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CIRCUS: Studio Gallery

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14 years ago
by Tom Glover in ,

Today, we moved onto the next part of our Production Skills Circus, this time we looked at the workings of the Studio / Production Gallery. This included looking at what the role of the Director, PA, VM operator and Other Production Roles do, during a live or as-live multi-cam shoot.

Looking at these roles and listening into to talkback of some recently recorded shows, gave me a look at how teams work together and how much is actually scripted, including all camera shots, tracks, how long the presenter talks and more. Listening to the talkback also gave a clear indication to myself and the group, how much teamwork is actually involved in creating the final show the viewer watches.

CIRCUS: Lighting

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14 years ago
by Tom Glover in ,

Today we started the BOP (Broadcast Operations) Circus, which is designed to teach us the basic in many operational roles. Today, my group started on Lighting with Graham Jaggers, an industry professional Lighting Director.

With lighting already being my specialist subject, after transferring from a theatre environment, I found I was only looking out for the differences between live theatre and live broadcast. The main difference i found was the huge requirement for Backlight, this isn’t such a requirement in theatre world.

Other little tips and tricks I have picked up from today, include:

  • 3 Point Lighting / The importance of shadows
  • How to use a Pantograph
  • The idea of bouncing a hard light of something white to create a large soft light
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