LO1 - Understand the requirements of working to a brief.
Here is a link to my working to a brief essay.
LO2 - Develop a planned response to a brief.
This link below proves I have decoded and responded to the brief
LO3 - Apply a response to a brief.
LO4 - Review work on completion of a brief.
The Fashion show in Thomas Tallis school was a live multi cam recording stream that I took part in, this Fashion show was for our client Ms Braden an art teacher in the school. Ms Braden offered us an informal brief for us to use to plan and then record the upcoming fashion show. Although this was fairly formal in some circumstance as the brief isn’t allowing much freedom as they do ask for specific things as they have already picked the theme as an example. This didn’t allow us to stretch our abilities, as we may not know that much about this theme. You could tell that the brief was informal through the fact they had approached us as the media students to complete it. The Fashion show was called Abstract Couture, this was given with a brief which didn’t give us much detail on what we needed and was quite broad but was mainly asking for media that would be a good support and enhance the performance and atmosphere, then to film and stream live on to the internet. For the production I participated in the graphics design, this meant I needed to come up with a few graphic designs that would go with the show. These graphics had to fit with the theme so they needed to be abstract and to relate with art. My role in the final performance was to be the director which I was nervous to be at first but I thought I’d try to stretch my abilities.
Before beginning the production, I had to learn how a multicam setup worked in the studio, these roles were the the cameraman, camera assistant, vision mixer and director. This helped with time management as doing this helped with the production meeting it’s requirements as this helped with a speedy understanding of how it all works. Doing this increased my understanding of how a multicam team worked, I learnt how it is setup and how you take on each of the roles. My main focus was the director but knowing how each of the different roles worked helped me in understanding on what I could do with a multicam setup. Practicing the director role required me to be the leader of the team and guide each camera to find different shots whilst also remembering to tell the vision mixer when to cut from one shot to another. From practicing the cameraman role I knew how hard it was to find the shot quick enough for the director to switch to, so from this experience I made sure that I was patient with my camera crew and made sure I always a full back camera which I used to go to while waiting for other cameras to find their shots. I did sometimes find it difficult to remember to remind the vision mixer when to cut and to cue shots which I learnt to do everytime I would tell a camera to change shot, I’d be cutting to another.
A main skill learnt from doing the practice was how to set a multicam production and I learn what all the wires were for and how everything works. The practice helped me get faster in the setup and also made me more organised and neat. The vision mixer was the main and biggest part of the setup as it was heavy but it was required for all the wires to go into. The vision mixer itself only had one wire which was its power supply however there were a lot of wires to work with, this was because there were three cameras and these cameras all needed XLR Talkback cables that plugged into the vision mixer. They also needed BNC cables which plugged into the vision mixer and there were adapters that were needed because some of the wires had different ends such as the composite cable which was needed for the cameras. The XLR cables were attached to the talkback boxes which then had mics for each one. The final part of the talk back was the tally light which gave us lots of trouble because wires would go missing. These wires are called tally light jacks, these would be used for the camera person to know when they are on live or not. The light is red when they are live and it is orange when they are on standby. There was always one extra talkback which was used for the director to communicate with the rest of the crew.
Setting up the multicam setup wasn’t easy at times because in our practice studio it can be fairly cramped and also when things go missing, it becomes a lot harder to find. Each time our team used the studio we made sure all the equipment was easy to find and that it was tidy each time. The skills I have learnt from being the director is the ability to have clearer and snappier commands when directing. This skill is useful because it helps the camera crew understand what I was saying, it also gives me more time to give another command to another camera. This grew better as I practiced more because noticed each time we went through a practice run through I would give out more directions which led to there being more shots. An example of a clearer command was to address the cameras as their letter, these letters would be chosen at the beginning as we would have set up the vision mixer to have the cameras in order from ‘A to C’. Having the cameras in order would allow me to give a shorter command like ‘Camera A long shot’ or Camera B panning mid shot’. Practicing as the director helped me with my confidence as someone who usually struggles to talk aloud I could make sure I could call my commands with more ease which I think is an important skill.
