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.
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Monday, 28 May 2012
signs
for my role in the task i was given signs to hold p when filming to give out instructions because you are not allowed to talk so i made some more that might of been abit more helpful for example time signs saying how long left of the show we had and i also made signs saying 'give erisa' 'give govs' 'share it' these were made because there was only mic between two guests so they had to pass it on when the camera wasnt on them and they also had to share it for the quiz.
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Props list
This week alysia who is the set designer was not in there for me and sam had to do her tasks for her so as a group we did not fal behind. I did her props list for her of all the props we needed and i went to go and see if we could get all the props that we wanted and to check if they were available for us.
set preparations
Me and the direcor and my teacher planned out what the set was going to look like and we agreed that the best thing to do was to have musical instruments in the set. this was because it stopped the set from looking boring and it also added to the musical element. so i went to the head of music and asked if i could burrow a list of musical instruments which consisted of an acoustic guitar, and electric guitar, amplifier, saxophone and a piano. the teacher then said i could borrow these props on the day. a week later i then went back to the music teacher asking if i could use a music room as storage because we needed to store all of the tables and chairs so we was working in a safe enviroment. after we had stored all the chairs and tables i went back to the teacher asking if we could use the musical instruments earlier so we could do rehearsels with the instruments in the set. and the head of music told us to come the day before and collect everything.
Sunday, 20 May 2012
production reflection meeting-4
Summarize the key points you made this week within your role?
This week i had finished all the tasks i was assigned to do so i was just improving them and setting up the studio with everyone else and putting duck tape on the floor where all the equiptment was going to go. i also went around and asked a music teache rif i could borrow some instruments for the set. and finally because alysia wasnt in i done one of her tasks which was to make a props list.
What was the groups response to your ideas/progress?
me and miss came up with the idea to have musical instruments in the back round as it is a music show and the whole group thought it was a great idea so we all went along with it and planned out what instruements we wanted and why.
What has been successful this week?
This week i helped alysia and done one of her weekly tasks which was to make a props list. i also made arrangments with a music teacher on borrowing some instruments and putting tables and chairs away in storage in one of the music rooms. i also put duck tape on the floor where all the equiptment would go so everyone knows and we also filmed an interview with one of the guests so this gave us a little taster of what the actual live day would be like.
What do you intend to do next week?
This week i intend to make final arrangements with the music teacher on getting the props wee need and bring them to the room where we will do our live day. and as a group we intend to do a couple of run throughs of the whole show and film all the footage that needs to be filmed as a vt before hand.
How did you work with your hierarchical peers this week? was it effective?
I worked with the director (sam) this week alot because i had finished all my tasks and so did he so we worked together thingking about the set design and doing alysias wor because she was not in. i felt it was effective because we got quite alot done together relatively quick.
This week i had finished all the tasks i was assigned to do so i was just improving them and setting up the studio with everyone else and putting duck tape on the floor where all the equiptment was going to go. i also went around and asked a music teache rif i could borrow some instruments for the set. and finally because alysia wasnt in i done one of her tasks which was to make a props list.
What was the groups response to your ideas/progress?
me and miss came up with the idea to have musical instruments in the back round as it is a music show and the whole group thought it was a great idea so we all went along with it and planned out what instruements we wanted and why.
What has been successful this week?
This week i helped alysia and done one of her weekly tasks which was to make a props list. i also made arrangments with a music teacher on borrowing some instruments and putting tables and chairs away in storage in one of the music rooms. i also put duck tape on the floor where all the equiptment would go so everyone knows and we also filmed an interview with one of the guests so this gave us a little taster of what the actual live day would be like.
What do you intend to do next week?
This week i intend to make final arrangements with the music teacher on getting the props wee need and bring them to the room where we will do our live day. and as a group we intend to do a couple of run throughs of the whole show and film all the footage that needs to be filmed as a vt before hand.
How did you work with your hierarchical peers this week? was it effective?
I worked with the director (sam) this week alot because i had finished all my tasks and so did he so we worked together thingking about the set design and doing alysias wor because she was not in. i felt it was effective because we got quite alot done together relatively quick.
Friday, 11 May 2012
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Thursday, 3 May 2012
Production meeting reflection-2
Summarize the key points you made this week within your role?
