Unit 23 Multi Camera Techniques:
Evaluation of Operational Role
I had two roles in this production. One was
vision mixer and producer (when Alice wasn't there). My responsibilities was,
when actually filming was the person who cuts to all of the different cameras
and shots and to fade to and from the VT's. So I had a very big responsibility.
If I messed up when doing the real thing then the whole thing would have been
ruined. And even though we could have just started again, it wouldn't have been
good for anyone. Especially the guests who would have to go through it all
again and say the same things. I also in the other productions. I was a guest
on the Frenemies game show and I was sound for the Lads and lasses game show.
I feel like I carried out the tasks that I was
given. It ranged from different things. From the actual vision mixing and some pre-production
things like logging, filming and setting up the set. I feel like I did these
tasks well. With the actual main task, vision mixing, I feel like I did really
well. Especially considering we only had 3 rehearsals and only 2 of them was
with the VT's and that's was on the day of filming. Cutting from the VT's to
the studio, was the only thing I was worried about messing up, and luckily I
was able to practise with them even though it was only a couple, it still
really helped. I still think I could have done better. Maybe if we had done
more rehearsals I could have done a bit better but with the time we had, I
think I did well enough for it to be a success.
I think in the team, I worked really well. I got
along and worked well with anyone. I had
worked with most of them before which may I made it easier to work well with
them. The only person I feel I didn't work well with was Lewis. And I think
everyone else in the group didn't work well with him. When he actually was
here, he didn't do much work, even when I and all the other members told him to
do it.
He would get easily distracted by everything
around him. He had many days off, which meant we didn't have our editor or
script writer so instead we all wrote script and gave Matty the role of editor.
On the actual day of filming, he didn't come in, so last minute we had to
change the script so it was just for one presenter instead of two. But part
from him we worked well. There were no conflicts in the group. Also even though
we may have struggled at the beginning, trying to think of a good idea, once we
came up with the talks show, everything became much easier and we began to work
much better.
My contribution could have been improved if we
had more time to rehearse so I was more confident in what I was doing. But we
had to re-film many things and we didn't finish editing till we actually
started to film, so with all that in mind we got as many rehearsals as we could
of. Also I feel I may have been a bit distracted by things around me a few
times, but I still managed to get the tasks given to me done and to the
standard in needed to be. Also when I was producer I feel like I could have
done a better job at it. Because it wasn’t my main role I feel like the
responsibilities of that role went to the back of my mind and I could have done
a better job at it. When there was something that was needed to be done or if
someone wasn’t doing anything or what they should have been I could have been
more of a proper producer and told them what is needed to be done and make them
doing. Because of this, when I actually am producer I will be much better at it
because I will know what is needed from that role.
Looking at the criteria I feel I could be a M3
grade. I do feel like I did my role to a good technical standard. The vision
mixing went good, there were no mistakes made. And when actually filming I
didn't need any assistance. But before that I think I did have occasional
assistance so I knew exactly what I was doing. But I feel like I didn’t get
distracted, so because of that M3 would be the best grade I think I can
hopefully get in this unit.
