News Show Idea

News Show Idea

Our idea is to go along the lines of the shows that air on TV, like This Morning and too pick up ideas along the way to gain the most information as possible.

Researching TV Productions

Celebrity Big Brother

TO FINISH: WHY HAVE THEY DONE THIS? 

Set/location of the production: Elstree Studio.

Colour palette and tone used within the show: Bright vast colours decorated within the house.
Why have they done this? they have used bright and vast colours that is inside the set of the house, to create an eye-catching inside look and to make it look more attractive because if it was all dull and dark, it wouldn't look very appealing or exciting to look at during watching the show.

Hair and makeup: Most competitors wear studio makeup (even the boys) and the girls have different amounts of makeup on depending in what they prefer.
Why have they done this? they have done this because to make the contestants look more appealing and attractive towards the viewers. An example of this is when all the girls are dulled up, with full makeup on which would attract the boys to watch the show because they look "so attractive".

Clothes: They all bring their own clothes as they are staying in the CBB house for the amount of time they're living there for.
Why have they done this? they have done this to make their viewers make out that they are kept unto day to day trends with likeable clothing on and also could lead too how each person is portrayed and set up to be. What I mean by this is that they can have their own styles...

Presenters Performance: The presenters of the show are Emma Willis and Rylan Clark.
Why have they done this? the filming company will put in presenters that have a funny and laughable  personality to them so the viewers enjoy watching it as well as watching the celebrities inside the Big Brother house. 

Camera: There are all different camera angles during the filming of CBB from hidden cameras capturing the celebs, low shots, high view, neutral view and sometimes bird eye views.
Why have they done this? they have done this so it isn't just a current viewing of the same thing, this has been done also so they can view different shots during the programme.

Shot Types: There are extreme close ups, wide shot, medium close ups and extreme wide shot.
Why have they done this? they have done this so the shot type isn't just one whole shot. This can be filmed with all the different shot types so it looks different and this needs to as well as be changed as sometimes when they're doing a specific thing, they will need to zoom in.

Positioning: The competitors are all over the place, in the different rooms. Either in groups or individual talk when talking to Big Brother. The positioning then changes as the camera shots change.
Why have they done this? they have done this so it isn't just a current viewing and so it can show different shots via positioning of the celebrities when they're all over the place in the house (this can be when they're doing different activities)

Movement: Sometimes when the cameras move the people don't, when the people move the cameras don't but you may see that the cameras follow along with the movement of the people but you'll never see the people moving with the camera.
Why have they done this? they have done this so when they're filming it isn't just one still showing. 

Framing: The framing of the shot tries to fit in as much as they can or focus on the points that they are basing it on more. There is never a border around the framing shot because it is not needed.
Why have they done this? they have done this so the camera shot doesn't look too much into one image that is showing on the TV screen. If it was edited with a harsh colour that was used as a frame around the image of the screen, then it would be too much and would've been put there for no entire reason. 

Depth of Field: The shot of the depth of field in CBB has a huge focus on the closer object and is still viewable of the objects in the background too. Sometimes it shows a huge depth of field where all you can see is the closer object with blur in the background so the main focus is the thing nearer the camera.
Why have they done this? they have done this so it isn't just one constant showing, so this is why they have used the depth of field so it just has one whole main focus. 

Editing: There is quite a huge editing process in CBB with bad language cut out so the viewing of there programme can be shown during the day time and some things are acted for your viewing pleasure.
Why have they done this? they have done this so they can get loads more viewers onto their programme, which will create and produce the programme to become more popular and viewable - which will also lead too it having sharing trends on social media and other platforms. 

Pace: The pace of the programme can either speed up during the tension of the room and the situation that it is involved in and it can also slow down during what they're doing.

Why have they done this? they have done this so the programme doesn't drag too much as if this does happen, it can get very boring for the watcher of the programme. So, this is why it has been used so it can make a break up between the programme.

