Tuesday, 15 December 2009

evaluation

On Wednesday we have finally completed our 5 weeks of work with creating a quiz show as a group we had been given task and overall with all that work we had done I think we had done very well the show went down successfully although there were major problems that we had sorted out quickly and had achieved all our deeds. But there were many things we could have improved but with such short time with rehearsals there was not much we could have done.
What could have been improved?

ü More group rehearsals with the main contestants and also the host
ü Everyone could have got on well instead of acting childish
ü Listen to what all group members had to say

Vision mixerI was the vision mixer for the second half of the show. I had found this a very easy equipment I had had got the hang of it when switching to the next camera to the next. However, it was not that easy to it was a thought it may have been with listening to the director, the assistant director and also concentrating on the show was a lot of work to do but in the end it was success. I had had different varieties of buttons to press such as there were camera’s 1-4 at the start and the end of the show I had to press button 7 which was a black screen and button 5 was for the VT video’s.Assistant floor managerthis job I had helped the floor manager in many different ways such as helping greet the audience into the studio. Explaining to the host exactly what was going on with the scores and exactly where to look when finalizing the show with the team scores. I had also made sure that all the contestants were ok with what was going on. This job was not hard at all as I had helped out with the floor manager I had to use great listening skills and did what I was told.
The show was a success with all the editing done it will come out perfect when watching it back last Wednesday there were many things that had occurred such as the sound operator at some points the sound was either to loud or to quiet the host was not at much help as he had raised his voice very often so it was hard for the sound operators to get it equal not only the host it was also the contestants at some point when they laughed and also sometimes when they had spoken.
Throughout the show I think the VT’s were done well before the actual show there were minor problems that had occurred but in addition I think it was done vet well not only the video’s the title and also the team work Ryan and Chris had done to get it up and ready. The script was also done well but before the show there was a mess up but in the end it had come out very well.
If we had to do this show again there would many things I would change such as the chairs I would not have chairs that have wheels on it because all the contestants were moving which made it hard for all the camera’s to get a good shot of them.


There was great team work throughout the whole work at first we all were in groups of fours and five given all different types of work to do such as:
ü Arts creative team
ü Pro-production team
ü Concept team
ü Technical

In the end we all had gathered our work together and had each other out I had helped the arts team out as most of the pupils did not turn up but then as a whole class we all help paint the set and also helped each other. I was the technical so throughout the weeks I had done the script pointing out what camera’s should be where and also I had also helped my other team member as a group of four we had brought our own questions and also what round we had volunteered to do we were TV I had to know what group was after man and also what group was before me. So I could acknowledge how to start my script and also how to finish it. In this piece of work I have a vast majority of things such as:
ü working together makes a perfect piece of work
ü what quiz shows are really like
ü how much you have to do to get a perfect show
ü all the levels of the camera’s
ü how perfect the sound has to be
ü how to work the vision mixer
ü what colours of clothing you can and can not wear when on live TV
ü how the floor manager works

High angles: Shots make the subject of the shot seem weak and interfereü Low angles: Make the subject seem strong and powerfulü Centre or Dutch tilt: Make the shots awakened and as mysteriousü as we do not see the world this way. Camera height: Eye levelü is how we see the world ground level makes the shot interesting. Using lines within your composition can add drama, shots make more dynamic and lead the viewer’s eye within the shot. Diagonal lines: Adds interest andü energy to the shot. Curved lines: Can be graceful and very easyü on the eye. Camera’s depth of field and action planesEdit points consider your edit points in your head let your subject completely leave the frame and then completely enter again in the next shot. Cuttings and cut waysShots can help with continuity and also add to the action. Shallow focus is when a certain subjects are in focusü and other elements are not and you have a small depth of field.

