Evaluation of live TV shoot
For our live TV shoot we came together as a group to produce a decent production and overall it was well planned and a lot of work went into it.
Our first step in Making this production was to carry out research into similar formats of live TV ,this helped us understand the codes and conventions needed to make a good production.. We were split up into several small groups for the planning stage and each group was designated a role within that group ,technical director(sorting out inserts etc),Content producer(overall production of the groups round and script writing etc) and the art director(mise-en-scene and props).This worked well because it made it easier breaking the group up as communication is easier in smaller groups. Each group had to make up a round for the TV quiz whether it would be a music round or film round etc .And each group produced a good round that aloud the production to flow smoothly .One problem was the technical aspect of some of the inserts when they didn’t work properly but the crew did well to overcome these problems and carry on with the production. Also for the naming and theme of our production everyone was involved with class discussions .For the set planning the art directors got stuck in to design and paint the flats and got other production members to help so that the flats were finished in time. For the rehearsals everyone got a chance to carry out a role they wanted and this showed in the live shoot as the camera and sound and vision mixers were professional and well trained by the director ,this made them much more sharper whereas if they hadn’t had any practice in rehearsals the show would have gone terribly wrong.
The live TV shoot when very smoothly ,the camera operators offered up a variety of good shots and the finished set provided a professional backdrop that followed the codes and conventions of quizzes similar to ours. Our inserts didn’t always work but in general they where worked well and when there was a technical mishap the production did well to recover from the problem. For the sound operator they were faced with a very tough task speaking from being a sound operator in the second half of the shoot ,it is extremely hard to control sound levels .This is purely because human beings are not robots and the talent (contestants and host)voices do not follow the same tone or frequency constantly and although we had the floor manager to brief them on keeping they voice at a constant level they still occasionally changed there voice levels .This meant that sometimes the sound was ear piercing at times or to quiet .Another problem with DVD inserts was that the contestant s would occasionally talk while the inserts were playing a way to combat this problem next time would either to thoroughly brief the talent or to fade the mics down while the insert was playing. The camera work was good and a variety of shots were offered such as :Wide shots,3 shots ,two shots .MCU’s, and over the shoulder shots.
Overall the general feedback we got was positive although some comments were made about the inserts and the sound not working but as I said before next time we would need to thoroughly brief the talent before hand and the sound and DVD operator will need to keep full concentration. The Mise-on -scene was proffesional and cinematography was also good with a variety of shots. And overall for a first time effort I thought we made a very good Multi-camera production.