Transitions: The transition of the programme can change quite rapidly from either when they're going to bed, eating or doing challenges as a team.

Why have they done this? they have done this so the programme doesn't get too boring and so it has different viewings and activities each episode. 

Continuity/editing matches (Eyeline matches?) The programme uses a lot of editing matches and collide it into one that would divide two shots by making some form of connection between them.

Shot Duration: The duration of the shot can have a different length depending on what the camera is filming. For example: having an argument with the fellow person, which should have a duration of around 1-2mins depending on what they're doing. 

Show's Structure

Start

Introduction - 17 seconds

Camera 1 - 21 seconds 

Camera 2 - 13 seconds

Carries on for another 45 mins...

End

Studio companies credit - 4 seconds

Creating An Interview

Creating An Interview

• Give enough time to shoot
• Choose best place to film - picking location!!
• Make them feel comfortable
• The interviewer cannot look at the camera as the audience will find it unexpected and not a normal thing to do when interviewing and the questions being asked as it can distract the listener
• Make full eye contact 
• Listen to the person you're interviewing
• Don't interrupt them and talk over them
• Think about what's in the background as it can also cause a distraction if too much is going on
• Take the interview in a quiet place

180' Rule

If you cross that line of the 180' Rule, you will confuse your audience - the line that goes between them. The 180° rule is a cinematography guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another. When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot becomes what is called a reverse angle.

Framing

Framing, is where you use the Rule Of Thirds in your filming and then focus on each individual section. It also expands on the research by focusing on the essence of the issues at hand rather than on a particular topic. However, the concept of framing is related to the agenda-setting tradition but expands the research by focusing on the essence of the issues at hand rather than on a particular topic. The basis of framing theory is that the media focuses attention on certain events and then places them within a field of meaning.

Job Roles in the Media

Creative Skill Set

Cameraman:

Industries: Photo imaging

Personality Type: Creative

Departments: Photographers

• Producing images for government departments (e.g. the Ministry of Defence), large commercial corporations, universities, museums or research agencies
• Working across a wide variety of photographic disciplines and styles

Sound Operator:

Industries: Film

Personality: Communicator

Departments: Distribution/Marketing/Publicity and Stills

• Producing interviews and behind the scenes footage for press kits
• Producing documentaries about the making of the film
• Producing extras for DVD release

Gaffer TV:

Industries: TV

Personality: Scientist 

Departments: Lighting

• Being responsible for all the practical aspects of lighting sets and locations

Sound Assistant TV:

Industries: TV

Personality: Engineer

Departments: Sound

• Helping record the best quality sound in studios or on locations, working closely with Sound Supervisors and Boom Operators

Art Director

Industries: Film | TV 

Personality: Creative

Departments: Art Department

• Realising the Production Designer's creative vision for all the sets and locations that give productions their look and feel
• Project managing the work of the art department
• Also undertaking the role of Production Designer on smaller TV productions

Script Editor

Industries: Film

Personality: Communicator 

Departments: Development | Script

• Providing a critical overview of the screenwriting process  
• Liaising between the Producer or Development Executive and the Screenwriter
• Helping to strengthen and develop screenplays 

Cast Director

Industries: Film 

Personality: Organiser

Departments: Casting

• Organising the casting (selecting) of Actors for all roles in a film
• Arranging and conducting interviews and auditions with artists as well as negotiating fees and contracts for the Actors who get the part
• Working with the Director and Producer to understand their requirement.
  

Art Director
What the role is: this role is where you arrange and sort out the locations and sets of the productions.
Where the role fits in within the film and television industry: the role fits in with the film and television industry because it undertakes the role of Production Designer on smaller TV productions.
Responsibilities of the role: this role includes responsibilities to look after the set and location of the production, making sure that it is the right setting and good for filming. 
Career pathways leading to and from the role: to make this successful, you would be expected to be a graduate in either art, architecture, theatre, interior or 3D design courses. 

