Production reflection 4

Production reflection 4



The duties that I have performed during this week are carrying on from last week which was completing the collection of black and white photos, which I then put them onto a PowerPoint document so that It would be easier to print out. Also this week I asked permission from the head of drama department  and technicians if we could use their black boxes and if we could have four diplayboards, which they both agreed on. This week overall has been quite successful as the set is pretty stable and all that would really need to be done now is to set it up and place the photos onto the boards and also make sure that everything needed for the show we have such as the M&Ms and chopsticks. There isnt really anything that I need to change or develop  as everything seems to be done and for the following week I need to begin to set the set up so that it is ready for the live day. This week I didnt really work with many of my team besides the floor manager as they wanted to know where everything was going to placed etc, so I gave them a blueprint of the set design. Also I had to fill in a document for the director which is called the masterscript where I had to write which area of the set will be used in each section of the show, such as where the presenters will be when talking e.g main area, competition area or news area.

PowerPoint of images

                             

Master script

                      

Master script

       

The master script shows the running order of the show and what exactly is going to be shown throughout the show and what sort of things are going to be included such as, what studio area will be used in this shot and what type of lighting will be used there as well, also what graphics are going to appear on the screen. As my job is set designer I had to write down which set will be in the shot with the presenters which would either be the main area, competition area or news area.

Production week 2- props

Main studio props

Competition props

News props

production meeting reflection 3

production meeting reflection 3

The duties that i performed this weeks were to start finding props for the main areas for the show, e.g main area, competition area and the news area. I made three separate tables which include what props are going to be used in each area. This week what has been successful is that we have finally figured out what exactly the studio is going to look like and I have also started to figure out where to get the props from, the only props which would be a problem would be the display boards, other than that everything else is fine. The following week I need to start getting the props in order and know exactly where I can get them from, so that there isn't any complications for when it gets nearer to the production date. There isn't anything that needs developing for the set as its just a matter of getting the props. Also this week i worked with some of my peers, such one of the presenters and the lighting desk as we needed to see if the lights would go well with the background and that if there is any specific props that the presenters want on the set. All together this week has been quite well.

Planning studio designs

Studio designs

Main stage of studio ideas


 

Idea 1   

 

Idea 2

Studio background on the greenscreen

Idea 3

These three ideas here is what the main studio area might look like. The first two ideas are different from one another while the third one is a combination of the first two. The colours that are presented through the blue prints are not the actual colour scheme for the show, as it just a way for the layout to stand out more and look more interesting to look at. Overall from these designs I think the idea for having photos of artists and magazine music related articles as the backdrop which would surround the presenters and guests ,is a lot more engaging and more eye appealing. While with the idea of having a green screen which would have a recording studio on it might look a bit sketchy and to unrealistic.

Competition area 



The competition area could be a seperate area from the main studio where when the competition starts its set in a different enviroment, so that it adds more of a variety to the show as it would be boring to have everything in the same area. The competition area wouldnt be far from the main area as there would only a be a short amount of time to make the presenters or guest to switch places, which is why I decided to do two ideas of where the competition area could be placed within the studio.

Competition area combined with main studio area

production meet reflection 2

Production meeting reflection

During this week I made three potential ideas for the layout of the set, two of them which are different from one another while this other one is a combination of the two, which I think is the best design out of them. I also started thinking about where the competition area would link up to he main area so I did a few different designs for that but, I decided one of them as it looks much better than the other two and I think the placement of cameras would work out much easier and effective. The groups response to my ideas on the set were quite positive and they agreed on the background of the set which is a collage of different artists etc and its likely that they will be in black and white as we dont want them to overlap the presenters and guests. Also when it came down to the color scheme I didn't have a clue, but from what I gathered when I asked for everyone opinion on the color the majority said black and red so that has helped me quite a bit on the sets development. This week I think has a whole everything has been quite successful and we all know what were doing for the show now and were all putting ideas together to make it better. I think the only thing I really need to develop is where to place the cameras with the main stage and competition area, so at one point I shall talk about it with the camera operators and also think where to get the props etc for the stage. During this week I'll begin to put together a collage of artists and start to look for where I can get the props and seats. This week I didn't really work with any of my hierarchical peers a lot besides the lighting desk as we needed to discuss what sort of colors should be used on the show, but I think this will be different the following week.

Production meeting reflection

Production meeting reflection

The production meeting was run by all of us sitting around the table and one by one we each said our own original idea for a music show, overall I think everyone's ideas were good and I enjoyed listening to them. The groups response to my idea seemed to be positive and that the majority liked the idea of having a puppet on the show. I didn't really vote for a specific person as I thought everyone had good and different ideas and I didn't know who to actually vote for due to that reason but, the main aspects from everyone that I really liked is that there was so many different ideas on the competition area and they all had there unique touch and ways of relating to the audience, such as a rap battle between the audience members, a busking battle and also an idea where someone gets goo poured on them. With every-ones idea we all related to the brief, especially at keeping it to a British audience and also the creative side with it as well, as everyone came up cool original ideas. I dont think there is any areas for development really, as each of us explained are ideas in a lot of detail and that for the final idea I think a bit of everyone's idea should be a part of it as everyone's ideas were good and with everyone's combined it would make a cool music show.