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Monday, 16 January 2012
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Student Life Show Rehearsal for the 18th January 2012
We used today as a rehearsal day for our assessment on the 18th January 2012. We started off by getting into our groups. In my group we started off thinking about a running order for the show to collectively think about how the program is going to run on the assessment day. We also designed a floor plan for where everything will be placed on the day. As we were trying to think and be creative about ideas and what we could use on set. I came up the idea of turning the set into a bedroom. As our show will be based on student life i thought this would be a fun concept to add to the set. We came up with ideas such as having a messy bedroom with a bed,bedside table, pizza boxes,coke cans, clothes and an alarm clock.
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Assessment Day at Lever Street 10th January 2012
Today was the first day of the two assessment days at the lever street campus. The day started off by everyone meeting for 9:30am. At about 10:00 am the equipment van turned up so we were able to start setting up the equipment which took us to about 12:00 am. At 12:00am we took a break until 12:45. As we needed to be back in good time for the director Mikeal to run through camera shots and to get ourselves organized.
Production roles
My Roles
Act 1- Floor Manager
For the first act during the morning I took on the role of floor manager as i had carried out this role before. In previous sessions I wasn't to confident at carrying out this role but practicing the role several times throughout the rehearsals at fielden park campus,i feel that i have gained confidence within this position. However as I had carried out this role previously in other sessions i could now easily identify hazards without a tutor pointing out the faults such as wires not being covered up on the floor, clutter in the path or where we were working,intruments and amplifiers that could be stored away.
As the floor manager any body that walks into the room where you are working or who is a guest needs to be greeted and welcomed into the room. When the sound operators arrived for the live show i greeted them and welcomed them into the room. I then allocated a group of people who were not carrying out any tasks on the floor to make a space so that they could set up and work in an area.
From the previous sessions I noted that as floor manager you have to be loud and direct with people. As I have carried out the role in the previous sessions I think that i have gained confidence and did well to be direct with my peers to get them organized on the floor. However to do this i had to multi-task, as i was in constant contact with the director i had to communicate with him to correct any problems he was seeing through the cameras. I also so had to deal with any problems people had on the floor. If i saw a hazard i had to allocate someone to make sure the hazard was safe or moved out of the way in a safe place. As floor manager I think I did quite well at organizing my peers and dealing with any problems they may have had setting up. I think the floor manager role is a role I would like to work on in the future.
Act 4- Sound Operator
For the fourth act of the day I was working on the sound desk. I took on the role as sound operator because this was also a role i didn't feel to comfortable doing previously i wanted to try it again. As the sound levels were already set from previous takes all i had to do was keep the sounds levels to a reasonable level throughout the take to get a clear steady sound. I think i managed to keep the levels a reasonable level throughout this take as have learnt previously in the rehearsal sessions not to let the levels go to high otherwise you get distorted and loud sounds.
Production roles
Production Role Key | |
Director | D |
Floor Manager | FM |
Vision Mixer | VM |
Camera 1 | C1 |
Camera 2 | C2 |
Camera 3 | C3 |
Camera 4 | C4 |
Camera 2 Assistant | C2A |
Sound | S |
Online | O |
Cable Basher | CB |
Name | Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | Act 4 |
Ashley Artingstall | D | C3 | ||
Kas Berraies | C1 | C2 | ||
Mikael Kurd | D | C2 | ||
Jack Ware | C3 | VM | ||
Nyasha Tsikai | C2A | |||
Luke Talbot | C1 | VM | CB | |
Nabeel | C2 | |||
Andy Greenland | VM | C3 | ||
Andy Tabner | CB | S | ||
Abid Ali | S | C1 | ||
Matty Jump | C3 | C2A | ||
Rebecca Quarmby | FM | C1 | ||
Imogen Howkins | VM | O | ||
Joe Kerrigan | O | FM | ||
Josh Lloyd | O | FM | ||
Fred Velody | C2 | D | ||
Erin Roche | S | D | ||
Ezraveng- Christensen | CB | C2A | ||
Luis Winder | ||||
Danny Jack | FM | S | ||
Pete Waiting | Examiner | Examiner | Examiner | Examiner |
My Roles
Act 1- Floor Manager
For the first act during the morning I took on the role of floor manager as i had carried out this role before. In previous sessions I wasn't to confident at carrying out this role but practicing the role several times throughout the rehearsals at fielden park campus,i feel that i have gained confidence within this position. However as I had carried out this role previously in other sessions i could now easily identify hazards without a tutor pointing out the faults such as wires not being covered up on the floor, clutter in the path or where we were working,intruments and amplifiers that could be stored away.
