Filed under: 113mc Introduction to Practical Broadcast Media
4th June – The Big Day
We had a really early start Friday Morning so that we could get in and prepare the set and set up all the talkback, studio equipment and gallery equipment ready for nine. Everyone came in on time and got started getting everything set up. The rest of the wallpaper needed to be stapled up, all the furniture needed to be brought in, smaller objects needed to be placed in the correct places, i.e. pillows, flowers etc. Those people that needed scripts had them printed off, the guests needed to be briefed again and the sound and lighting needed to be ready to go.
Myself and Stan set up all the talk back leads and headphones as Sarah and Kirsty hadn’t come in as early so these where ready when they were needed. I also over looked how the set looked; going between the Gallery and Studio to make sure it looked good on the cameras. I also posited the sofa, chairs and table in the correct position as well as the pillows and the large boards of wallpaper. Me and Kate also stapled up the posters onto the boards, and I made sure everything that needed to be brought in between VTS was ready to be used quickly and carefully.
Before starting running through the live programme I suggested we had a rough practise, as it was early in the morning I wanted to make sure that everyone new what they were doing, including the guests. So we did a run through which went extremely well and really smoothly. After this Mick got everyone into the Gallery for a quick group talk, it had looked really good on the camera and everyone had done really well, however we all needed to keep up our concentration so that everyone new what was happening. I really enjoyed working as floor manager, and took charge in letting everyone in the studio know what needed to be done, what the times where and making sure the set was perfect. I also made sure all the guests were okay on each take and they knew where they were starting of from. Kate and Adam did really well in keeping an eye on me and the movements I had organised with them so they new which camera to look and when to stop and start, whilst still looking professional.
After looking over the first take the gallery crew had noticed that the lights needed to be changed around which was the Job of Yidan Li, we had to spend some time fixing the lights so they were positioned properly which altogether took away time we could have been filming. I had assumed the lights had been sorted out at the beginning of the day, as they are really important for the programme; however it seemed that our lighting designer had taken a look at them properly.
Once we were back on track we ran through the programme three times over – each time everyone seemed to be getting better and better and we the last take worked really well. Everyone had worked really well on each of the takes; however there always seemed to be something slightly wrong. Our best take was the last one but unfortunately there was a problem with the end credits which left a blue screen in the middle of the programme, so we decided to take the third take which turned out to be the best.
Everyone worked really well in producing each of the programme takes. The guests were absolutely brilliant and were always at the best. Admittedly some group members worked a lot harder then others which was a shame because I personally really enjoyed my role as Floor manager and would like to think I did my best at my individual job not just for myself but also for all the other members in the group that wanted the production to go well. Our second year helpers were also a massive help and were always there for anything that we needed help with.
I found it hard to rely on other members in the group, especially when it seemed to be the same people putting in the hard work. Overall the production did go well, and everyone worked together.
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