Radio Broadcast Assistant
What the role is: this role is where you give assistant to presenters and producers and giving them the extra help during productions.
Where the role fits in within the film and television industry: this role fits in within the film and television industry because you come into the same category as the director of the radio broadcaster in ensuring that they're running smoothly on radio programmes.
Responsibilities of the role: this role includes responsibilities in helping with research, planning and production.
Career pathways leading to and from the role: to make this successful, you would be expected to have a degree somewhere in this role and the best route into this career path, is to gain full experience either from a long period of time or voluntary work in a radio station.

Radio Presenter
What the role is: this role is where you are the voice of a radio station or programme.
Where the role fits in within the film and television industry: the role fits in with the film and television industry because you're engaging a relationship with the listeners, this can be from listening to the radio or watching them via the TV.
Responsibilities of the role: this role includes responsibilities to have a huge like base within the listeners and to generate original ideas so the listeners don't find it boring.
Career pathways leading to and from the role: in entering this role, you wouldn't be expected to have a degree to be a radio presenter. 

Radio Reporter
What the role is: this role is where you are the communicator for the latest gossip, breaking news, and sport related topics.
Where the role fits in within the film and television industry: the role fits in within the film and television industry because you're identifying and researching news stories and presenting them on air or LIVE on television.
Responsibilities of the role: this role includes responsibilities to create good news stories and to report live events as they unfold.
Career pathways leading to and from the role: to make this successful, you wouldn't be expected to have a degree to be a Radio Presenter.



Creative Director (Games)
What the role is: this role is where you have the overall decision in how the look and feel of a computer game is and how it is portrayed.
Where the role fits in within the film and television industry: this role fits in within the film and television industry because the jobs that it involves with, links to what it is being asked for in the film and television industry. This can range from the same equipment/resources being used and by working in a studio environment.
Responsibilities of the role: this role includes responsibilities like in making tough decisions and choices in the work and final product given.
Career pathways leading to and from the role: in becoming an creative director, you do not need a formal qualification to become a creative director. However, to become successful in the role, you will need to require a combination of experience that'll inspire to others that is also looking at becoming a creative director in this role.

Radio Programme Controller
What the role is: this role consists of leading programming teams on commercial radio stations, ensuring that they're meeting the correct guidelines for the station.
Where the role fits in within the film and television industry: this role fits in within the film and television industry because they need knowledge of the radio market, different station and programme styles, and audience demographics which also is in need in film and television.
Responsibilities of the role: this role includes responsibilities to take care in coaching and to develop talent in others, having responsibility in data handing and to be able to manage creative teams, and encourage acceptable risk-taking.
Career pathways leading to and from the role: in becoming a radio programme controller, you will not be in at need in having a degree in it. However, you could gain the required management skills and experience on other jobs in the past.

Actor
What the role is: this role consists of interpreting others' words in order to bring a script to life, and by reading what it states written onto the script.
Where the role fits in within the film and television industry: this role fits in within the film and television industry because actors are found in films and on your televisions. It also consists of being around cameras, lighting and many other media typed roles that link to this industry.
Responsibilities of the role: this role includes responsibilities in learning your chosen script, staying in role, deliver lines at a specific pace and to have a responsibility of yourself, especially with objects and safety hazards around you (wires, cables...)
Career pathways leading to and from the role: you will almost certainly need to train to become a professional actor. This can start from in beginning to go to drama/stage school where you would learn in becoming an actor and to be lead into the correct direction.

Director (TV)
What the role is: to bring ideas into finished programmes.
Where the role fits in within the film and television industry: this role fits in within the film and television industry because you're the manager of everyone/everything. You will direct people and the productions to make it as successful as possible - this is also managing everyone in both film and television roles within productions.
Responsibilities of the role: this role includes responsibilities in looking after the sound of the production and its technical standards just in case something goes wrong.
Career pathways leading to and from the role: you won't need a specific qualification in becoming a director in television. But, by having a degree in a media-related, drama or specialist subject, it may give you a good grounding of where you need to place yourself to follow the correct route in becoming a TV director.