As the floor manager any body that walks into the room where you are working or who is a guest needs to be greeted and welcomed into the room. When the sound operators arrived for the live show i greeted them and welcomed them into the room. I then allocated a group of people who were not carrying out any tasks on the floor to make a space so that they could set up and work in an area.
From the previous sessions I noted that as floor manager you have to be loud and direct with people. As I have carried out the role in the previous sessions I think that i have gained confidence and did well to be direct with my peers to get them organized on the floor. However to do this i had to multi-task, as i was in constant contact with the director i had to communicate with him to correct any problems he was seeing through the cameras. I also so had to deal with any problems people had on the floor. If i saw a hazard i had to allocate someone to make sure the hazard was safe or moved out of the way in a safe place. As floor manager I think I did quite well at organizing my peers and dealing with any problems they may have had setting up. I think the floor manager role is a role I would like to work on in the future.
Act 4- Sound Operator
For the fourth act of the day I was working on the sound desk. I took on the role as sound operator because this was also a role i didn't feel to comfortable doing previously i wanted to try it again. As the sound levels were already set from previous takes all i had to do was keep the sounds levels to a reasonable level throughout the take to get a clear steady sound. I think i managed to keep the levels a reasonable level throughout this take as have learnt previously in the rehearsal sessions not to let the levels go to high otherwise you get distorted and loud sounds.
Monday, 9 January 2012
Student Finance Newspage Pitch (300 words) updated
Student Finance Programme Pitch
As a group we have come up with a one-minute news package to be displayed within a news show. Throughout the start of the project we came up with several ideas that the news package could focus on. However this idea had to relate to the chosen news show being about student life, as the show would be discussing this topic. So we came up with the ideas of student accommodation, student finance, student drinking, student socialising. As a group we then decided which topic to feature the news package on, we all decided on student finance as a lot of people have strong views about the topic and we thought this would be a strong area of discussion in the news package and also on the show. The reason for choosing the chosen topic is that the topic is consistently talked about within the news due to the rapid increase in the tuition fees. We then decided what content we felt was most important to have in the package to get a clear message across. As the package will be on student finance we thought of the idea of collecting our own statistics to gather primary data on what people thought of student funding. To collect these statistics we gave out questionnaires to prospective students going into higher education on a college open day. We also came up with the ideas of facts. We needed to provide some hard evidence of facts about student finance. We would gather the facts from the Internet, newspapers and books as we needed facts from previous and facts from today to give an overall prospective of how things have changed over the years with the continues rise in tuition fees. During the open day we also took the chance to conduct an interview with the students, as we were filming the footage live we plan to use the footage in the news package production. We will also film cutaways and insert graphics to make the news package more interesting to look at on screen. We hope to achieve a one-minute news package production outlining the facts, statistic, captured video and animated graphics to display a visual message on the topic of student finance. The video insert will be an overall generalisation of student finance explaining more of the facts than having a for and against argument. We have chosen to do this so that there is more scope for discussion and opinions during the television show “student life”.
Bibliography
To gather a greater understanding of my research I have chosen to carry out both primary and secondary research to in order to gather accurate information on the chosen topic.
Primary Research- Questionnaires and Interviews
Secondary Research –
www.studentfinance-yourfuture.direct.gov.uk
www.guardian.co.uk/education/tuition-fees
www.studentfinance-yourfuture.direct.gov.uk
www.guardian.co.uk/education/tuition-fees
Monday, 19 December 2011
Manchester Cathedral Christmas Carol Live Vision Mix
The shoot was a Live Vision Mix which got streamed on to the big screen in exchange square. We orignaly had a crew of 6,however only 4 of us turned up which took longer to set up equipment as there weren't as many bodies as we have normally. The broadcast started at 12:30 and finished around 2:30.
