the question presented to them; they may pass at any point. The lights would be dimmed on the team that are not answering and the set; only the host and the team who are answering the questions would be brightly lit.
Within our "Quickfire" group we set about writing questions for the contestants. We came up with 40+ questions, each one relating to the previous rounds. The questions would be mixed up so that each team wouldn't get the same type of question each time (e.g. music then music); it would be entirely random so that each team gets a shot at each category.
Also involved in our round would include various image and music inserts to help make the round interesting. The inserts would be very quick (5 seconds at most) and may aid the team in giving the correct answer. We hope that the inserts will liven up our round as we can't use long clips to interest the audience and contestants; we need to be quick and snappy and we felt that this would help make our round a little more interesting.
The other rounds of our quiz show are:
- Music
- Film
- TV
- Internet
In our group we started to discuss how we wanted our round to work and the format of it. After lots of heated discussions we decided to give each team a minute and a half to answer as many questions as possible. We also decided to have a heartbeat sound playing as the contestants answer the questions to create tension and give the round a more serious atmosphere to the previous rounds. The team with the highest amount of points would play first, and then the other team would try to pull it back in the last few minutes of the show. Each team would have approximately 5 seconds to answer the question presented to them; they may pass at any point. The lights would be dimmed on the team that are not answering and the set; only the host and the team who are answering the questions would be brightly lit.
Within our "Quickfire" group we set about writing questions for the contestants. We came up with 40+ questions, each one relating to the previous rounds. The questions would be mixed up so that each team wouldn't get the same type of question each time (e.g. music then music); it would be entirely random so that each team gets a shot at each category.
Also involved in our round would include various image and music inserts to help make the round interesting. The inserts would be very quick (5 seconds at most) and may aid the team in giving the correct answer. We hope that the inserts will liven up our round as we can't use long clips to interest the audience and contestants; we need to be quick and snappy and we felt that this would help make our round a little more interesting.
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
4th November
Today we had another session with Peter where we learnt more about the Audio Mixer and the different signals.
STOB --Weak-->Audio Desk--Ana, Line level-->DIV-300 (Digital)
An Audio Mixer has 12 Mic inputs, and 4 Line inputs. A Mic level has a weak signal, whereas a Line level has a strong signal (1 volt).
All equipment in the 21st Century is digital, but it used to be analogue. There is a few differences between analogue and digital signals. An analogue signal is tolerate, and can take frequencys louder than it is designed to have (can handle +3, +6, +9). Whereas a digital signal cannot handle this without becoming extremely distorted and ruining the sound quality. This is measured in a VU meter, which measures frequency / volume units of audio. You must not allow the signal to go above 0, as the signal will become distorted, and the meter will turn red to warn you that the signal is peaking.
Peter also told us the correct terms to use for camera movements.
Pan is where you move the camera side to side, without moving the pedestal.
Tilt is where you move the camera up or down.
Crab is where you move the camera left or right by moving the pedestals. This is called track in film productions due to the tracks laid on the ground to help move the camera.
Track back and track forwards is where you move the camera backwards or forwards via the pedestal without moving the camera.
Ped up / down is where you use the pedestal to adjust the level of the camera (eye level, high angle, low angle). This is easily done by pushing down on the circle bar located halfway up the pedestal.
You must use instructions from the cameras point of view, and you musn't zoom or move when on-line as it looks tacky and is very difficult to pull off.
When a red light is on the top of your camera, this means you are on-line and is called a tally light in the industry. The director will tell you when your camera is on-line so you need to hold the shot! The cameras that will be on the outside edges of the TV studio are called pole cameras, or winger cameras.
When filming you need to remember the rule of 3rd's, where you must have the eyes on the upper third. Remember headroom! A safety shot will always be in place in case a shot goes wrong and the director needs to use this shot until it has been sorted. This is usually a wide shot. The eyeline is the direction of where the talent is looking, and this determines which camera will be filming them.
STOB --Weak-->Audio Desk--Ana, Line level-->DIV-300 (Digital)
An Audio Mixer has 12 Mic inputs, and 4 Line inputs. A Mic level has a weak signal, whereas a Line level has a strong signal (1 volt).
All equipment in the 21st Century is digital, but it used to be analogue. There is a few differences between analogue and digital signals. An analogue signal is tolerate, and can take frequencys louder than it is designed to have (can handle +3, +6, +9). Whereas a digital signal cannot handle this without becoming extremely distorted and ruining the sound quality. This is measured in a VU meter, which measures frequency / volume units of audio. You must not allow the signal to go above 0, as the signal will become distorted, and the meter will turn red to warn you that the signal is peaking.
Peter also told us the correct terms to use for camera movements.
Pan is where you move the camera side to side, without moving the pedestal.
Tilt is where you move the camera up or down.
Crab is where you move the camera left or right by moving the pedestals. This is called track in film productions due to the tracks laid on the ground to help move the camera.
Track back and track forwards is where you move the camera backwards or forwards via the pedestal without moving the camera.
Ped up / down is where you use the pedestal to adjust the level of the camera (eye level, high angle, low angle). This is easily done by pushing down on the circle bar located halfway up the pedestal.
You must use instructions from the cameras point of view, and you musn't zoom or move when on-line as it looks tacky and is very difficult to pull off.
When a red light is on the top of your camera, this means you are on-line and is called a tally light in the industry. The director will tell you when your camera is on-line so you need to hold the shot! The cameras that will be on the outside edges of the TV studio are called pole cameras, or winger cameras.
