Studio Production: The Show!
So after weeks of rehearsals and masterclasses with fantastic experts in Live TV, it all comes down to the final day... the Live record!
We were lucky enough to be able to fit in two final rehearsals before the live record and before our contributors arrived, and this put us in good stead for the final show. As soon as I arrived in the morning, I set up the desk with ME1 as the split screen, altering the hue, saturation and luminance to get the right colour; on ME2 I downloaded the correct graphics onto the plasma and switched between them to ensure everything was working correctly and finally I programmed up the first VT so that everything was ready and I was prepared to start the show.
The audience filtered in at 14:00 and the warm up act was introduced; a young singer from Kent. He was a talented singer and guitarist however on reflection, we could have found someone who was more entertaining in order to warm the audience up for a comedy event. Maybe a comedian or close up magician would have worked better. To round this off in the final 10 minutes before the show, Simon gave a speech about what to expect and the Floor Manager Imogen, took over to explain about health and safety and what to do in case of a fire.
As soon as the countdown began, I became very nervous all of a sudden and really felt the pressure on my shoulders, realising that if I went wrong, it could ruin the show. Once the titles started to roll, I prepared everything for the first sequence, checking my script and checking the monitors on the wall that the right graphics were loaded onto the plasma as it was important to get it right.
Everything was flowing smoothly and as it should until we came to a VT and I accidentally pressed FM3 instead of VT on the desk, projecting an Emoji onto the screens instead of Norman's Mockumentary VT. Although it was only up for a second, it felt like a decade, I was so disappointed that I had slipped up on such a simple transition because I hadn't made that mistake before in rehearsals. The whole of the team in the gallery were really supportive and made sure that I knew it could be fixed in post, but at the same time I was really annoyed at myself for the mistake.
Throughout Round 3 "American Pie in Your Face", one of the pie flingers seemed to have broken after being triggered by the contestant. This section then became as directed and slightly off script as it was unexpected, however we handled it well by remaining on the close up shot of the pie flinger, whilst the presenter tried to fix it. This added to the comedy of the show and our presenter was very good at dealing with the situation.
Overall, I think that the show went well although it wasn't our strongest record that we did. I think that our rehearsal went better however once I review the footage with the Director I may realise think differently. As a team, I think we all worked really well and we all listened and communicated well together for the final show. It was great getting feedback from friends and family who came to watch and to hear feedback from the tutors as well on how they think we did in achieving "The Big Movie Quiz". This has been one of the best experiences I have had during my time at UCA.
We were lucky enough to be able to fit in two final rehearsals before the live record and before our contributors arrived, and this put us in good stead for the final show. As soon as I arrived in the morning, I set up the desk with ME1 as the split screen, altering the hue, saturation and luminance to get the right colour; on ME2 I downloaded the correct graphics onto the plasma and switched between them to ensure everything was working correctly and finally I programmed up the first VT so that everything was ready and I was prepared to start the show.
The audience filtered in at 14:00 and the warm up act was introduced; a young singer from Kent. He was a talented singer and guitarist however on reflection, we could have found someone who was more entertaining in order to warm the audience up for a comedy event. Maybe a comedian or close up magician would have worked better. To round this off in the final 10 minutes before the show, Simon gave a speech about what to expect and the Floor Manager Imogen, took over to explain about health and safety and what to do in case of a fire.
As soon as the countdown began, I became very nervous all of a sudden and really felt the pressure on my shoulders, realising that if I went wrong, it could ruin the show. Once the titles started to roll, I prepared everything for the first sequence, checking my script and checking the monitors on the wall that the right graphics were loaded onto the plasma as it was important to get it right.
Everything was flowing smoothly and as it should until we came to a VT and I accidentally pressed FM3 instead of VT on the desk, projecting an Emoji onto the screens instead of Norman's Mockumentary VT. Although it was only up for a second, it felt like a decade, I was so disappointed that I had slipped up on such a simple transition because I hadn't made that mistake before in rehearsals. The whole of the team in the gallery were really supportive and made sure that I knew it could be fixed in post, but at the same time I was really annoyed at myself for the mistake. 
Throughout Round 3 "American Pie in Your Face", one of the pie flingers seemed to have broken after being triggered by the contestant. This section then became as directed and slightly off script as it was unexpected, however we handled it well by remaining on the close up shot of the pie flinger, whilst the presenter tried to fix it. This added to the comedy of the show and our presenter was very good at dealing with the situation. Overall, I think that the show went well although it wasn't our strongest record that we did. I think that our rehearsal went better however once I review the footage with the Director I may realise think differently. As a team, I think we all worked really well and we all listened and communicated well together for the final show. It was great getting feedback from friends and family who came to watch and to hear feedback from the tutors as well on how they think we did in achieving "The Big Movie Quiz". This has been one of the best experiences I have had during my time at UCA.
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