I saw this as a brilliant opportunity so I volunteered to help out on the day.The day was a chance to practice using and setting up the cameras on location.When setting up the cameras and the cables,we also had to work out the safest way to feed the cables to the cameras as there would members of the public walking around the Cathedral. i think we did this effectively,quickly and efficiently. When live it was hard work behind the cameras as we were filming for a long time but it was very enjoyable experience.
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Production Roles for the show
Today we discussed the roles that everyone will be doing on the day of the show on the 18th January 2012. In previous lessons as I haven't taken on the role of director and maybe shied away from this particular role. I took it upon myself to put myself forward for this role as I felt the opportunity to push my confidence further and to take on a much more demanding role. Below I have outlined the production roles and the members of the group who will be taking on each role.
Productions Roles
Director-Daniel Jack
Vision Mixer- Andy Greenland
Floor Manager- Daniel Ainsworth
Producer- Nyasha Tsikai
Director-Daniel Jack
As director it is my responsibility to produce documents needed on the day of production. Such as the program proposal this document defines what is going to be done from start to finish. I will also be putting together the running order for the show outlining what will be happening visually and verbally throughout the running of the show. The camera scripts are also my responsibility within this document i will choose the shots i will be using for the show and will put them in an order. I will hand the camera script to each camera operator on the day to ensure each camera operator knows what i intend to do visually. I will also have the decision of what title sequences to use and what graphics will be used in between shots.
Vision Mixer- Andrew Greenland
The vision mixer also works in the gallery with the director. The vision mixer is in charge of mixing the shots when then shots are called by the director during a live broadcast. The vision mixer is like a backup for the director. For example if something obscene is viewed on the television screen the vision mixer can quickly cut another shot without problems occurring. It’s the vision mixers responsibility to discuss the running order of the show with director to ensure the broadcast run smoothly. The communication between vision mixer and director is vital as they both need to be organised. The vision mixer is also responsible for any title sequences or graphics used in the broadcast.
Producer-Nyasha Tsikai
the producer works alongside both director and floor manager to produce the content for the broadcast. However producer most of the time take care of budgets and contracts. Producers are also involved in other activities such as screenwriting, set design and casting. The producer has to confirm and changes that take place with directors so are in constant communication. The producer is responsible shooting schedule a documents outlining a schedule of shots. They are also responsible for call sheets and contact lists which the floor manager should also have a copy of. Finally they produce the floor plan document showing the outline of the room and also the positioning of the cameras and anything else that is important on set.
Floor Manager- Daniel Ainsworth/ Nyasha Tsikai
The floor manager is head of the floor. The floor manager is in constant contact with the gallery through talkback system. It is the floor managers job to greet guests as they enter the set and ensure they are looked after well. When the director calls for a live take the floor manager has to get everyone silent and do a countdown to ensure that the talent knows when the live broadcast has started. If there is a problem on the floor the floor manager is the person to go too. If the director wants anything changing on set or a camera to be moved it is the floor managers role to get that amended efficiently and quickly. The floor manager has the responsibility of carrying out a risk assessment. A risk assessment is an assessment of any risks that might take place whilst on set. The risks need to be made aware of to ensure the safety of everyone on set. The floor manager will work with the producer to create a floor plan. The floor manager will also have a copy of the call sheet and contact list in the case of emergencies.
Productions Roles
Director-Daniel Jack
Vision Mixer- Andy Greenland
Floor Manager- Daniel Ainsworth
Producer- Nyasha Tsikai
Director-Daniel Jack
As director it is my responsibility to produce documents needed on the day of production. Such as the program proposal this document defines what is going to be done from start to finish. I will also be putting together the running order for the show outlining what will be happening visually and verbally throughout the running of the show. The camera scripts are also my responsibility within this document i will choose the shots i will be using for the show and will put them in an order. I will hand the camera script to each camera operator on the day to ensure each camera operator knows what i intend to do visually. I will also have the decision of what title sequences to use and what graphics will be used in between shots.