As a production team, we held meetings on specific tasks that we had set to complete, these production meetings where to analyse the brief and assign jobs. One of the jobs I was assigned was to complete some pre-production, my task was to create the graphics that would shown during the show. With this we had to work to a tight timescale which meant I had to make sure that we all work together to create individual graphics as a team which we all agreed on. From doing this I learnt the strength of having meeting in part of team in the decision making process. I learnt how to give people opportunities as everyone can play a vital role in the right way. These production meetings were really helpful towards the success of the production because it made the team have fair roles and also helped in the analysis of the brief so we could get what was asked of us. such as we had to negotiate as team to come up with certain questions we needed to ask the client before we started our production. These questions gave us a good understanding on what we needed to be apart of the filming of the fashion show. The answers gave us more of a target for our audience, what sort of shots they wanted and the types of graphics needed. This planning affected the target audience because it showed us what sort of audience we were filming for which was parents. We needed to acquire shots of specific dancers as an example as they needed the footage after for their dance coursework. This meant they needed to be quite an important subject of the filming.
During this whole project I have gained new skills that I never thought I’d have, this being through my practice of being a Director. The skills I learnt from this role would be leadership skills, being in charge of a whole multicam team to go for a goal. This role required me to have good communication which is another skill that I acquired in the process. All of these skills I had to gain time for the fashion show, as I am already quite a nervous person when being a leader I needed to make sure I could complete my role as the Director. Leadership skills required me to be fairly strong minded and to make quick decisions, have patience with my team and to mainly keep control of it and work as a good production team. As a team we all had to come to conclusions and agree on certain outcomes, for example the actual roles we were taking had to be a vote. This needed to be fair and controlled so that everyone was happy with their allocated role.Another time we had to all work together was with the making of the graphics, these had to be designed by us all. These graphics were needed for the final show so it was about sticking to our timescale which was fairly close so we had to make good progress with time.
Before the final performance we had to begin moving all the equipment that we needed for the production to the location that we were using as our studio. This room overlooked the main hall where everything was going to happen. This room was fairly small so as a team we had to work together and set everything neatly and in an organized fashion. Doing this required us to work with time management as we had to set this all up before the first rehearsal. Doing this in fast meant we had enough time to rehearse the show to meet the requirements the brief asked of us. The final performance went rather smoothly in my opinion as I felt the rehearsal time that I received really helped with my confidence with the rotations of shots and the order of the each part of the show. The rehearsal time that was used was recommended that we do in the main hall as this would be the location that we’d be using at the end. I had memorised what act was next so that when I came to being the Director for the final show I was able to predict where I wanted shots to be. My confidence mainly came from our little practice sessions in the broadcast studio as this is when I practiced using the correct terminology and putting it into fast and snappy shots. During the actual show we weren’t able to crab the camera as there was a restriction to the amount space we had as if we were to crab we would end up going into the view of the audience. This created a problem for me as the director and the floor camera crew. We also had an issue with the overlooking camera in the studio as we had to make sure we didn’t catch the audience in the shot as the staging area was fairly small.
What I learnt from the opportunity was that I really enjoyed working in a team who all had the same goals, I felt I learnt that I could be more confident with speaking in groups if I worked on it. As the director I also learnt how to not become controlling as a dictatorship, I prefered to let everyone work as a team and not to be the complete leader but I did make sure that I was getting final say. The outcome of the performance I felt went really well as we got we set out to do, we got shots that showed the abstract style of the art pieces and made the show look more appealing. I achieve the completion of my graphics designs and my understanding of my role as the director. The graphics outcomes were slightly stretched at the deadline but everyone managed to complete everything just on time for the final show which I feel was really good for the amount of time we had. My contribution to the project I felt was really useful, as I felt I played a major role in pre-production and then the production. I believe that everyone's roles were done to a good standard and that we all did really well as a team. At the end of the fashion show we received feedback that I felt was really positive. I think with this feedback, I could go back and do it again at a better quality.
