Today is the teams last chance to support another group, the show being Eye on Portsmouth. Today, I was doing a dual role of floor-managing and camera operating, upstairs in the CCI Studio.
After setting up my talk-back and turning the lights and camera on in the studio, I took directions from the show's director on the framing of both cameras, which would be static throughout the show, so once in place, my role would be strictly floor-managing. Focused, in-frame and the iris set to 4, the cameras were ready.
The live show went well and I feel my role of floor-manager was perfect. I managed to get the presenter to stick to timings, camera changes and even made a friend in the process. All in all, I now feel that I could take on a job as a floor-manager in a TV studio and do it to a professional standard for any broadcasting company.
The day of team blues last live show, has arrived and everyone's excited/ nervous/ ready to go.
Our set-up for today in the hub included two areas, something the team was now comfortable with, after using the same set-up for our previous shows. The main segment of our show today was the chilli-challenge. This involved audience participation and potentially could be a lot of fun for the viewers and everyone involved. It's certainly something I was looking forward to hosting. This meant we needed to set up a seating area in-front of the area in order for the audience to get a good view, so we arranged seating around the area to prompt the audience to gather round.The interview would take place in the same area as the chilli challenge, so it would be a case of moving the seating out and moving a table in. Simple.
After a couple of morning run-throughs with our chilli-challenge contestants, interviewee and performer, the show was as polished as it could be and everyone was on form and ready to go live.
12:00pm- We’re on air and live on the BBC Big Screen for the last time.
‘Coming down here in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!'
'Thanks Miriam thats right, I’m here with Faz Ahmed, hello and thanks for joining us today….'
Interview done, feeling great, it was the time we'd all been waiting for... The Chilli Challenge!
Unlucky for Raechelle, she was the contestant that picked out our hottest chilli; The Scotch Bonnet. Taken like a champ, the chilli challenge was over and our audience vote meant that Raechelle was the rightful winner of World on a Plates, very first, Chilli Challenge.
Finally, finishing the show with a spectacular performance was Angelika with an original piece 'Brothers in Arms.' And just like that, it was over. Three shows complete. What an amazing experience it's been being part of a team and producing three live shows.
Show review: As a whole I feel like the final show was our most entertaining. The main thing I'd change about this show would be the lack of VT's. Although our VT's we're filmed on time, we left them too late to re-shoot if something went wrong, which unfortunately with one of them, it did. The show was certainly my favourite to create, due to the fact that on the day I got to do my favourite thing.. present. Thankfully, the chilli challenge went to plan and the audience even stayed back after the show to chat about the segment and try the chilli's for themselves. A massive thank you is on order for all three of our contestants and to Lou for getting the health and safety team on side.
Role reflection: I've really enjoyed creating World on a plate, I've gained skills in camera operating, got the chance to present again and I even got to write another script. The content of the show made everything far more entertaining and I've discovered that when creating something you're interested in, it's far more fulfilling and enjoyable to do. I feel that my script was good and my hosting on the day was entertaining. Each show I get to present, I gain more confidence and skills in different areas such as interviewing and hosting different types of entertainment. This has by far been my most enjoyable show to present and I honestly enjoyed every second of the 30minutes that we were live.
Today it was our groups turn to support the team going live. As we receive our roles by the other teams producer and I floor-managed for their first show I was given that role again.
As this is the third time I have taken on this role I was very confident within myself. I feel that practice makes perfect, so by continuing to practice my skills within floor-managing it will become one of my strongest roles come graduation and something I may look in to pursuing in the future.
Today's show had three different interviews with a variety of guests and set-ups. This involved lots of camera movements and strict timings for each segment, so taking advice from my previous post, I made sure I was in the eye-line of the presenter at all times in order for the timings to be portrayed throughout the show. As there was a lot happening in the Eldon Broadcast Hub today, it was vital that each guest was in place with time to spare, so as one interview ended, I made sure the next guest was brought on to set and ready for the interview.
Early this morning the team got to university to start setting upThe Eldon Broadcast Hub, located downstairs in the main area of Eldon building. Downstairs today we had an interview with John Newbury; the founder of landport remembers and an interview with Caroline Searle from the Wave Maiden.
As we had two interviews arranged for todays show we decided to set up two separate areas to add a bit of variation to the show. The hub is already lit so we didn't have to worry about lighting the first area however we had to light the second area located just by one of the large windows at the front of the building.
As my job today was floor-manager, it was up to me to organise the movement of the cameras from one area to the next. We had around 9 minutes to move two cameras over to the second interview area, which was plenty of time to shift over and re-focus the cameras and align the new shots.
The team managed to get a couple of run-throughs done before we went live so we knew which route would be best to take the cameras down.
12:00pm- We’re live from upstairs, streaming live to the university channels and the BBC Big Screen in the Guildhall.
'We're live upstairs everyone!'
The audience was excited, I was excited and everyone else was excited too. As part of this role I had to make sure everyone around me, in the studio and in the audience, was aware of everything that was going on, so as my director was counting down from 10 seconds to live, I informed the audience and asked for a large round of applause as we reached 1 second.
10, 9, 8 ,7, 6, 5....
I counted down to 5 with my director and then signalled the last few seconds along with the round of applause for the audience, who thankfully, responded to me.
The first interview was over and our timings were impeccable, so we swiftly moved over to the next area, got the last guest in place and focused the cameras, ready to go.
