Studio Portfolio
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What job roles have I done?
I've only undertaken five different job roles, with only three of those roles I'm confident and only two where I'm least confident.Producer - Working as a producer, I need to make sure everything is done on time and in the correct format. For example, I give everyone a deadline when everything needs to be finished setting up and start airing. Producers need to be good at time managing and working within in a team. Working as a producer was difficult because not everybody does what they're supposed to be doing, so managing people to get all the equipment was difficult but so was solving technical faults with either the camera or sound. I work with the director and together solve problems and create ideas for the format of the television show.
Cast - Cast isn't just about sitting around doing nothing while everybody else sets up the equiptment, the cast are responsible for designing a floor plan, so they know what camera is facing who and where they need to be a certain time. They're also responsible for creating the script for the television show. As my game show is mainly to do with charades, I'm the host for the show, so I design a floor plan and a script for my show. Also making sure the other cast members are full aware of what they're doing by having a rehearsal before the live show.
Camera - Working on a camera isn't my strong point because I'm not sure on how to set up the wires as I've only had this role once or twice. Working in this area, I can propose different ideas of how the show could be formatted to the director and if they like it, we go along with the idea. We can't tell the director our ideas, we need to propose them and see if they agree. Cameramen work closely with the visual mixers to get a good angle on the cast and see where they need to go. For example, with my game show, two cameras need to be still on a tripod, whereas the third camera needs to be handheld the follow the cast in their actions when it's their go.
Sound - I'm in control of sound how manage the set up of the sound for the cast. Making sure everyone can be heard was my number one priority. Sound wasn't my strong point because every time I sound job role, there was another person who was sound and they did the technical side, whereas I sorted out microphones and did sound testing.
Floor manager - Working as a Floor manager, it was my priority that everyone got their equipment when they needed it, for example, batteries, wires, and microphones. Being a Floor Manager, it was important to help everybody out who didn't know what they were doing or if they were confused on how to set something out. Working with the cast was also another part of the job, communicating with the sound man to do sound tests to see if everyone's heard. Also working with the director and producer that they're both happy with the format of the show and the layout.
Most confident and least confident roles
My most confident role was being a producer and working in cast. First time being a producer, I wasn't confident becoming that role, with all the responsibility, time management and trying to keep everyone on task. I put myself forth for that role just so I can get a better understanding of what a producer does while setting up a television show. While I was portraying that role into the session, I started becoming more confident with how everything was being laid out and with all the setting up. First time being in the cast, I was feeling nervous as I had no idea on what to say, Then after that first time, I kept writing scripts over and over again so I know exactly what to say. Also writing a floor plan was extremely important, So I know which camera is facing me, and when camera switch over. When I was the host for my own TV show, I helped create the PowerPoint while also coming up with the questions and my script for the show. I feel I can portray the cast and Producer much more efficiently that portraying visual mixing.
As being a producer. It was also my responsibility to keep the crew safe from hazards. As this wire was out in the open. I took a picture to give an example of a hazard that could occur in a studio.
My least confident role is visual mixing. As I have never been this role, I feel like there would still be a lot to learn with visual mixing. I know that the visual mixers work extremely close with the director and also advice the director what to do, compromise on seeing what looks better and what they can do to bring off better conventions towards the television show. The role that i have portrayed and feel is my least confident would be sound. Whenever I'm sound, there's always another person on the same team as me. They've done the technical side of sound, whereas I've just distributed out the microphones and was managing sound tests so everybody could heard well within broadcasting. I feel as if I did more of the technical side of sound, I'd have a better understanding of how it all works and collaborates.
