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Television studio lesson

Today we created a news report, whilst experiencing different roles in production. In initial discussion, I took on the role of news editor. This meant I had to decide which stories were included and which order they were presented in. On the next step, we all took turns in which roles we played. I alternated between director and presenter. As director, I oversaw what everyone else was doing, and prompted them in ways to improve. I didn't enjoy the role of presenter, as my desired field is behind the camera.
The possible jobs to choose from were as follows:
vision mixer: In charge of camera cuts and tittles.
sound operator: in charge of the mics and audio balancing.
floor manager: relays messages from the vision and audio room to the camera operators and presenters.
camera operators: set up angles and shots for the cameras.
production assistant: assists the floor manager and director with relaying messages.

equipment used:
mics: the mics were portable and attached onto the presenters clothing. however the negative was that they were very sensitive to background noise.
playback: we watched back our recordings through the vision mixer being linked to the television.
tricaster: The tricaster equipment is simple to use and is for real time editing.
camera: The cameras were cinematography standard.
audio mixer: This involved altering a few dials to create a balance between the two presenters voices.

process:
Firstly we did initial research, gathering stories to involve in our production, ranging from crime to gadget stories. Then we discussed which stories to include, when the editor (myself) made the final decision and created the order, the selected stories were researched and reworded in more depth, as well as related images being downloaded.
After this we began recording. The initial sound-checks were made and the countdown from 30 was done by the floor manager. We all alternated roles, to gain experience in all aspects of the studio. We re-recorded 4 times (including a test).

possible changes:
We could have added background videos instead of still images.
We could have also created more detailed opening and closing credits.



Review of the lesson (07.10.14) 

College promotional work.

During this lesson we learnt about treatments. These are forms that are created between project task managers and the customer, in order to establish what the final product will entail. We also recorded a majority of the shots that we wish to include in our versions of the college promo. The most difficult thing was doing the vox pops, as immaturity set in and we didn't take it seriously at first, however we did eventually get it recorded.