TST Evaluation



 



TST which stands for The Student Takeover is a magazine show that the class as a group created using Live recording and pre-recorded items. The main process for making a magazine show is pre-production. This is the most important stage because the Producer, PA, Director, Presenters and script writers are aware of what they are meant to do when filming the actually show.

The task was to work as a group and creates a magazine show that accumulates for 30 minutes including all the pre-recorded inserts. First and foremost we had to elect a Producer who we thought would be reliable and calm. The producer then handed out roles to the other members of the group, and together we all voted on a suitable programme title for the magazine show. After all the cast and crew were hired out, we then started the Pre-production planning. So a team of script writers, including the presenters, producer, director and all the heads work together on a script, a running order and other vital paperwork for the show. The producer then had to prepare a call sheet for everyone.

The pre-production is the most important aspect of creating a show, without it there would be no show or it would have ended up a big destruction. This is where my role played a big part. My role for TST was Set Design. I was in charge of building and decorating the set in the studio. I had to draw up a sketch of how the studio will look like for camera, and then passed it on to the producer to oversee my final creation. As a part of my role I was responsible for finding out all the props, properties and material needed to construct the set. Also I had to take into mind the health and safety regarding all the cast and crew members. To accomplish this, I made sure that all the props and furniture do not interfere with the movement of the cast and crew members.

Overall I think I did my role exceedingly because I was organized, determined and I did not go beyond what my job description was or my role for that matter. Also the fact that I came up with a design for the set illustrates that I suited my role quite brilliantly. The only downside to my role was that I did not take full control at all times. I would sit back while others change the concept I had without putting up a fight. For example, the stage for the Music performance. I had an original design for it which was overseen by the producer and near to when the Music act was about to perform, one of my team member decided to exceed their role and changed the staging and I just stood there and did/said nothing. So taking more control and not allowing others to take over my role is definitely something I would need to work on, if say I should ever be Set Designer again.

TST

TST is a magazine show aimed at the students in Full time Education at CWC. The content of the show was mainly to inform, educate and entertain our target audience. To do so the show included information about University and whether or not it's essential, News reviews, Film reviews etc. It had humour and a comedy like style.

As the show was being made during Halloween season, we decided a Halloween theme would be suitable for the show. Personally I think the show meet its aim in term of its target audience and its contents because it included all the aspects it was aiming for.

The process of making the magazine show had its ups and downs, but in the end we all came together and got it done. We were all certainly organized and determined, seen as we made all the necessary preparation needed for the show to run. The scripts were made, the set was designed, and the inserts were made and so on forth.

The only downside to the show and the process of making it was that individuals were exceeding their roles. Most individuals were taking over the role of the producer even though they were assigned their own roles. Individuals were not taking full control over their roles. They were allowing others to change their idea. Also the lateness of majority of the production team was appalling because people had to be waiting for individuals to get here before anything could start, as most of the late comers were assigned important roles. All this caused heated arguments a couple of times because individuals were frustrated and felt left out at times and also because a few individuals take constructive critism very personally. To be honest working as a group was a complete disaster because they are certain individuals that you just cannot have a civil conversation with.

The most vital part of working together as a group is COMMUNICATION. And we did not have that at all. Most individuals were unsure about certain certain things that were happening because of the lack of communication between everyone.

Overall I think the show went terrible considering all the effort we put into the pre-production. Most of the pre-recorded items did not work. Presenters were unsure about which camera they were meant to look into and so on forth. If we were to get the opportunity to do it all over, as a group we would need to communicate with each other and keep everyone in the loop. Avoid conflicts and not taking everything personally. Turn up on time, so we can have more time preparing for the magazine show and not having individual taking over the roles of others. If we accomplish these things, we will certainly create a better magazine show.

Insert Evaluation

As apart of TST magazine show i was involved in two of the inserts: Fasion voxpox and the Zombie attack . My role in the fashion voxpox was to do the pre-production paper work to ensure that the camera operator and the presenters knew exactly what they were meant to do.


The whole purpose of pre-production is preparing all the elements involved in creating a film or anything of that matter. Pre- production is a vital part of the filming  because it helps the cast and crew understand get into their role. Although recording the actually footages is very much important, what is even more important is planing, structuring and breaking down the script into managable chunks for the presenters. During this process, the cast are hired, the producer, directors, presenters and script writers team up and go through the script, the set designer starts building, sound and lightning are set up and so on forth.

 Fashion voxpox is an insert introducing the latest fashion trending throughout London. With the amazing Aminah hitting Oxford and carnaby street in search for the next big thing. Interviewing random people on the streets about their thought on what is trending and what should make a fashion comeback.  It focuses mainly around fashion and the relevant trends and gaining in depth knowledge about what  separates street fashion from catwalk.

