Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Reflection for live day

Summarise your role?
My role today was to be the floor manager. i had to communicate with the director throughout the whole process of filming. i had to give the directors instructions he gave in the gallery to everyone in the studio and made sure everyone knew what they was doing. I  also had to hold up cards telling everyone what to do.

What difficulties did you have?
The difficulties i had was at the beginning it was hard to get everyones attention so i had to give instructoins that the director gave a number of different times to everyone in the studio, but after the first run through i over come this difficulty. another thing is that moving around was quite hard because of all the equiptment and all the wires on the floor. and finally another difficulty was that it was very hot in the studio and this made it hard to work.

What solutions did you find for these problems?
i overcome people not listening to me by speaking louder and shouting when people didn't listen. i also repeated myself so people heard. this was effective because the people i was working with started to listen and kept quiet most of the time. i overcame the problem of the wires by taping them down to the floor so it was hard to trip on them or get your foot stuck on them. this worked because there was no accidents involving wires. and finally i overcame the problem of heat by wearing shorts and having water after every run through.

What skills do you think you have gained?
The skills i think i have picked up on are communication skills such as talking and listening. also being a good team worker also i think i gained the skill of explaining stuff and giving out instructions. the communication skills i gained was because i was constantly talking to the director and passing his words on to everyone in the studio. and throughout the hole time i had to be a good team worker in order for all work in pre production and production to be completed.


What advice would you give someone about to undertake your role in a live studio?
the advice i would give to someone doing this role would be that they would need to work on there communication skills because their is a lot of talking and listening and if you do not pass on the message from the director the none will know what to do. another piece of advice would be to be confident because if your not confident you wont be able to talk to everyone easily and none will get messages.

How could you expand on your role if you did a studio show again?
i would expand my role by trying to give more advice and help to everyone in the studio and giving some of my ideas to the director rather than him planning out on everything. and finally i would learn the script more so i kn ow what camera the show is going to come back on after VT's.