Vision Mixer- Andrew Greenland
The vision mixer also works in the gallery with the director. The vision mixer is in charge of mixing the shots when then shots are called by the director during a live broadcast. The vision mixer is like a backup for the director. For example if something obscene is viewed on the television screen the vision mixer can quickly cut another shot without problems occurring. It’s the vision mixers responsibility to discuss the running order of the show with director to ensure the broadcast run smoothly. The communication between vision mixer and director is vital as they both need to be organised. The vision mixer is also responsible for any title sequences or graphics used in the broadcast.
Producer-Nyasha Tsikai
the producer works alongside both director and floor manager to produce the content for the broadcast. However producer most of the time take care of budgets and contracts. Producers are also involved in other activities such as screenwriting, set design and casting. The producer has to confirm and changes that take place with directors so are in constant communication. The producer is responsible shooting schedule a documents outlining a schedule of shots. They are also responsible for call sheets and contact lists which the floor manager should also have a copy of. Finally they produce the floor plan document showing the outline of the room and also the positioning of the cameras and anything else that is important on set.
Floor Manager- Daniel Ainsworth/ Nyasha Tsikai
The floor manager is head of the floor. The floor manager is in constant contact with the gallery through talkback system. It is the floor managers job to greet guests as they enter the set and ensure they are looked after well. When the director calls for a live take the floor manager has to get everyone silent and do a countdown to ensure that the talent knows when the live broadcast has started. If there is a problem on the floor the floor manager is the person to go too. If the director wants anything changing on set or a camera to be moved it is the floor managers role to get that amended efficiently and quickly. The floor manager has the responsibility of carrying out a risk assessment. A risk assessment is an assessment of any risks that might take place whilst on set. The risks need to be made aware of to ensure the safety of everyone on set. The floor manager will work with the producer to create a floor plan. The floor manager will also have a copy of the call sheet and contact list in the case of emergencies.
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Equipment List and Self Critique
Aims
self criitique of past weeks work
begin paper work
self criitique of past weeks work
begin paper work
- write full equipment list
watch back two different takes write a paragraph on each one
include-
camera work
direction
vision mixing
explain what you liked and disliked?
how could this be improved?
All the equipment listed below will be needed for the rehearsal on the 6th December at Lever Street Campus Manchester College
Equipment list
X3 Cameras- Panasonic P2s
X6 Batterys fully charged
X3 Battery chargers
X3 Tripods with spreaders
X3 Three camera attachment plates
Connectors and Components Box
X3 Composite connetors (Red,White,yellow) Use yellow for video
X3 50m BNC cables
X4 RCA cables
X4 50M XLR 5pin (Talkback)
X2 50M XLR 3pin (Audio desk)
X4 Talkback headsets and packs
X4 Dual stereo jacksplitter
Spare extention cables
gaffer tape/hazard tape
floor matts
X1 Dolly tripod
Tricaster pro
X1 Headset
X1keyboard
X1Mouse
Y-C Cable(S video cable)
X1 Tricaster controller
X1 Laptop for streaming
X1 Laptop power supply
X1 50M CAT5 cable for internet connetion tricaster
X1 RCA and Mono Jack
X5 power supplys
X1 Speaker Monitor
X1 CAT5 for internet from laptop to tricaster pro
X3 Broadcast monitors
X1 Television monitor
X3 Patch BNC
X1 Tool Kit
Self Critique
Review of take 1-Andrew Tarling
I have chosen to review the broadcast stream of Andrew Tarling. I will indentify both positives and negatives of this particular stream. First of all i will talk about the camera work to asses what worked well and what could be improved on. To start off with there was about 40 seconds of streaming time that could have been avoided by starting the record stream later when the act started or we could have faded to black at this point so we couldn't see the act proparing before going live. However throughout this particular stream the camera work was consistent throughout,there was particial movements and a little darting around but on reflection of this the head room between cameras was excellent. Going on to talk about the direction of the cameras i believe that there were some creatives shots offerd to the director,however there was camera movement when cameras were live.The director may have chosen these shots whilst streaming the content which was great. The vision mixing was great however i think shots could have been cut to much quicker or shot could have been cutaway from when there was alot movement with cameras.
