Studio Production: Research into Vision Mixing and VT Editing
Vision Mixing
Vision Mixers are live editors for multi camera studios. They edit together all of the shots from the cameras as you would see them on screen. They also edit in live, any graphics or VT's that have been pre-recorded. The vision mixing desk I will be using is a Sony and has 3 buses. A bus is a section of the board that is replicated. The reason for this is to allow the vision mixer to set up certain transitions such as a graphic without disturbing what is going out live.
Through researching on visionmixers.tv, I have found a more in depth understanding of what a vision mixer does and how to be one successfully. In particular, I have found this video very helpful.
Naomi Neufeld is the Strictly Come Dancing Vision Mixer and explains the importance of remaining calm during the live recording. This is something I would love to achieve on our show. I know that if I work on remaining calm while making the transitions the show will look smooth on screen and be seamless, which is the idea of what a vision mixer's job is.
Vision mixers tend to work religiously from a running order put together by the producer and this will have directors notes on there informing of what shot is when. They are 'silent editors' and don't try to change a director's decision when it comes to a shot. They can advise when they think that the director is possibly missing something amazing on a different camera, but this only happens after the vision mixer has many years of experience. As Naomi Neufeld said in the video above, "vision mixers work with a director, but to a director". It is their vision that the vision mixer is making happen.
VT Editing
To be a VT Editor, you are working on a tight schedule to ensure all the VT's are ready to go and are at the best standard they can be for the show. A VT (Video Tape) is a prerecorded sequence that is referred to during a live show. A VT Editor works to the producer and director's vision of what the VT should look like and shouldn't try to change this. Similarly to a Vision Mixer, they can advise if they don't think that something they want will work but they should do their best to realise their vision. If something is impossible to achieve, it is the VT Editor's job to find an alternative that is similar to the original idea and show the director and producer what they could have instead.
It is the VT Editor's job to ensure they are following the commission code of the channel that it will be broadcast from. For our show, it is being broadcast for Channel 4. As editors, it is important to follow their commission code so that everything correlates correctly to their conditions.
These are specific to what the editor has to do to meet the requirements that Channel 4 have set out. If this is not met, then the transmission will not go ahead. It is the editors job to make any changes to the edit that Channel 4 has suggested and then the producer takes over and ensures that all requirements have been met.
Vision Mixers are live editors for multi camera studios. They edit together all of the shots from the cameras as you would see them on screen. They also edit in live, any graphics or VT's that have been pre-recorded. The vision mixing desk I will be using is a Sony and has 3 buses. A bus is a section of the board that is replicated. The reason for this is to allow the vision mixer to set up certain transitions such as a graphic without disturbing what is going out live.
Through researching on visionmixers.tv, I have found a more in depth understanding of what a vision mixer does and how to be one successfully. In particular, I have found this video very helpful.
Naomi Neufeld is the Strictly Come Dancing Vision Mixer and explains the importance of remaining calm during the live recording. This is something I would love to achieve on our show. I know that if I work on remaining calm while making the transitions the show will look smooth on screen and be seamless, which is the idea of what a vision mixer's job is.
Vision mixers tend to work religiously from a running order put together by the producer and this will have directors notes on there informing of what shot is when. They are 'silent editors' and don't try to change a director's decision when it comes to a shot. They can advise when they think that the director is possibly missing something amazing on a different camera, but this only happens after the vision mixer has many years of experience. As Naomi Neufeld said in the video above, "vision mixers work with a director, but to a director". It is their vision that the vision mixer is making happen.
VT Editing
To be a VT Editor, you are working on a tight schedule to ensure all the VT's are ready to go and are at the best standard they can be for the show. A VT (Video Tape) is a prerecorded sequence that is referred to during a live show. A VT Editor works to the producer and director's vision of what the VT should look like and shouldn't try to change this. Similarly to a Vision Mixer, they can advise if they don't think that something they want will work but they should do their best to realise their vision. If something is impossible to achieve, it is the VT Editor's job to find an alternative that is similar to the original idea and show the director and producer what they could have instead.
It is the VT Editor's job to ensure they are following the commission code of the channel that it will be broadcast from. For our show, it is being broadcast for Channel 4. As editors, it is important to follow their commission code so that everything correlates correctly to their conditions.
These are specific to what the editor has to do to meet the requirements that Channel 4 have set out. If this is not met, then the transmission will not go ahead. It is the editors job to make any changes to the edit that Channel 4 has suggested and then the producer takes over and ensures that all requirements have been met.
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