Diary

In today lesson we had second rehearsal for our live music show (Unsigned & Defined). Firstly in the morning we start setting up all the equipment for the show such as cameras, head red lights, tricaster etc. however, after setting up all the equipment the first group start their rehearsal. In today lesson we had only 2 acts for rehearsal so therefore each group had to do their rehearsal with one act and the group which Ashley direct went first for the take. The first act was Kane Stansfield and the first group detail was in below:

Name	Roles
Ashley	Director
Josh	Vision mixer
Danny Jack	Sound mixer
Imogen	Floor manager 1
Joe	Floor manager 2
Matthew & Erin	Presenters
Jack	Camera 1
Andy Greenland	Camera 2
Nabeel	Camera 3
Nyasha	Camera 4

However, after first act finished we had to wait for other act to arrive and we had to swap our roles and second group took over which was directed by Luis and the second act was Chris Hickson and Alex Godfrey + 2:2 electric guitars, electronic drum and bass guitar, the second group detail was in below:

Name	Roles
Luis	Director
Jack	Vision mixer
Andy Greenland	Sound mixer
Abid	Floor manager 1
Nyasha	Floor manager 2
Matthew & Erin	Presenters
Danny jack	Camera 1
Ashley	Camera 2
Mikael	Camera 3
Kas	Camera 4

Furthermore, here I want to talk about today communication between the crew and also about problems we faced today during the show, as always we talk about communication but we still have really poor communication together as a team for example during the setting up some students work hard but some of them just sit on the computer and watch YouTube. Also during the de-rigging it was same situation it was only couple of students de-rigging the equipment and the rest was sitting the computer room talking about the show how it went and they know it that all the equipment should be de-rigged. Moreover, during the first act when first group was in charge there were few problems about preview monitor inside the studio and also the sound in gallery room which Me, Abid and Luis fixed it after we took charge for our rehearsal. Furthermore, there is another thing that I would like to discuss and its VT’s which we have to film and edit and upload to the tricaster which I have already filmed and edited 2 VT’s and uploaded to the tricaster, both director are responsible of that to make sure all VT’s are ready and edited and already uploaded to the tricaster but unfortunately there is not response from both director which I think they have poor communication with other crew team, so in my view both director should work a bit harder to make everything ready and make sure the show will be run perfectly and also the both director should have better communication with other crew to prevents problems especially with presenters, floor mangers, camera operators. Overall I think today was better then last week and hopefully we will do well in the final day for our assessment.

Solution for the problems is to have better teamwork especially during set up the equipment and also de-rig, better communication during the live show to prevent risks or problems we might be faced.

 Here is some photos from today would like to share