This week i found out who's show we was going to use and make, and i found out we was going to use Shriya's. because i was not in the last lesson i didn't get to hear everyones ideas for their shows so the first thing i did was go to Shriya and ask her what her show was about and what she had planned in it. i Then had to do a risk assessment for the studio and write how we could overcome the risks in a studio. in total i had 10 risks and i got these by setting up the equipment in the studio that we would use and having a look at any thing that could be a risk. once i had finished that i had a little discussion with the director who was sam and the set designer who is Alysia and we spoke about what the studio was going to look like for when we was going to film. I then drew a sketch of what the whole studio floor was going to look like and what the gallery would look like.
What was the groups response to your ideas/progress?
The groups thought on my ideas were good because sam and Alysia didn't know what to do with the seating arrangements for the guests and presenters so i suggested that we use two directors chairs for the presenters and a sofa for the guests. they took that into consideration and decided to use that idea. The group also thought my progress this week was good because i got nearly two of the three jobs i needed to get done finished.
What has been successful this week?
This week i successfully completed my risk assessment of the studio which is important because i had to identify what could potentially be dangerous to everyone in the studio and i found a way to overcome this. And i also drew a sketch of the studio floor plan and the gallery so my group knows what the studio will look like on the day and where they will be working. i just need to re do my plan on fireworks so it looks clearer.
What do you need to change or develop and why?
I need to change my studio floor plan just incase the group decide to change the layout and i need to re do my floor plan on fireworks so its clearer and so i can post a picture of it on my blog.
What do you intend to do next week?
Next week i intend to finish my studio floor plan which shouldn't take to long because it is 90% done and then i need to start making call sheets for everyone so i have a way to contact everyone in case there is a problem. that shouldn't take to long either because it is very quick to do. and finally i need to put duck tape or masking tape on the floor where the cameras are going to go and where people are going to stand and also if necessarily the route people will have to walk in.
How did you work with your hierarchical peers this week? was it effective?
This week i worked with the director and set designer. i felt this was very effective because i wouldn't of known what to do without them. they helped me establish where everything was going to go so i knew what i was going to include in my studio floor plan.
This week i found out who's show we was going to use and make, and i found out we was going to use Shriya's. because i was not in the last lesson i didn't get to hear everyones ideas for their shows so the first thing i did was go to Shriya and ask her what her show was about and what she had planned in it. i Then had to do a risk assessment for the studio and write how we could overcome the risks in a studio. in total i had 10 risks and i got these by setting up the equipment in the studio that we would use and having a look at any thing that could be a risk. once i had finished that i had a little discussion with the director who was sam and the set designer who is Alysia and we spoke about what the studio was going to look like for when we was going to film. I then drew a sketch of what the whole studio floor was going to look like and what the gallery would look like.
What was the groups response to your ideas/progress?
The groups thought on my ideas were good because sam and Alysia didn't know what to do with the seating arrangements for the guests and presenters so i suggested that we use two directors chairs for the presenters and a sofa for the guests. they took that into consideration and decided to use that idea. The group also thought my progress this week was good because i got nearly two of the three jobs i needed to get done finished.
What has been successful this week?
This week i successfully completed my risk assessment of the studio which is important because i had to identify what could potentially be dangerous to everyone in the studio and i found a way to overcome this. And i also drew a sketch of the studio floor plan and the gallery so my group knows what the studio will look like on the day and where they will be working. i just need to re do my plan on fireworks so it looks clearer.
What do you need to change or develop and why?
I need to change my studio floor plan just incase the group decide to change the layout and i need to re do my floor plan on fireworks so its clearer and so i can post a picture of it on my blog.
What do you intend to do next week?
Next week i intend to finish my studio floor plan which shouldn't take to long because it is 90% done and then i need to start making call sheets for everyone so i have a way to contact everyone in case there is a problem. that shouldn't take to long either because it is very quick to do. and finally i need to put duck tape or masking tape on the floor where the cameras are going to go and where people are going to stand and also if necessarily the route people will have to walk in.
How did you work with your hierarchical peers this week? was it effective?
This week i worked with the director and set designer. i felt this was very effective because i wouldn't of known what to do without them. they helped me establish where everything was going to go so i knew what i was going to include in my studio floor plan.
Production meeting reflection-1
This week i was not in school the day when everyone had to pitch their ideas for a music show so i did not get to pitch my idea and i also did not get to hear everyone else idea. However i found out what job i would be carrying out and that was the job of being a floor manager.
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