I was informed that this interview had to run-over the scheduled time by 3 minutes so I quickly briefed the presenter that it was going to be dragged out and before we knew it the show was back downstairs.
Shortly into the interview I was re-informed that the timings had got mixed up and we didn't have the extra time at all. I signalled to the presenter that there was 3 minutes left of the interview.
1 minute to go and my hand signals were clear and concise, however, the interviewer asked one last question that seemed to go on forever. I was frantically gesturing to wrap the interview up and end the show. Thankfully the presenter noted my signals and cut the interview on time. One last round of applause from the audience and the show was over (and on-time, phew!)
Show review: As a whole I feel like the show today went better than the first. As a group we were a lot more comfortable with each other and our roles. Unfortunately today the timings went wrong, which caused slight panic throughout the studio, however, we dealt with this well and managed to keep our nerves under control and get on with the show. I feel the quality and content for todays show was to a great standard and very relevant to the topic for the show. The interview with Caroline was very interesting and a lot of people were interested in chatting to her after the show wrapped up and a few people mentioned they wanted to visit The Wave Maiden. Job well done.
Role reflection: Looking back on the past few weeks and my role as a script-writer/ Floor-manager, I feel I’ve used my gained confidence in giving directions to the team well and I’ve learnt a lot more about how to change words written for reading purposes into an entertaining script piece, without making it too dull or too cheesy. At the end of the show I was praised by one of the lecturers on my floor-managing skills, communication and confidence when getting the audience to participate. If i was to take on the roll of floor-manager again, I'd make sure check with the presenter that I'm in their eye-line before we go live, to be sure that any signals I give are taken straight into account. I feel I've learnt a lot more about the job roles I'm confident and skilled within and those certainly include floor-managing and script-writing. One more show to go; World on a Plate. Go Team Blue!
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Not only is today my last chance to present for CCI TV but it's also the Television and Broadcasting; class of 2012-2015's, last ever live show.
For this weeks Eye on Portsmouth I got to co-host an interview with the over 40's, bodybuilding word-champion; Ian Hendy, Steve from the RSPCA Stubbington Ark and play with dogs.
'Never work with animals or children.'
The interviews today both went extremely well, especially as my role was to ask un-scripted questions of the back of the interviewees answers. Luckily, Ian Hendy was a very interesting person to talk to and I was genuinely excited to conduct an interview with him to find out more about body-building and his research in plantology.
After both interviews and a few bad puns about dogs, it was time to introduce our furry friends. One of the dogs really didn't want to be on the camera in the rehearsals, but luckily, the owner of the puppy managed to calm her down in time for the live show and surprisingly, the segment went relatively well.
It was sad to say goodbye for the last time but as one door closes, another one opens and I'm excited about where my future in TV could lead.
I've learnt a lot about myself as a host and a presenter and it's still something I'm determined to pursue in the future and something that I still thoroughly enjoy, which for me, is what it's all about.
The day of team blues last live show, has arrived and everyone's excited/ nervous/ ready to go.
Our set-up for today in the hub included two areas, something the team was now comfortable with, after using the same set-up for our previous shows. The main segment of our show today was the chilli-challenge. This involved audience participation and potentially could be a lot of fun for the viewers and everyone involved. It's certainly something I was looking forward to hosting. This meant we needed to set up a seating area in-front of the area in order for the audience to get a good view, so we arranged seating around the area to prompt the audience to gather round.The interview would take place in the same area as the chilli challenge, so it would be a case of moving the seating out and moving a table in. Simple.
After a couple of morning run-throughs with our chilli-challenge contestants, interviewee and performer, the show was as polished as it could be and everyone was on form and ready to go live.
12:00pm- We’re on air and live on the BBC Big Screen for the last time.
‘Coming down here in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!'
'Thanks Miriam thats right, I’m here with Faz Ahmed, hello and thanks for joining us today….'
Interview done, feeling great, it was the time we'd all been waiting for... The Chilli Challenge!
Unlucky for Raechelle, she was the contestant that picked out our hottest chilli; The Scotch Bonnet. Taken like a champ, the chilli challenge was over and our audience vote meant that Raechelle was the rightful winner of World on a Plates, very first, Chilli Challenge.
Finally, finishing the show with a spectacular performance was Angelika with an original piece 'Brothers in Arms.' And just like that, it was over. Three shows complete. What an amazing experience it's been being part of a team and producing three live shows.
Show review: As a whole I feel like the final show was our most entertaining. The main thing I'd change about this show would be the lack of VT's. Although our VT's we're filmed on time, we left them too late to re-shoot if something went wrong, which unfortunately with one of them, it did. The show was certainly my favourite to create, due to the fact that on the day I got to do my favourite thing.. present. Thankfully, the chilli challenge went to plan and the audience even stayed back after the show to chat about the segment and try the chilli's for themselves. A massive thank you is on order for all three of our contestants and to Lou for getting the health and safety team on side.
Role reflection: I've really enjoyed creating World on a plate, I've gained skills in camera operating, got the chance to present again and I even got to write another script. The content of the show made everything far more entertaining and I've discovered that when creating something you're interested in, it's far more fulfilling and enjoyable to do. I feel that my script was good and my hosting on the day was entertaining. Each show I get to present, I gain more confidence and skills in different areas such as interviewing and hosting different types of entertainment. This has by far been my most enjoyable show to present and I honestly enjoyed every second of the 30minutes that we were live.