Ms Mathew
“My daughter Mya and I thoroughly enjoyed everything about the show. When saying goodnight to Mya she gave me a hug and said " your school is magical. I loved the shapes and colours, the costumes and the dancing". Whilst at the show she love the cameras, the lighting, the backdrop and the bands which all added to her finding it such a magical experience. she was given a special vanilla cake lollipop (very inventive) which she loved. And canopy was really professional and tasted fantastic! It was so good just to be part of the audience and really take in all the students and your hard work”.
Mr Nichols
Tremendous team work and lots of what my Danish friends refer to as “shining eyes” on stage (and in the audience). The student performances were confident and energetic.The numerous collaborations across VMPA and DT have produced a fantastic showcase of student creativity. Oskar Schlemmer would have loved it! I realise just how much work and organisation goes into making an event like this a success so thank you for all of that.”
Mr Wainwright
“Watched and appreciated. Thanks :))”
My overall performance I felt was really professional to my standard as I felt If I wasn’t there, the whole project wouldn’t have been the same. Although I know I had made a few mistake, I felt that have learnt a lot about what it’s like to be apart of a multicam production and also I have learnt a lot about myself. If I were to do it again I’d would spend more time in the Main hall as a recommendation for me to this next time as it will help me understand the space I had to work with better. I would also not be be afraid to make some risky calls like trying to attempt much faster cuts. I do feel that I played it fairly safe but that was because I was still fairly nervous but if I did do it again I’d be more comfortable and then able to make more risky calls. Although if next time I was more confident I would try to be more of a leader by trying to be more motivational and make everyone want to work a little harder because I think the better leader has people who want to work for them not just for themselves.
When setting up I would have improved the organisation as I think everyone did their own thing and some bits looked tidy whilst some parts did. This links in with me being a better leader, if I was a bit more on top of the team and set out a plan I feel we would have worked faster and would be more thorough. To a complete professional standard I don’t believe this would be put onto TV as there were a few spots when I wasn’t the most tidy. For example we tried to get some shots of the band, this came out way too dark and this would not be aloud to broadcasted on television because of legal reasons. This is because it would be too black for the vectorscope, so if I wanted these shots I would need to put lighting onto the bands to allow the cameras to see them better. The final out come I feel really appealed to the target audience as the target audience of parents of the students got a good viewing of their children and also new coming student got to see the schools variety of creative projects.
Before beginning the production, I had to learn how a multicam setup worked in the studio, these roles were the the cameraman, camera assistant, vision mixer and director. This helped with time management as doing this helped with the production meeting it’s requirements as this helped with a speedy understanding of how it all works. Doing this increased my understanding of how a multicam team worked, I learnt how it is setup and how you take on each of the roles. My main focus was the director but knowing how each of the different roles worked helped me in understanding on what I could do with a multicam setup. Practicing the director role required me to be the leader of the team and guide each camera to find different shots whilst also remembering to tell the vision mixer when to cut from one shot to another. From practicing the cameraman role I knew how hard it was to find the shot quick enough for the director to switch to, so from this experience I made sure that I was patient with my camera crew and made sure I always a full back camera which I used to go to while waiting for other cameras to find their shots. I did sometimes find it difficult to remember to remind the vision mixer when to cut and to cue shots which I learnt to do everytime I would tell a camera to change shot, I’d be cutting to another.