Lighting Director
What the role is: their job is to use the script or brief from the production team to design a specific look that is required for each shot being taken - they also set the mood/atmosphere and changing the picture to fit in and link to the main topic chosen.
Where the role fits in within the film and television industry: this role fits in within the film and television industry because during film and television, you will use a lighting director to change the scene using the lights and also working in the same environment/area as the other typed media job roles that link to film and television.
Responsibilities of the role: this role includes responsibilities in making sure that you and the people around you are 1. in a safe area and 2. making it safe, plan ahead so everything is set out beforehand and to make sure you have given and paid enough attention.
Career pathways leading to and from the role: you won't need a qualification in becoming a lighting director, but you will be expected to have a number of training courses and to be the best of the best in the lighting role of media you will however need to work your way up the line.

Technical Support Engineer
What the role is: their job is to provide various information, advice and technical support to clients about problems with photographic equipment and techniques in helping them out.
Where the role fits in within the film and television industry: this role fits in within the film and television industry because in the film and television industry, they use different variety of equipment and objects that is taking part for the productions, so when these problems and issues come about, this engineer then helps and corrects the problems so they can use it again. In this industry, they need someone that is able to fix equipment that is very technical as things like this can break easily.
Responsibilities of the role: this role includes responsibilities in making sure these broken equipment get's fixed in time for the next occasion that it needs to be used for and to be extra careful with it too - as it can be very dangerous, through fires and breakages.
Career pathways leading to and from the role: most employers specify the need for an electronics qualification, in City & Guilds, BTEC.... However, training is expected to take place as it isn't a job where you would just walk into it straight away, this is because from the equipment that you will be working with within the industry.

Lighting Technician
What the role is: their job is to help set up the lighting during sets and productions and helping with the power supply on filming.
Where the role fits in within the film and television industry: this role fits in within the film and television industry, because they work with the lighting on set of many productions during filming.
Responsibilities of the role: this role includes responsibilities in looking after lighting equipment on a film set, or on location.
Career pathways leading to and from the role: in becoming a lighting technician, you are expected to have a relevant vocational City and Guilds qualification.

Genny Operator
What the role is: their job is to operate electricity generators on location and transporting these generators to the right location set before and after production filming.
Where the role fits in within film and television industry: this role fits in within the film and television industry, because you're maintaining the generators onto the locations for film.
Responsibilities of the role: this role includes operating with electricity generators on location and your responsibility is to also have mental awareness for the safety of you and others.
Career pathways leading to and from the role: in becoming an Genny Operator, you've got to be over 21 years of age for insurance purposes, be willing to work long hours, to be a fully qualified electrician and to get additional training to learn about manufacturing and fault-finding in different models/generators.

Gaffer (Film)
What the role is: their role is to run all of the electrical work on a production and to work closely with the Director of Photography.
Where the role fits in within film and television industry: this role fits in within the film and television industry through working with the main Director of Photography, it's part of the film industry throughout the equipment that it uses to help maintain things and as well as working with lighting for the film productions.
Responsibilities of the role: this role consists of responsibilities like leading a team of lighting technicians and to mainly keep the budget of lighting under control and maintained carefully.
Career pathways leading to and from the role: in becoming a Gaffer in film, you would be expected to be a fully qualified electrician with the relevant vocational qualifications and you maybe expected to get additional qualifications as you process yourself throughout your career in film.

Apprentice Lighting Technician 
What the role is: their role is to work for a specialist lighting company, and learning on the job of how different departments work throughout the industry.
Where the role fits in within film and television industry: this role fits in within the film and television industry through working with the lighting resources for the television and film productions.
Responsibilities of the role: this role consists of responsibilities to attend college courses during training.
Career pathways leading to and from the role: in becoming an apprentice lighting technician, you are expected to have at least a Level 2 qualification in Maths, English and IT. Futhermore, the best route towards this role is to apply for an apprenticeship with a Lighting company, which in fact you would work for 3 years to get your qualifications and complete your apprenticeship by the time you are 21.

