Planning and designing a set/lighting it.

We took some photos of our set during the various stages of it being built and some pictures during rehearsals. From these we were able to determin how much light would be needed on them during the show whether it was more or less than we thought. Above are some of the photos we took:

Planning Camera Placement and shots.

We used this diagram, to determin where the cameras should go and what type of shots we could get of it.

Floor Plan

Signal Flow (Video and Audio)

Crew Roles and Responsibilities

In studio Roles:

• Floor Manager (FM)- In charge of the studio, The directors on floor representetive and relays messages from the director to the talent.
• Camera Op's- Operate the Cameras.
• Camera Assistant- Sometimes called Cable Bashers, Help to move the camera around.
• Assistant Floor Manager (AFM)- Either keeps score or sits in with the audience to get them going and generate more of an atmosphere, can also relay messages from director if fm is unavaliable.
• Talent- Actors and audience anyone who is in front of the camera.

Audio Control Room Roles:

• Senior Sound Op- Responsible for overall sound.
• Assistant Sound Op- Responsibility usually shared, so one will control the mic's and other will control Dvd sound and the overall sound, this will usually be the Senior Sound op who does this.
• Dvd Op- Is responsible for all the inserts that are played within the show, so has to get them cued ready for whenever the director wants to cut to them.

Vision Control Room Roles:

• Vision Mixer (VX)- Operates the Vision Mixing panel.
• Director- The creative executioner- Making. Is also in overall charge no-one can argue with he/she whatever they say goes.
• Producer- Puts together a deal- Content.
• Camera Control Unit Op (CCU)
• Assistant Director- Keeps all the timings and times all inserts and gives the director and idea of when to cut of them.
• Lighting Controler/Operator- Operates the lights and dims or brightens them if needed.

Studio Equipment

Here is a list of the equipment that is used in the studio:

All of these would be found in the actual studio:

• Sony Z-2's mounted on Peds
• Curtain Tracks- With black curtains, known as blacks.
• Grid- The lights are suspended from here; each light has its own plub socket, with 6 sockets per bar. They are easily controled by a dimmer pack.
• Cool Lights
• Tungstan Lights- Heavy Duty, Normal Lights.
• House Lights
• STOB (Studio Terminal Outlet Box)- Conects to control room, has many sockets- 12 for microphones, 3 for technical communications (cans) and 3 camera outlets.
• Suspended Mic's
• Radio Mic's For Talent.
• Floor Monitor(s), sometimes more than one so the audience can see the inserts too.- Shows the video feed of the programme being filmed, usually suspended from the grid.
• On Air Light

All of these are found in the Audio Control Room:

• Dvd Player, With its own seperate monitor so the Dvd Operator can see where abouts on the Vt reel they are and can cue it up properly
• Sound Desk

All of these are found in the Vision Control Room:

• Vision Mixing Panel
• Lighting Desk (usually has its own seperate control room.)

Dvd Operation and Insert Requirements

Below is a list Dvd Operation and Insert Requirements;

Make sure that the screen size is the same for both VT insert and stings so they appear the same size when played on screen.

Make sure there is at least seven seconds between each VT.

Make sure there is one second of 'black', Five seconds of VT Roll which tells the Dvd Op what track they are on and what the VT clip is of and finally 1 second of black at the end of the clip just incase there are any problems when trying to cut back to the studio.