A main skill learnt from doing the practice was how to set a multicam production and I learn what all the wires were for and how everything works. The practice helped me get faster in the setup and also made me more organised and neat. The vision mixer was the main and biggest part of the setup as it was heavy but it was required for all the wires to go into. The vision mixer itself only had one wire which was its power supply however there were a lot of wires to work with, this was because there were three cameras and these cameras all needed XLR Talkback cables that plugged into the vision mixer. They also needed BNC cables which plugged into the vision mixer and there were adapters that were needed because some of the wires had different ends such as the composite cable which was needed for the cameras. The XLR cables were attached to the talkback boxes which then had mics for each one. The final part of the talk back was the tally light which gave us lots of trouble because wires would go missing. These wires are called tally light jacks, these would be used for the camera person to know when they are on live or not. The light is red when they are live and it is orange when they are on standby. There was always one extra talkback which was used for the director to communicate with the rest of the crew.
Setting up the multicam setup wasn’t easy at times because in our practice studio it can be fairly cramped and also when things go missing, it becomes a lot harder to find. Each time our team used the studio we made sure all the equipment was easy to find and that it was tidy each time. The skills I have learnt from being the director is the ability to have clearer and snappier commands when directing. This skill is useful because it helps the camera crew understand what I was saying, it also gives me more time to give another command to another camera. This grew better as I practiced more because noticed each time we went through a practice run through I would give out more directions which led to there being more shots. An example of a clearer command was to address the cameras as their letter, these letters would be chosen at the beginning as we would have set up the vision mixer to have the cameras in order from ‘A to C’. Having the cameras in order would allow me to give a shorter command like ‘Camera A long shot’ or Camera B panning mid shot’. Practicing as the director helped me with my confidence as someone who usually struggles to talk aloud I could make sure I could call my commands with more ease which I think is an important skill.
As a production team, we held meetings on specific tasks that we had set to complete, these production meetings where to analyse the brief and assign jobs. One of the jobs I was assigned was to complete some pre-production, my task was to create the graphics that would shown during the show. With this we had to work to a tight timescale which meant I had to make sure that we all work together to create individual graphics as a team which we all agreed on. From doing this I learnt the strength of having meeting in part of team in the decision making process. I learnt how to give people opportunities as everyone can play a vital role in the right way. These production meetings were really helpful towards the success of the production because it made the team have fair roles and also helped in the analysis of the brief so we could get what was asked of us. such as we had to negotiate as team to come up with certain questions we needed to ask the client before we started our production. These questions gave us a good understanding on what we needed to be apart of the filming of the fashion show. The answers gave us more of a target for our audience, what sort of shots they wanted and the types of graphics needed. This planning affected the target audience because it showed us what sort of audience we were filming for which was parents. We needed to acquire shots of specific dancers as an example as they needed the footage after for their dance coursework. This meant they needed to be quite an important subject of the filming.
During this whole project I have gained new skills that I never thought I’d have, this being through my practice of being a Director. The skills I learnt from this role would be leadership skills, being in charge of a whole multicam team to go for a goal. This role required me to have good communication which is another skill that I acquired in the process. All of these skills I had to gain time for the fashion show, as I am already quite a nervous person when being a leader I needed to make sure I could complete my role as the Director. Leadership skills required me to be fairly strong minded and to make quick decisions, have patience with my team and to mainly keep control of it and work as a good production team. As a team we all had to come to conclusions and agree on certain outcomes, for example the actual roles we were taking had to be a vote. This needed to be fair and controlled so that everyone was happy with their allocated role.Another time we had to all work together was with the making of the graphics, these had to be designed by us all. These graphics were needed for the final show so it was about sticking to our timescale which was fairly close so we had to make good progress with time.