Primary Research on Two Television Shows
Under Pressure
Under Pressure is a charades type game, ranging from acting out random people and objects, to acting out song titles. There's always a variety a ways to entertain our audience. Under Pressure was created by me (Jake Frazer) Charlie Stringfellow, Chantelle Kelleher, and Gemma Abel. There's three different rounds and every show there's always three contestants. We add the scores by a tally, whoever guesses what the other contestant is acting, they get the point. The first round, every contestant acts out one animal, one person and one action. There are nine cards and three cards for each category. The second round, the contestants will need to act out a song title, you can either guess the lyric or the musician when it comes to that round. Finally the final round, there are only six cards of anything, and the contestants would build up their points from the final round. Each round, you'll need thirty seconds to act it out, otherwise no one gets a point. The first and second round, there's a screen behind the contestants so the audience at home can see what they need to try and act, but on the final round, the audience can guess and play a long at home. We would use three cameras. One camera on the host, one camera on all three of the contestants and another camera on the contestant who's acting out. We use have to use multi-cameras because it'll take too long to switch the one camera to the other contestants and back to the host. Also with using the third camera, as this camera is focused on the contestant acting out their card, this will engage the audience more so they can feel as if they're apart of the game show. As the cameras move around a bit, this would give it conventions of being a comedy game show as a news show. In news shows, the camera sits still and switches to the same host but from a different angel.
Bin The Truth
Bin the truth is a comedic quiz game show that Ryan Burns, Joe Benjamin and Brandon. With this TV show, the host asks a questions about three different categories, once you've written the answer, you throw the answer into the the bin and if it goes inside, you win an extra point. Once those different categories have finished, the TV show is over. Three cameras are used for this show, as there is one camera on the host, another camera on the host and contestants, while the last camera is pointing on the bin, so the audience knows whether they've binned the truth. The conventions used with this show is that the camera is pointing towards the bin, which engages the audience and makes them feel as if they're apart of the television show. As the camera gets close with the host also, this also gives effects that the audience feels they're apart of the television show. The show would work out only using just one camera, You could get away with two, but not one. The final camera needs to stay by the bin as it's a handheld camera, therefore the camera can do so much more than just showing the bin, you could add more conventions within the show to give a better impact onto the audience.
Secondary Research on Two Television Shows
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
This is a comedic talk show from Channel 4. Chatty Man doesn't have a panel but has one chair and two sofas, which are facing together. As this is a studio, Chatty Man has multiple cameras when recording the show. There are roughly around ten cameras on Chatty Man, there are two behind the audience, and two that pan around the room, which give a clear view of the studio which is a strong convention when it comes to comedic television show. They change the camera around a lot so there's a lot of different perspectives when it comes to watching the show. The camera always gives a clear view of the audience which gives it more of an informal view of the show, whereas on a news broadcast, you'd only see the presenter's and the guest. The camera would only switch when you see the weather or for a pre-recording. This gives an idea that Chatty Man engages the audience more, in the studio and at home. Alan Carr will open the show with a few jokes until he presents his guests onto the sofas, then offers them an alcoholic beverage. This give it a comedic effect, as the camera pans around the room to make the audience more intrigued and excited. While at the end of the show, Alan Carr get's another guest to perform live, which every talk show has. They add music at the end of the show to promote the artists new single or album, while the artist promotes the interviewer/ presenter of the talk show.
Impractical Jokers
Impractical Jokers is a television show on Comedy Central, where jokers, Q, Joe, Murr and Sal compete each other to win the show. This show uses roughly around two cameras, depending whether what prank they're playing on the public. The show consists of have one camera on the three jokers, while the other camera faces the final joker playing the prank. If they loose the show, they get a really bad punishment which can be painful or extremely humiliating. The show using a lot of hand held camera works and zooming. This engages the audience as to make them feel they're inside the show, as the camera is the eyes of another person. Once the pranks are being performed, the camera zooms into a lot of people faces to give the comedy aspect of the show. They do this so the audience can see the public's reactions, as this is the comedy to the show. The public's reactions, also seeing the jokers reactions once the other joker has performed the prank. They all do the same prank on the public, and they need to do what the other jokers tell them to do. Once they get a thumbs down, they're automatically disqualified from that prank. To pass task, they'll need to do three things the jokers tell them to do. Whoever has the most thumb downs towards the end of the show, this joker will have to face the ultimate punishment. This show is very different from other comedy shows, as this isn't filmed within in a studio, this is filmed in actually shops and city centres etc. But still have the ability to do multi-camera.
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