Frames• Single cell from film• 24 frames make up to one second • Needs 25fps (frames per second) Shot:• Continues strip of motion • Picture film created of series of frame • Runs for an uninterrupted period of time
Division mixing panel:
• It controls all cameras • There’s black always at the end• Top button is a bus• the bottom button is a preview bus

health and safety

Health and safety was one of the things we had a discussion about as there was many things that had been dangerous about such as the cables that were hanging around also the lightings there was also many other things we had to consider about such as ladders that was hanging around in the studio. The teacher had told us about the sensible thing we had to do if the fire alarm bell had gone off and also how to exit the building sensibly and quietly.

Monday, 14 December 2009

what i did?

Vision mixer

I was the vision mixer for the second half of the show. I had found this a very easy equipment I had had got the hang of it when switching to the next camera to the next. However, it was not that easy to it was a thought it may have been with listening to the director, the assistant director and also concentrating on the show was a lot of work to do but in the end it was success. I had had different varieties of buttons to press such as there were camera’s 1-4 at the start and the end of the show I had to press button 7 which was a black screen and button 5 was for the VT video’s.

Assistant floor manager

In this job I had helped the floor manager in many different ways such as helping greet the audience into the studio. Explaining to the host exactly what was going on with the scores and exactly where to look when finalizing the show with the team scores. I had also made sure that all the contestants were ok with what was going on. This job was not hard at all as I had helped out with the floor manager I had to use great listening skills and did what I was told.

7th - 9th decmeber

Monday 7th December

Today was the day to get everything together because in the afternoon we had rehearsals with Pete and Kate; in the morning with John sayward we had re-arranged the set again and had painted the set a little bluer with paint included we had painted the TV yet again turning it into a brown colour. After a short break, John had gave put on an analysis sheet we had watched have I got news for you again and this time had to carefully pay attention to how many camera’s there are on the show and how the set is laid out? With this there were more questions to answer.
Today was a 15 minutes shorter break we had done rehearsals at 1pm with Pete and Kate some of the class members were contestants of the rehearsals. With all of us to get our hands on camera’s and sound mixer etc. I was in the first half on the vision mixer which was not to hard as I had to concentrate on what the director, the assistant director and also the show so I was multi tasking. I thought I had made an excellent job and had achieved whatever Pete had told me. After the 15 minutes break I was back on the vision mixer with rehearsals over awe had watched the playback and had talked about today’s rehearsal after that the day was over and the next day was rehearsals again.

Tuesday 8th December

Today we were in at 1pm and with John Dempsey we had done rehearsals again this time I was an assistant floor managing in which I had to write down the scores down for the host for each round. Kirsten was the floor manager I had helped in many ways, and I had helped her invite the audience in and had greeted them. I had also made sure the host was OK and had known what was happening with the score board. In the second half I was back on the vision mixer we didn’t quiet finish the show on time today but with the Wednesday ahead we knew we had a lot to get on with.

Wednesday 9th December

With the day ahead of us we got in at 10.30 and had cracked on with the rehearsals performing the first half and little bit of the second half through to lunch. With te second half there was a little trouble as some of the VT’S did not quite work. After lunch will 2.15 we had rehearsed the second half again and had sorted the major problems out. After the break it was action time we had performed our show through out and had not stopped. For the show the first half I was the floor manager assistant and for the second half I was the vision mixer. After the show we had watched how well the show went and also had talked about our progress.

Thursday 10th December

Today we were in at 1pm and the post production people had edited the shoe with a little help from the group and then with Kate as a class we had analysed our show.

Monday, 30 November 2009

helping out

As a group we all had sorted out what we were all going today Thursday 19th November we all helped out the art crew with painting we had painted the set blue also dealing with the script as a group the technical and content producers had got together and decided how the script was going to be and exactly where the camera’s were going to be by putting this down as a group with all the other groups George has taken the lead to deal with the script so all I had to do was to email my script to him and that was it after that I had helped the arts painting.

Today Monday 30th November we had been given the opportunity to help the arts to finish the set and also get up to date with our blogs and also the essay we were given with this included we had to complete our q cards.