Video Camera White Balance

 White Balance 

White balance = colour balance. It gives a function which gives the camera a reference to "true white". It tells the camera what the colour white looks like, so the camera will record it correctly. Since white light is the sum of all other colours, the camera will then display all colours correctly. The camera performs it's own white balance without any input from the operator.

How to Perform a Manual White Balance

You will need a camera with a manual white-balance function. There should be a "white balance" button or switch on your camera.

1. If your camera has a filter wheel (or if you use add-on filters), make sure you are using the correct filter for the lighting conditions.
2. Point your camera to a pure white subject, so that most of what you're seeing in the viewfinder is white. Opinions vary on just how much white needs to be in the frame - but we've found that about 50-80% of the frame should be fine (Sony recommends 80% of frame width). The subject should be fairly matte, that is, non-reflective.
3. Set your exposure and focus.
4. Activate the white balance by pressing the button or throwing the switch. The camera may take a few seconds to complete the operation, after which you should get a message (or icon) in the viewfinder.
   Hopefully this will be telling you that the white balance has succeeded - in this case, the camera will retain it's current colour balance until another white balance is performed.
   If the viewfinder message is that the white balance has failed, then you need to find out why. A good camera will give you a clue such as "colour temperature too high" (in which case change filters). Also try opening or closing the iris a little.

Evaluating your foley/audio replacement for the Shower Scene from Pyscho

Evaluation

So today I screened the scene from the Pyscho Film. We did this by watching through the clip that we  got chosen to do (without any sound) and then create our own sound that would fit in rightly within the clip chosen. After creating our chosen sound choice for the clip of the Pyscho scene, we are now required to write up a short evaluation explaining what we had to do during our procedure of the making.

My feelings against the whole audio production is that I think it went well with certain things like the door shutting fitted in well as it flowed with the scene just right, which made it seem more realistic. However, my feelings within the bit for the water running out of the shower, personally I don't think it worked as well as the other sound effects. This is because the water noice was quite a short clip it but sounded fake other than the other bits as it was a constant noice. Furthermore, I thought that the part with the scream fitted well enough for it to just seem quite realistic for the scene, it should of carried on as a longer noice as while the girl was screaming there was parts where the scream wasn't included in the clip which didn't really work as much nearer the end as you couldn't hear anything only just the movement of her "screaming".

Our foley sfx worked well with our production because we made a nice amount of sound effects that we could choose from and it had a nice sound to them to make them fit in rightly so it didn't sound so odd. The sounds that worked best in my opinion was the door shutting as the girl closed the door behind her, we added in a creaking noice to make it seem more realistic for the viewers which overall  worked as an advantage to the scene. The sound that I thought that didn't work as well was the noice of the running water, this is because it started off okay but as time went on you could tell it was repeating so many times that it needed to flow nicer, we could of changed this by having actual water running either in a bottle or down the sink. What we would do differently in the future, is to reflect back onto our negative views and opinions and work with them to make our scene sound effects better than they were originally. Also, this could be adapted to work better in our improvement would  be to maybe communicate better with our peers, show more of a creativity, more of a critical thinking and show more of a data analysis.

The editing process went okay but we got tripped up by some tricky things we had to work round and to get things sorted quickly so we could move on. Overall with the editing, it went better than planned. Our only challenge that we had to face was to fit everything in, in the amount of time we actually had - this also had to be fixed without showing any rushed parts due to our time schedule. However, there wasn't anything that we wanted to do that we didn't know how too as everyone was quite confident and we just went via our own knowledge and guessed a few things and turned out quite positive and worked well with our piece.

We was able to achieve a bit of sync within the sound effects that fitted in during the right time, the volume balance was just spot on, we also added a dramatic and low tempo music in the background so it sounds more "Pyscho" and lastly, we used different effects with a high and low pitch tone depending on the actions taking place during this time of the scene.

