Directors calls

The director can control cameras by being on talkback, he can say to the camera op what he wants. Some things that a director would say to a camera op could be pan left or right, more headroom or tilt up and down. Also he can tell them about what shots he would like up next or whether the shot is a good shot or not. Also the director can speak to other crew lke FM, VX mixer or sound op.

DVD operations and inserts

Most of the video and audio clips were all of youtube. Once downloaded of youtube we would put into final cut pro and put a title for our round on the page before. Then we ended up with DVD of all the clips and sounds from everybodys rounds. To get the inserts on the live show is that you just put the DVD disc in the DVD player play went needed to.

set design

In pre production we thought about what theme we would use for the set, we ended up using a media theme with the different flat with different areas of the media. Once the theme was chose we made the set and ten had to think what sort of colours to use so they would look good on camera.

lighting in studio

Flood light- the lights are used to create normal light in the studio and its easier to record in the studio but its hard to control the light.
Spot light- Concentrated light and this is used to focus on something. The light is usually used to light the host or one of the talent.
Soft light- Normally added to fill light to something. You can control how much light you would light by opening or closing the barn doors on it.

Each light has its own socket on the lighting grid and each of them are numbered for the dimmerpack which provides power for the lights.

Rehearsals

Rehearsals were done to make sure that all the equipment was working and also give the crew a chance to get used to the equipment that they will be used during the live show. Also it can help that the real show will go through with no problems.

Floor plan

Floor plans are something that can help everyone in the crew have an idea of where everything and how its going to happen. It is just a diagram of the studio from a plan view. The people that you would give a floor plan to would be the director, floor manager, camera op +ass and sound op +ass.

studio equipment

Tally light- Is the small red light which is above the viewfinder on the camera which will indicate that the camera is live which will help the camera op operating the camera.
Floor monitor- This is a large TV screen which is linked up with to the live camera shots so all the studio crew can see what s happening.
Lighting panel- It is the equipment that will control the brightness going on to each light.
STOB box- This connects cameras and microphones through the vision mixing panel and the audio mixiing desk round to wall instead of having wires all over the rooms.
Camera Pedestal- Is a more complex tripod with wheels. Industry standard pedestal have an expensive steering system to make moving it smoother.
Curtain track- The curtain track is a metal rail which goes all the way round the studio in get a clear black background. And the black curtains stop unwanted light bouncing about.
Audio desk- Controls all levels of sound both on mic levels and line levels which can be mixed. Controlling the audio alouds to reduce unwanted background nosie.

Programme rundown

A programme rundown is made so everyone who is working on the programme knows the running order of the programme. In a programme rundown you put in the description for what is happening in it and also the description are all numbered in order. And you put the medium of it on the rundown for example studio or DVD and its a DVD who will be controlling it. You would also put in the duration of them.