Diary

09/05/2012

In todays lesson we had first rehearsal for our live music show (Unsigned & defined) which will be broadcast live on 23/05/2012 in Manchester College Fielden Campus. However, firstly in the morning when I arrived to the college there were some students present and they was setting up the equipment. Today we didn’t need to set up all the equipment because yesterday we set all the equipment and the only things that had be set up was cameras and red head lights and auto cue. Moreover, today I had an opportunity to film my VT’s for the live show on 23/05/2012, which I am responsible to film and edit it. Furthermore, I had the opportunity to speak with two of those students whom will be involved with the live show and they will play the music. Prior the quick interview I took some GV’s from outside the college whilst Eliot Beese was walking towards the college and also I filmed him (Eliot) entering the studio room. During the time he was setting up the music instruments and performing I had the chance to film him in action. After filming Eliot I moved on to the second VT which was Josh Lipman. The VT included him (Josh) waiting in the computer room for his turn for the rehearsal. He then walked in to the studio and set up his instruments, getting ready to play his music. After shooting all the VT’s I then concentrated on my own job role which was camera operator. Finally we got everything ready for the shots. The first act went ok however, during the first act interview in the green room we faced a problem with the second presenters microphone which caused about 15 to 20 minute delay which had to be fixed by exchanging the XLR wires for the presenter microphone. After the problem faced with the first act we moved on to the second act. In my view the communication between the crew was poor and we should work hard together to get our communication stronger and better. So therefore for the live show we should prevent the faults from happening again and make sure we have better communication and interaction between the crew members.

The crew members for the first part of todays rehearsal included…

Names	Roles
Luis	Director
Jack	Vision mixer
Andy Greenland	Sound mixer
Abid	Floor manager + auto cue
Imogen	Floor manager 2
Matthew	Presenter 1
Fred	Presenter 2
Danny Jack	Camera 1
Ashley	Camera 2
Mikael	Camera 3
Kas	Camera 4

However, after the first group finished we went on our lunch break. After break the second group takeover the roles and started the rehearsal.

I think the communication between the second group was stronger and better then the first group but the only criticism was that the green room floor manager was not present at the time of the interview.

The crew member for the second part of today’s rehearsal included…

Names	Roles
Ashley	Director
Josh	Vision mixer
Andy Tabner	Sound mixer
Imogen	Floor manager 1 + auto cue
Matthew	Presenter 1
Rebecca	Presenter 2
Fred	Camera 1
Nabeel	Camera 2
Luke	Camera 3
Nyasha	Camera 4

Also here is some photos from today I would like to share here…