Review of take 2- OB 8th Nov
I have also chosen to review the live OB on the 8th November of Josh Lipman. During this take i thought the camera work was near to perfect there were alot of close ups of the talents face and his guitar which made the content look intermate. The camera work was great,but there was slight movements when cameras were live,to improve this i think cameras should just pick a shot and stick to it just before they go live. When they are not live they should then pick a creative shot depending on the directors decision during shooting. I think the direction of this footage was well executed. However there is always room for improvement, there could be improvements on the camera work and generalie just thinking about being creative with the camera. I think the vision mixer did well to cut quickly to shots throughout this take. Overall i think this was one of the best takes that we have done upto now.
All the equipment listed below will be needed for the rehearsal on the 6th December at Lever Street Campus Manchester College
Equipment list
X3 Cameras- Panasonic P2s
X6 Batterys fully charged
X3 Battery chargers
X3 Tripods with spreaders
X3 Three camera attachment plates
Connectors and Components Box
X3 Composite connetors (Red,White,yellow) Use yellow for video
X3 50m BNC cables
X4 RCA cables
X4 50M XLR 5pin (Talkback)
X2 50M XLR 3pin (Audio desk)
X4 Talkback headsets and packs
X4 Dual stereo jacksplitter
Spare extention cables
gaffer tape/hazard tape
floor matts
X1 Dolly tripod
Tricaster pro
X1 Headset
X1keyboard
X1Mouse
Y-C Cable(S video cable)
X1 Tricaster controller
X1 Laptop for streaming
X1 Laptop power supply
X1 50M CAT5 cable for internet connetion tricaster
X1 RCA and Mono Jack
X5 power supplys
X1 Speaker Monitor
X1 CAT5 for internet from laptop to tricaster pro
X3 Broadcast monitors
X1 Television monitor
X3 Patch BNC
X1 Tool Kit
Self Critique
Review of take 1-Andrew Tarling
I have chosen to review the broadcast stream of Andrew Tarling. I will indentify both positives and negatives of this particular stream. First of all i will talk about the camera work to asses what worked well and what could be improved on. To start off with there was about 40 seconds of streaming time that could have been avoided by starting the record stream later when the act started or we could have faded to black at this point so we couldn't see the act proparing before going live. However throughout this particular stream the camera work was consistent throughout,there was particial movements and a little darting around but on reflection of this the head room between cameras was excellent. Going on to talk about the direction of the cameras i believe that there were some creatives shots offerd to the director,however there was camera movement when cameras were live.The director may have chosen these shots whilst streaming the content which was great. The vision mixing was great however i think shots could have been cut to much quicker or shot could have been cutaway from when there was alot movement with cameras.
Review of take 2- OB 8th Nov
I have also chosen to review the live OB on the 8th November of Josh Lipman. During this take i thought the camera work was near to perfect there were alot of close ups of the talents face and his guitar which made the content look intermate. The camera work was great,but there was slight movements when cameras were live,to improve this i think cameras should just pick a shot and stick to it just before they go live. When they are not live they should then pick a creative shot depending on the directors decision during shooting. I think the direction of this footage was well executed. However there is always room for improvement, there could be improvements on the camera work and generalie just thinking about being creative with the camera. I think the vision mixer did well to cut quickly to shots throughout this take. Overall i think this was one of the best takes that we have done upto now.
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Open Day For Prospective Students
Today was a very useful lesson because we had prospective students come in, who were joining us in the lesson to have a look at what we do during the first year of our course. This was the chance to perform our roles in the studio with the presence of a small audience. So to start with we decided that we were going to set a plan out for the day.
The Plan
As two groups are doing projects on student finance/student life and alcahol abuse. We saw this as an oppurtunity to shoot the interviews with the prospective students as we would gather reliable thoughts and information by doing this. Also as my group needed to gather some statistics so we saw this as a good oppurtunity to collect some statistics on student funding by handing out questionnaires on the topic. This was a good responce as everyone that entered the room filled a questionnaire out.
Personal Performance
As my group was taking control of the studio as it was our content we were producing. We took on the leading roles. I took on the role as director and Neysha was floor manager. We also allocated Matty Jump the role of presenter as we felt he wasn't so shy infront of the camera when it came to it. Matty also had a sense of humour during the live interviews which made the guests at ease.
