Staging your production:
-Just as a stage production will need a set and props etc so must a studio production.
-Transforming it from a grey shell into whatever world we are creating.
'Creatives'- ets, props and costumes and CG.
-These are often freelancers employed for their expertise on a production.
-The production team will work alongside the freelancers.
Creatives- Who are they?
-Set designers
-Costume designers
-Prop Designers
-Graphic/ CG
-Music
-Promos (in our case in house!)
Briefing Designers
-The producer/ director responsible needs to have a clear idea of what they want their creatives to give them.
Spend time developing an outline of your needs and the overall style you wish to achieve in terms of colour, style and functionality- BRANDING.
-This will be framed by:
-Timescale
-Budget
-Genre/ style
-Content
-Number of artists/ contributors.
Commissioning Creatives:
-Who are they
-Our Promos Team and Rochester UCA- Design for Theatre, Film and Performance
-For music- need y find either a composer or copyright free music- WORD OF WARNING- START EARLY
Promos Team- Music Stings and Graphics (GFX):
-Similarly, the stings music and graphics used- from music to ambient sound and titles to stings and streamlines- should fit this style template
Consider:
-Colour Palette
-Tone
-Audience
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Presentation: Research & Development: Finding and Organising
-Research and development- pre-production
-Production Meeting- setting and agreeing initial goals.
Research: Finding people
Typically you will need to find people to fulfil the following roles:
-Presenters/ actors
-Contributors
-Audience
-Artists/ guests
Research
Casting Talent
-These are our performers- presenters, reporters, contributors- anyone on screen we have cast.
-They may or may not be paid or have a contract.
Looking For?
-Relevant Skills/ experience
-Performance
-Charisma/ engaging character etc
-'Look' appropriate to brand/ style
-Representation and relevance to audience
Talent
-Own Contacts
Auditions
-Advertisements- calling for new talent to come forward in relevant press/ online
-Showreels- similarly can ask for shows reals to be seen in, or my request directly/ through agent.
Agents
-Often established or even new talent have agents managing their interests.
-Agents may represent 'experts'.
-Need to negotiate contract and payments with agent (take percentage).
-Scouting- visit talent performing elsewhere e.g. comedians or actors, check out other programming.
-Talent Websites/ journals.
Issues- Scouting
-You can look for new talent just about anywhere- theatres, pub performers, the internet etc.
-It will give you the opportunity to find new talent (may be cheaper- no agent!)
-Background research- get a few names and find out when you can see theme- ask around.
Finding Audiences:
As previously discussed, you need to decide what purpose your audience serves-
-Passive
-Active
-Representative.
Accuracy:
-Keep good records throughout pre-production process.
-Essential that all information accurate and correct.
-Production Meeting- setting and agreeing initial goals.
Research: Finding people
Typically you will need to find people to fulfil the following roles:
-Presenters/ actors
-Contributors
-Audience
-Artists/ guests
Research
Casting Talent
-These are our performers- presenters, reporters, contributors- anyone on screen we have cast.
-They may or may not be paid or have a contract.
Looking For?
-Relevant Skills/ experience
-Performance
-Charisma/ engaging character etc
-'Look' appropriate to brand/ style
-Representation and relevance to audience
Talent
-Own Contacts
Auditions
-Advertisements- calling for new talent to come forward in relevant press/ online
-Showreels- similarly can ask for shows reals to be seen in, or my request directly/ through agent.
Agents
-Often established or even new talent have agents managing their interests.
-Agents may represent 'experts'.
-Need to negotiate contract and payments with agent (take percentage).
-Scouting- visit talent performing elsewhere e.g. comedians or actors, check out other programming.
-Talent Websites/ journals.
Issues- Scouting
-You can look for new talent just about anywhere- theatres, pub performers, the internet etc.
-It will give you the opportunity to find new talent (may be cheaper- no agent!)
-Background research- get a few names and find out when you can see theme- ask around.
Finding Audiences:
As previously discussed, you need to decide what purpose your audience serves-
-Passive
-Active
-Representative.
Accuracy:
-Keep good records throughout pre-production process.
-Essential that all information accurate and correct.
Saturday, 27 January 2018
The Job Revealed
Our jobs have been revealed to us.
My job is:
Promos Camera Assistant and Sound/ Behind the Scenes Camera Assistant and Sound.
I'm very happy with this as it was my first choice that I'd applied for.
It was also noted during the announcement of my job that one of my sound duties would be referring to the producers on creating small pieces of music to use as 'stings' for the production which I will happily take on.
With the announcements of the jobs finished, we all started to discuss what should be researched individually. We were shown the same pitch that was chosen for the production 'Steal The Style' which gave an idea as to what form the show would take. I also personally took note of the music examples that were shown so I could take a further look into that.
My initial research will consist of:
-Looking at Fashion sites/ magazines/ video to gain greater knowledge of the subject matter.
-Look at the style, get a better idea as to what kind of music and sound is incorporated into these.
-Research further into the specifics of what my job entails.
My job is:
Promos Camera Assistant and Sound/ Behind the Scenes Camera Assistant and Sound.
I'm very happy with this as it was my first choice that I'd applied for.
It was also noted during the announcement of my job that one of my sound duties would be referring to the producers on creating small pieces of music to use as 'stings' for the production which I will happily take on.
With the announcements of the jobs finished, we all started to discuss what should be researched individually. We were shown the same pitch that was chosen for the production 'Steal The Style' which gave an idea as to what form the show would take. I also personally took note of the music examples that were shown so I could take a further look into that.
