How the show was made/filmed.

• First the camera recorded the talent doing the show while the mic's picked up the sound.
• The audio and video are then viewed by the director, vision mixer and the sound mixer.
• The audio is then regulated by the sound mixer, while the director and vision mixer choose which of the shots are most suitable, while communicating with the camera people where to zoom or pan the camera
• All orders for the talent were passed from the director through to the floor manager, who tells the talent what to do.
• When all the jobs on set were completed we gave the tape to our editors (Ajay, Becky and Emma) who finalised the footage, added audio, put the graphics onto the production and made the whole show a better quality production

Equipment

3 professional studio cameras

1 Teleprompter

2 Desk Mic's

1 Clip Mic

1 Vision Mixer

1 Sound Mixer

Props-

3 desks

5 chairs

2 instruments

back drop

the floor plan

Jobs

Me (Thomas Murphy): producer, floor manager, set design.

Dan: producer,director

AJ: Vision mixer, production assistant, script writer

Emma: Script writer, theme music composer, editor

Becky: Camera woman

Marla: Camera woman

Adam: Camera man

Alex: runner

Jordanne: Presenter, set design

Anum: (supposed to be runner, she got demoted from presenter because she was unreliable, temperamental and didn't work well. She didn't turn up for the production)

On the day of filming the group had to create a set. We wanted to create a professional feel, we achieved this by the arrangement of the tables, the pictures on the backdrop, the lighting and the arrangement of the mic's.

Being the floor manager i got to see the set being used first hand, I could see how the 'talent' reacted to the set. I think they were comfortable in set as the 'talent' and crew seemed at ease.

The backdrop me and AJ put up worked really well as the white music notes contrasted against the black background. This effect worked well on camera as well as it gave a depth to the set, and put a better perspective on the 'talent'.

My job involved maintaining order on the set, my main focus was on the 'talent' giving them the information they needed to go ahead with the show, i also had to communicate with the whole team to make the show run well.

In my job i decided to try to make the crew and 'talent' as happy and comfortable as possible by using jokes and positive complements. I thought i should do this because i think that if the cast and crew are comfortable and happy it makes the filming go smoothly, cuts the amount of tension and helps the 'talent' more comfortable in rehearsals and that helps them when they are put infront of the camera.

WORK

Last night in class all of the different groups in the class filmed 2 musical artists who performed a song each. We had to use multiple cameras, lighting and cross fading techniques . We had to be careful when choosing the camera angles, as we had to use many different shots, from long shots to close up's,we also had to think about the way we used lighting because lighting sets the scene of the set and using it in different ways changes the feel of the production.

WORK 8th feb

Today in class we were looking at complaints and restraints in media, as the basis of media is to suit the audience any complaints must be addressed to ensure a sustainable audience. If there are many faults in a program people wont will complain, and if the show continues to make mistakes people will stop watching. When there are a lot of complaints against a small amount of the production ( take language as an example) the company who air the show may decide to put the show on after the watershed, as just discarding a show costs money as the company buy the program before they air it. If massive offense is caused ( shown by a large amount of complaints sent in) then they may cancel the program.

People often make complaints about content that is for a more mature audience before the watershed, so there are restraints placed on programs. Restraints on language, violence, alcohol, narcotics and certain themes, these restraints are important because children and young teens may be influenced by what they see on TV as well as the fact that some themes are just to mature to go into in detail for a certain age group ( for example in news round [a childrens news program] they have done subjects on cannabis, but they have been restrained from talking about how the drug is used or what type of people use the drug, they are only allowed to talk about some of the effects, use certain statistics and use interviews with people who have used the drug, even the bits they have put into the report that follow those rules can still be restrained to make the content more suitable for young children ).

There are some programs that are made to offend people or inform people , they are made to take people out of there comfort zone , but they do that to ether to make fun of or point out serious flaws in society. Most of the programs that are maid to offend or inform come with a warning before them which in a way bypass the normal restraints, it also means they can void most complaints with a response like 'we had warned you before hand'. These programs attract a bigger audience as people will watch a program just to see how offensive the program is, and it also attracts the people who want to know about the subject.

I have put clips in this post to show the different formats and camera usage in each program

These clips are from Ninja Warrior





these clips are from most haunted





These clips are from Blue Peter





And finally these clips are from Jeremy Kyle

subjects of analysis

In this blog i will be analyzing 4 multi-camera productions, two of these programs are based in a studio while the other two are based outside on location. In my choices i have tried to pick contrasting programs so i cover a wider range of formats, techniques and angles. For my studio subjects i have chosen Blue Peter and Jeremy Kyle, i have used these two programs as they are completely different formats and because of this they use the camera in different ways. For my on location subjects i have chosen Ninja Warrior ( in japan where it is made its called Sasuke) and for my second study i have chosen is Most Haunted, both of these programs are very different and use very different camera techniques. In my next post i shall embed clips of each program.

opening

In my blog I shall be writing about my role as producer and floor manager and the work that I have done to enhance my work on the main assignment (multi-camera production)