The Plan
As two groups are doing projects on student finance/student life and alcahol abuse. We saw this as an oppurtunity to shoot the interviews with the prospective students as we would gather reliable thoughts and information by doing this. Also as my group needed to gather some statistics so we saw this as a good oppurtunity to collect some statistics on student funding by handing out questionnaires on the topic. This was a good responce as everyone that entered the room filled a questionnaire out.
Personal Performance
As my group was taking control of the studio as it was our content we were producing. We took on the leading roles. I took on the role as director and Neysha was floor manager. We also allocated Matty Jump the role of presenter as we felt he wasn't so shy infront of the camera when it came to it. Matty also had a sense of humour during the live interviews which made the guests at ease.
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Third Live Multi Camera OB shoot with guest... Michael Devaney
Today was the third week of filming the bands in preparation for the assessment at Lever Street. We started off by setting up the equipment and choosing production roles for the day. As I had not worked on the sound of camera roles I chose these two roles to carry out through course of day. Below I have outlined the production roles for each take throughout the day.
Morning Takes(AM)
Roles for Take 1
Roles for Take 4
Mike Devaney
Morning Takes(AM)
Roles for Take 1
- Director Rebecca
- Vision mixer Andy
- Sound mixer Abid
- Floor manager Nyasha
- Cam 1 Mikael
- Cam 2 Danny
- Cam 3 Kassem
for the first take of the day i was operating camera 2. I took on the role as camera operator because i didn't feel comfortable setting up the camera. I was unsure of what connections to use, the names of the cables and the components that I need in order to set up the camera. By taking on this role i was able to ask others in the class or my tutor for help if unsure of anything. Once i had set up the camera I took pictures so I could recap on the connections and components. Below I have displayed pictures:
Operating the Camera
When Operating the camera i believe followed the directors direction. I also offered creative shots to try and make it easier for the director to cut shots. However when the director needed me to focus on a shot i believe i did this effeciently and quickly.
Pictures
I took pictures so I could recap on the connections and components:
50M BNC Cable connected to composite connection
Buttons to operate the Camera including the settings for Focus,Gain,Iris and White balance
5 PIN XLR Connection
Roles for Take 2
- Director Andy
- Vision mixer Mikael
- Sound mixer Danny
- Floor manager Rebecca
- Cam 1 Nyasha
- Cam 2 Fred
- Cam 3 Matt
For the second take of the day I was working on the sound desk. I took on the role as sound because this was also a role i didn't feel to comfortable doing as i only had a brief idea of how to use the sound desk.As I was unsure of how to use the sound desk i asked andy who was also in the gallery to show me the basics of how to use the desk as he had used the desk on previous rehearsals. I quickly picked up the basics of the sound desk and continued to practise setting the levels of the instruments and the musicians vocals. Once i had the levels i wanted, i set them so i could just use the master fader to bring the volume level up or down if the music got to loud or if instruments got louder than the vocals. During the take I allowed the levels to go slightly higher than they should have which made the sounds to loud on the take in parts. However i took note of this and made sure on the second take that the levels were at a reasonable level. Below I have displayed pictures of my operating the sound desk:
Operating the Sound Desk
Sound Levels
To make sure i do not make the same mistake again i took a picture of the sound levels that were slightly higher than they should have been during the song.
Afternoon Takes(PM)
Roles for Take 3
- Director Luis
- Vision mixer Mikael
- Sound mixer matt
- Floor manager Fred
- Cam 1 Nabeel
- Cam 2 Josh
- Cam 3 Ashley
Roles for Take 4
- Director Nyasha
- Vision mixer Luis
- Sound mixer Danny
- Floor manager Fred
- Cam 1 Abid
- Cam 2 Mikael
- Cam 3 Ashley
For the fourth take of the day i had the chance to jump on sound again as there was no one to take on the role. As i needed more practise at setting the sound levels and keeping the levels at reasonable level i took the sound role on for a second time. During this take i believe i did better than the morning as i was keeping the sound levels a lot lower than i was previously. This ensured a a clear recording.
Mike Devaney
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