Before the final performance we had to begin moving all the equipment that we needed for the production to the location that we were using as our studio. This room overlooked the main hall where everything was going to happen. This room was fairly small so as a team we had to work together and set everything neatly and in an organized fashion. Doing this required us to work with time management as we had to set this all up before the first rehearsal. Doing this in fast meant we had enough time to rehearse the show to meet the requirements the brief asked of us. The final performance went rather smoothly in my opinion as I felt the rehearsal time that I received really helped with my confidence with the rotations of shots and the order of the each part of the show. The rehearsal time that was used was recommended that we do in the main hall as this would be the location that we’d be using at the end. I had memorised what act was next so that when I came to being the Director for the final show I was able to predict where I wanted shots to be. My confidence mainly came from our little practice sessions in the broadcast studio as this is when I practiced using the correct terminology and putting it into fast and snappy shots. During the actual show we weren’t able to crab the camera as there was a restriction to the amount space we had as if we were to crab we would end up going into the view of the audience. This created a problem for me as the director and the floor camera crew. We also had an issue with the overlooking camera in the studio as we had to make sure we didn’t catch the audience in the shot as the staging area was fairly small.
What I learnt from the opportunity was that I really enjoyed working in a team who all had the same goals, I felt I learnt that I could be more confident with speaking in groups if I worked on it. As the director I also learnt how to not become controlling as a dictatorship, I prefered to let everyone work as a team and not to be the complete leader but I did make sure that I was getting final say. The outcome of the performance I felt went really well as we got we set out to do, we got shots that showed the abstract style of the art pieces and made the show look more appealing. I achieve the completion of my graphics designs and my understanding of my role as the director. The graphics outcomes were slightly stretched at the deadline but everyone managed to complete everything just on time for the final show which I feel was really good for the amount of time we had. My contribution to the project I felt was really useful, as I felt I played a major role in pre-production and then the production. I believe that everyone's roles were done to a good standard and that we all did really well as a team. At the end of the fashion show we received feedback that I felt was really positive. I think with this feedback, I could go back and do it again at a better quality.
Ms Mathew
“My daughter Mya and I thoroughly enjoyed everything about the show. When saying goodnight to Mya she gave me a hug and said " your school is magical. I loved the shapes and colours, the costumes and the dancing". Whilst at the show she love the cameras, the lighting, the backdrop and the bands which all added to her finding it such a magical experience. she was given a special vanilla cake lollipop (very inventive) which she loved. And canopy was really professional and tasted fantastic! It was so good just to be part of the audience and really take in all the students and your hard work”.
Mr Nichols
Tremendous team work and lots of what my Danish friends refer to as “shining eyes” on stage (and in the audience). The student performances were confident and energetic.The numerous collaborations across VMPA and DT have produced a fantastic showcase of student creativity. Oskar Schlemmer would have loved it! I realise just how much work and organisation goes into making an event like this a success so thank you for all of that.”
Mr Wainwright
“Watched and appreciated. Thanks :))”
My overall performance I felt was really professional to my standard as I felt If I wasn’t there, the whole project wouldn’t have been the same. Although I know I had made a few mistake, I felt that have learnt a lot about what it’s like to be apart of a multicam production and also I have learnt a lot about myself. If I were to do it again I’d would spend more time in the Main hall as a recommendation for me to this next time as it will help me understand the space I had to work with better. I would also not be be afraid to make some risky calls like trying to attempt much faster cuts. I do feel that I played it fairly safe but that was because I was still fairly nervous but if I did do it again I’d be more comfortable and then able to make more risky calls. Although if next time I was more confident I would try to be more of a leader by trying to be more motivational and make everyone want to work a little harder because I think the better leader has people who want to work for them not just for themselves.
When setting up I would have improved the organisation as I think everyone did their own thing and some bits looked tidy whilst some parts did. This links in with me being a better leader, if I was a bit more on top of the team and set out a plan I feel we would have worked faster and would be more thorough. To a complete professional standard I don’t believe this would be put onto TV as there were a few spots when I wasn’t the most tidy. For example we tried to get some shots of the band, this came out way too dark and this would not be aloud to broadcasted on television because of legal reasons. This is because it would be too black for the vectorscope, so if I wanted these shots I would need to put lighting onto the bands to allow the cameras to see them better. The final out come I feel really appealed to the target audience as the target audience of parents of the students got a good viewing of their children and also new coming student got to see the schools variety of creative projects.