When filming you need to remember the rule of 3rd's, where you must have the eyes on the upper third. Remember headroom! A safety shot will always be in place in case a shot goes wrong and the director needs to use this shot until it has been sorted. This is usually a wide shot. The eyeline is the direction of where the talent is looking, and this determines which camera will be filming them.
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Live TV Event
It's the 3rd November, and we've just got back from a relaxing half term thinking that today would be an easy day. We were wrong.
Today we were told about our task for the next 5 weeks, which is a Multi-Camera Production where we would be creating and filming our own quiz show. I was so excited on hearing that this would be our project as it's right up my street and is what I enjoy the most, so I was eager to get stuck in.
But first we needed to learn the theory, which was what this afternoon and tomorrow would be about. So we got stuck in on the Vision Mixer and the Audio Mixer.
Peter explained to us that the Vision Mixer (VX) has 12 channels of which 4 are line channels, and 8 are program channels. For our production we would be filming with 4 cameras, which would be mounted on pedestals to make it easier for us to film and to move the cameras about. We also learnt that you can add a DVD (video input only), HDDR and a VTR into the VX; but there is only one output.
For the Audio Mixer, there is also 4 line channels, and 8 program channels; but again, only one output. You can add a CD player and a computer into the Audio Mixer to play sound effects and tracks into the studio if we wanted.
Peter also talked to us about the lights that we might wish to use. We talked about the grid, of which the lights are all attached to. The grid is a square of black bars fixed to the ceiling.
Soft lights are used to add fill light are are flourescent, so do not get really hot.
Spot lights aren't flourescent and so get really hot and also draw a lot of power. They give out concentrated, hard light to light faces.
Floodlights are used to light scenery. They have no barn doors, so it is very hard to control the spill of light.
Barn doors are flaps attached to the lights so that we can control the spill of light and control where the light is being used.
All of the sockets (number on the lights) are numbered and fit into a channel on the dimmer pack, where each light can be individually controlled. A dimmer pack has 24 channels and it gives power to the lights.
A "STOB" box is a big, black box situated in the corner of the TV studio. It stands for:
Studio
Termination
Outlet
Box.
The curtains that you normally see around TV studios are almost always black, and are designed to absorb light. They are good for low budget productions like ours.
After our break we talked about the studio crew, and what jobs we would need to undertake. As we are filming our quiz show in two 15 minute halves, Peter told us we would have two jobs during the filming, and we would swap to our second job in the break of the filming.
The jobs we needed to undertake would be:
- Sound Operators*
- Lighting Operator
- Director*
- Assistant Director
- Vision Mixer
- Floor Manager*
- Assistant Floor Manager*
- Camera Operators*
- Assistant Camera Operators
- Producer
A producers main job is editorial (content based), thus will have been decided on before we begin filming.
To keep everyone in touch with each other, we will be using talkback systems, where the director can tell everyone what he needs and the shots he will need. He needs to prevail as he acts as God in the studio. The talkback system is also where the crew can report problems to the director and tell him how long until they are ready to shoot.
You should never take off Cans until told to.
Today we were told about our task for the next 5 weeks, which is a Multi-Camera Production where we would be creating and filming our own quiz show. I was so excited on hearing that this would be our project as it's right up my street and is what I enjoy the most, so I was eager to get stuck in.
But first we needed to learn the theory, which was what this afternoon and tomorrow would be about. So we got stuck in on the Vision Mixer and the Audio Mixer.
Peter explained to us that the Vision Mixer (VX) has 12 channels of which 4 are line channels, and 8 are program channels. For our production we would be filming with 4 cameras, which would be mounted on pedestals to make it easier for us to film and to move the cameras about. We also learnt that you can add a DVD (video input only), HDDR and a VTR into the VX; but there is only one output.
For the Audio Mixer, there is also 4 line channels, and 8 program channels; but again, only one output. You can add a CD player and a computer into the Audio Mixer to play sound effects and tracks into the studio if we wanted.
Peter also talked to us about the lights that we might wish to use. We talked about the grid, of which the lights are all attached to. The grid is a square of black bars fixed to the ceiling.
Soft lights are used to add fill light are are flourescent, so do not get really hot.
Spot lights aren't flourescent and so get really hot and also draw a lot of power. They give out concentrated, hard light to light faces.
Floodlights are used to light scenery. They have no barn doors, so it is very hard to control the spill of light.
Barn doors are flaps attached to the lights so that we can control the spill of light and control where the light is being used.
All of the sockets (number on the lights) are numbered and fit into a channel on the dimmer pack, where each light can be individually controlled. A dimmer pack has 24 channels and it gives power to the lights.
A "STOB" box is a big, black box situated in the corner of the TV studio. It stands for:
Studio
Termination
Outlet
Box.
The curtains that you normally see around TV studios are almost always black, and are designed to absorb light. They are good for low budget productions like ours.
After our break we talked about the studio crew, and what jobs we would need to undertake. As we are filming our quiz show in two 15 minute halves, Peter told us we would have two jobs during the filming, and we would swap to our second job in the break of the filming.
The jobs we needed to undertake would be:
- Sound Operators*
- Lighting Operator
- Director*
- Assistant Director
- Vision Mixer
- Floor Manager*
- Assistant Floor Manager*
- Camera Operators*
- Assistant Camera Operators
- Producer
A producers main job is editorial (content based), thus will have been decided on before we begin filming.
To keep everyone in touch with each other, we will be using talkback systems, where the director can tell everyone what he needs and the shots he will need. He needs to prevail as he acts as God in the studio. The talkback system is also where the crew can report problems to the director and tell him how long until they are ready to shoot.
You should never take off Cans until told to.
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