What Went Well

• Good use of sound effects 
• Good use of dramatic tones with high and low pitches in the correct timings of the scene 
• Most of the sounds flowed within the scene 

Even Better If

• In parts the sound effects that were chosen like the screaming, it stopped half way through when the girl was still acting out of her screaming so it was just silence in parts 
• Add a more of a deathly "stabbing" noise when she was getting hurt 
• Add noise of when the girl pulled down the shower curtain of when all the pegs pinged off, this would of made it seem more realistic for the viewers and made them more drawn into it more.

Lighting Setup

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Setup 2: this photograph has got the use of the Arri 300 lights with a medium brightness of light which had left with an very wide and narrow focus of coverage.
Power Usage: 900W
Ease of use: Quite Easy
Health & Safety: Needs gloves and sandbags

Setup 1: this photograph has got the use of the Arri 300 lights with a medium brightness and a focus coverage of wide to narrow.
Power Usage: 900W
Ease of use: Medium
Health & Safety: Needs gloves and sandbags

Setup 2: this photograph has got the use of the Arri 300 lights with a medium brightness and a focus coverage of wide to narrow.
Power Usage: 900W
Ease of use: Medium
Health & Safety: Needs gloves and sandbags

Setup 1: this photograph has got the use of the Arri 300 lights with a medium brightness and a focus coverage of wide to narrow.
Power Usage: 900W
Ease of use: Medium
Health & Safety: Needs gloves and sandbags

 Setup 4: this photograph has got the use of the Dedo 150 lights with a low brightness and a focus coverage of a wide angle.
Power Usage: 450W
Ease of use: Easy
Health & Safety: Needs gloves and sandbags

Setup 2: this photograph has got the use of the Arri 300 lights with a medium brightness and a focus coverage of wide to narrow angle.
Power Usage: 900W
Ease of use: Medium
Health & Safety: Needs gloves and sandbags

Setup 4: this photograph has got the use of the Dedo 150 lights with a low brightness and a focus coverage of an wide angle.
Power Usage: 450W
Ease of use: Easy
Health & Safety: Needs gloves and sandbags

Setup 3: this photograph has got the use of the Redhead 800 lights that's extremely bright with a focus coverage of an wide to medium angle.  

Power Usage: 2400W

Ease of use: Medium

Health & Safety: Needs gloves and sandbags

Scene Soundtrack Analysis

Film Scene: Elf

Music - The producer/composer included the music to create and set the atmosphere of the film. An example of this is from the chosen scene on Elf where tension rises when it states that Buddy's Dad works in New York City. The music relates and copies the personality change of the characters. This would make the audience feel more joyful, this is because the film is set in Christmas time, so everything would change from upbeat to down beat and up again... as well as the audience would feel happy for Buddy because he got told that his Dad lives in New York City so he could then go and visit him. The music in this scene uses a sense of rhythm and pitch to create a happy atmosphere. 

Incidental/ambient - The producer/composer included a soft mood which means as a fact that there is happiness through an ambient mood of sound - the ambient sound is quite forceful at this point to create a more denser mood of feel in this occasion. 

Dialogue - The producer/composer included a range of effects to make this scene upbeat and to have a high pitch to create a higher pitch noise to relate to the mood of Christmas. It also uses a natural sound to crete realism in this scene of 'Elf'. This would make the audience feel more into a Christmas spirit and the use of dialogue has created a unique feel towards the audience to make this scene friendly and exciting via the use of speech as well as the use of sound. 

Sound Effects - In this scene it uses Hyper Real Sound because most sound in film is ver exaggerated compared to sound in real life. The sound effects then change when he then finally meets his dad in New York City when everyone thought that it would go really well but really it goes very cringe and the sound effects change to an characteristic sound so that the audience should be according to their perspectives. This would make the audience feel enjoyable between the scene because it brings comedy when Buddy the Eld starts singing to his dad and the music changes to a more higher pitch. 

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