My initial research will consist of:
-Looking at Fashion sites/ magazines/ video to gain greater knowledge of the subject matter.
-Look at the style, get a better idea as to what kind of music and sound is incorporated into these.
-Research further into the specifics of what my job entails.
Friday, 26 January 2018
The 'Job Interview'
My job interview actually went a lot better than I had anticipated.
The primary focus was on my first choice for the job of Promos mare Assistant and Sound/ Behind The Scenes Camera Assistant and Sound. As soon as I went into the interview I was asked about my interests in the sound department and the interviewees were glad to hear that there was somebody taking interest in this particular aspect of production. I explained my previous experiences with sound during previous project both for uni and personal and they seemed to be happy with what I had to say.
A few questions were asked involving what I would do during situations such as monitoring sound and who I would refer to if I felt there was something wrong with my answers appearing to be met with positive remarks.
I was also asked about my skills with a camera and it was decided that I was competent enough to easily find my way around the equipment.
Hopefully this will land me with the job.
The primary focus was on my first choice for the job of Promos mare Assistant and Sound/ Behind The Scenes Camera Assistant and Sound. As soon as I went into the interview I was asked about my interests in the sound department and the interviewees were glad to hear that there was somebody taking interest in this particular aspect of production. I explained my previous experiences with sound during previous project both for uni and personal and they seemed to be happy with what I had to say.
A few questions were asked involving what I would do during situations such as monitoring sound and who I would refer to if I felt there was something wrong with my answers appearing to be met with positive remarks.
I was also asked about my skills with a camera and it was decided that I was competent enough to easily find my way around the equipment.
Hopefully this will land me with the job.
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Chosen Idea: Steal The Style & Studio Jobs
The idea was finally revealed after a long wait. The chosen idea has been named as 'Steal The Style'. Judging from the name this idea will be very fashion orientated which is something I have not much expertise in but will be interesting to work on.
We don't really know too much about the overall idea or structure just yet but I imagine that this will be explained to us in further detail soon. I congratulate the students who gave this pitch as, from what I had seen, the idea had been very well developed, particularly as they had constructed a miniature set to give a more clear and physical representation of their ideas.
Soon after the different jobs were revealed that we could sign up for with a first and second choice:
1st Choice:
Promos Camera Asst & Sound/ Behind the Scenes Asst and Sound
2nd Choice:
Promos Camera/ Behind the Scenes Camera
I chose my first choice because of my interest in sound and my previous experiences with my various projects for both uni and personal projects. I also feel that I am competent with a camera and know my way around one, being easily able to use one and assist with ease.
Our 'job interviews' are scheduled for a couple of days from now so I must make sure I make a suitable portfolio and make sure that I am fully prepared.
We don't really know too much about the overall idea or structure just yet but I imagine that this will be explained to us in further detail soon. I congratulate the students who gave this pitch as, from what I had seen, the idea had been very well developed, particularly as they had constructed a miniature set to give a more clear and physical representation of their ideas.
Soon after the different jobs were revealed that we could sign up for with a first and second choice:
1st Choice:
Promos Camera Asst & Sound/ Behind the Scenes Asst and Sound
2nd Choice:
Promos Camera/ Behind the Scenes Camera
I chose my first choice because of my interest in sound and my previous experiences with my various projects for both uni and personal projects. I also feel that I am competent with a camera and know my way around one, being easily able to use one and assist with ease.
Our 'job interviews' are scheduled for a couple of days from now so I must make sure I make a suitable portfolio and make sure that I am fully prepared.
Pitch Meeting and Thoughts
Today we presented our idea pitch. unfortunately I feel that it didn't go as well as we had hoped due to a lack of confidence.
Firstly there were some technical problems involving the file which contained our presentation which wasn't't showing up due to issues with the formatting of hard-drives. This was probably instrumental in lowering our confidence as this had already wasted the time of those we were pitching to.
Our overall delivery wasn't particularly confident either, with myself constantly stuttering whenever I wasn't relying on the script and we were often not to clear and tended to mumble throughout our presentation.
However, we did get our points across and gave a clear idea of what we were proposing. We showed that we had thought about aspects such as possible casting, staging and lighting as well as already getting contacts that could feature in the show. Meaning, although our delivery wasn't particularly confident, our idea would have seemed otherwise.
The overall feedback to the pitch was that it felt more like it should be a documentary rather than a live show. I was inclined to agree as the idea of featuring how extraordinary people can overcome their disabilities does seem like a more serious subject which has more of a documentary feel about it and would not necessarily fit the more up-beat feel of a live show.
Another criticism was that the type of show we proposed, likening it to chat shows such as Graham Norton, did not properly suit the subject matter. Doing the presentation I briefly referenced Piers Morgan's Life Stories while explaining the moodier lighting that we had in mind for our show and it was felt that we should have built the show more in that style toggle it a more serious tone.
More development was also needed as well such as getting more contacts rather than just relying and hoping that the one we had acquired would definitely be able to do the show. There also needed to be more of physical representation of the show's structure which we had discussed during our development of our idea but failed to mention it properly during the presentation.
Overall, I feel that we did a good enough job with our development and we were able to competently produce and perform our pitch. However, I do doubt that our idea will be chosen due to a lack of development.
Our Pitch Presentation
Here are screenshots of the presentation that both Connor and I worked on for our pitch. There are some notes on the last slide after we were given some feedback from the tutor for things to think about in more detail.
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