Studio Production: Production Manager Role for As Live TV with Jo Clarke

We had a masterclass with Jo Clarke today about Production Managing for As Live or Live Entertainment TV.  At the start of the meeting, Jo asked us all to write down what we thought the role of a production manager was. 

 I wrote down:

- Deals with money
- Anything to do with the production of the show
- General Management 
- Sorting the Schedule 
- Health and Safety
- Copyright 

 We then went through in detail what it was exactly a production manager was:

 - Budgeting and Scheduling.  This is key to being a production manager
- Hammer down the best deal for the studio/location: 
  - Dry Hire: this is just and empty studio which is £4-5K a day
  - Wet Hire: this is the studio and crew and equipment which is £10K + a day. 

 - Deal Memo: this is a written agreement of job role, time length, payment, tax and bank details. 

 - They deal with insurance, public liability, kit, talent etc. 
- Health and Safety: Must create a CDM (Custom Design [phase] Management) and say exactly how you're going to do something. 

 - Tech Specs (Technical Standards for delivery): This is how the TX people want it delivered. Here is Channel 4's which is relevant to 'The Big Movie Quiz'. 

 https://www.4sales.com/globalassets/resources/ad_specs_and_delivery.pdf

Locations: What to think about

 Studio

 - Size
- Facility 
- Location
- Catering 
- First Aid
- Base Room
- Dressroom/Makeup
- Costs for Wet/Dry hire
- Power Costs
- Crew included
- Toilets

 Location of VT's

 - How many people?
- Travel Time
- Weather
- Parking
- Booking location & release form
- Toilets
- First Aid
- Catering
- Power cables 
- Flight Path
- Acoustics
- Tech Recce

 'Creatives' - Set/Props/Costumes & CG

 - These are often freelancers
- We employ them for their expertise
- Production team commission them & say yes or no to their ideas
- Companies pitch their ideas to the production team
- How do you commission them? They bring in their ideas in model form

  Who are they? 

 - Set Designers
- Costume Designers
- Props Designers
- Graphics/CG
- Music 
- Promos

 They must be given a contract stating their entitlement. You've got to get a range of options before you commit.  Be very clear in their brief.  Have a clear branding framed by:

 - Timescale
- Budget
- Genre/Style
- Content
- Communication
- Vision to be the same as the commissioners.

 I have learnt loads from our masterclass with Jo and it has inspired  me to try this role as a job option for the future. 

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