Production Blog "It's all about Henry"

For the final live TV production I was the camera operator again as I was for the “What happens next? Life after college” production, again being on camera two. For this role I had to make sure the camera stayed in a certain place as I didn't need to move the camera at all throughout the production. I also had to listen to instructions/demands from the director in the gallery and instructions from the floor manager. From being a camera operator for the second time I learnt that being focused and aware is an important aspect of being a camera operator as you're constantly listening to what the floor manager and directors has to say whether its instructions or just a compliment.

I feel this production went really well, considering the timing and organisation aspects but appart from that everything else ran smoothly and the production went very well overall. I feel that the directions from the director and floor manager through the headsets were really clear and the communication really helps when it comes to being percise with instructions. The only improvements I would say need to be taken into consideration is the timing of their production, other than that it went well.

Production Blog: "Life after college"

The role I participated in, in the production “What happens next? Life after college” was being the camera operator for camera 3. I feel that this role was a really good role for me for this type of production as I didn’t have to move the camera at all, only if there was too much headroom etc. The one thing I did enjoy was being behind the camera as I have experience in this from other productions, but it was nice to be in the studio instead of the gallery as for other productions, I would really like to participate in different job roles that I don’t feel comfortable in as this will help me to learn and experience other equipment in both the studio and gallery.  However in this production I feel that the director communicated very well with the floor manager, camera operators and the host in the studio, giving both information and orders.

One thing I did pick up on that could have been improved was the sound as some of the panellists spoke really quite compared to others. During this production I learnt that being a camera operator you have to always be on top form and that when you’re preparing for a live production/ assessment that practice makes perfect as it’s best to fit in as many rehearsals as best as possible because this helps efficiently when it comes to the live thing.