Fashion is such a wide area to look at, so it was exciting to know more in depth about it. It is one of the biggest topic around the world because everyone is fascinated by the different role models and fashion trends that are around these days. It was truly an interesting topic to be involved in because I for one leaned alot more about fashion and how fascinating it is to create a look. Also, i got to get others opinion on fashion as well as my own.

The only downside to the insert is that it went over the specific timing limit recorded in the brief. As in the brief it stated that the inserst should be no more than  2 minutes long and our insert was 2:50 minutes.But as most there was a few technical difficulties with most of the inserts , I guess it was okay.

My other role which was acting in the 'Zombie Attack' was exciting, interesting and breath taking. It was interesting because I got to dress up in make up,  with blood dripping down my face and that for me was very exciting. Also knowing it was for my coursework pushed me into my role a lot more because I knew the consequences if I messed up. So, although there was a lot on excitment there, I knew I had to think about the bigger picture which is making sure I did my part as best as I could.

Overall, I think I fulfiled both my roles as I did exactly what was asked of me and The inserts were filmed and edited.

Light Photography

Light photography is the process in which exposures are made by moving light sources in front of a camera in a pitched dark room. The camera is placed on a tripod and the light source is placed in focus and movement can occur.  Light painting requires a slow shutter speed, usually a second or more. 

EQUIPMENT: Digital SLR, tripod and a light source was used to capture these images.

To achieve this photograph, one of my class mate lay down on the floor in the dark and another designed his position with a flashlight.

Fashion concept

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->Fashion Vox Pox Concept

Fashion Vox Pox is introducing the latest fashion trends throughout London. It focuses around street fashion and relevant trends.  We’ll be interviewing people about their thoughts on what’s trending right now and their general thoughts about fashion.  The overall purpose of Fashion Vox Pox is to see the relevants between street fashion and catwalk, and also to see how street fashion is adapted from Catwalk.

The Idea

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·    <!--[endif]-->Filming a photographer taking pictures of random people from of the street.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->Voice over- (filming Oxford Street, Carnaby Street and different shops)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->1 question will be transitioned through all the people being interviewed (e.g. four question and four shots per question)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->Interviewing someone with a strong passion for fashion.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]--> Background music- preferably instrumental (Azelia banks 212 instrumental)

Script

“Hi I’m Aminah and today we’re heading off to Oxford Street and City of Westminster College to as what they think about the fashion trends of 2012.”

Voice Over by Doran: “ Fashion Vox Pox bringing the latest fashion trends in the heart of the UK that is London. London has been graced by many forward celebrities, models, have graced London and muses with the likes of Rihanna setting the fashion world alight with her fresh vintage style of bags of personality. Soon to have her own collection in River Island, we expect greater things to come.”

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->Who’s your style icon? What celebrity do you feel are trendsetters?

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->What do you think are wardrobe essentials?

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->What shops do you feel cater all people?

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->What trends do you like/enjoy?

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->What trends do you dislike?

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->What trends do you want to make a fashion comeback?

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·       <!--[endif]-->How do you feel about people trying so hard to look different and end up looking the same?

We chose these questions because we want to get opinions from different sets of people about fashion and thought Oxford Street was the perfect location because they’re a variety of people passing through there and all the different shops promoting various fashion trends.

Crew

Chenai- Camera operator and editor

Aminah- Presenter

Doran- Editor and Voice over

Tashayna- Pre- production

Location

Oxford Street

Carnaby Street

City of Westminster College

Props: Not required

Equipment: Fuji and Cannon DSLR Cameras.

Digital voice Recorder and microphone

Editing: Apple Mac computer- Final Cut Pro.

Tash 2: Photography

To achieve these images the ISO was 200 and the shutter speed was 1/50. The following images below are of moving subjects where i decided to set the camera to capture the images as blurr instead of taking it normally.

To achieve the frozen movement I panned along with the moving subject and keep the subject in complete focus. The faster the movement of the subject, the faster the shutter speed has to be.

To achieve the image below I used the same shutter speed and ISO as the other image, but to create this image I zoomed in at the same time I captured the image.

Magazine show idea

Magazine Programme Idea

Programme proposal for magazine show

Name of magazine show- PGTV (Paddington Green TV)

Format of programme 

4 Presenters- Preferably 2 Males and 2 females. The two main presenters who will be engaging in conversation with the guest and giving  film trailer reviews must be humorous, entertaining and tend to flirt with each other to keep the views in tune.  The news reader must be able to read without making mistakes. The presenter reviewing topics such as fashion, sports etc should have a good knowledge about   those aspects and, also should be able to relate to them as well.

Introduction- The two main presenters will brief the audience on what will be coming up throughout the shows and the time a certain topic will be on and also who will be appearing on the show and when. This should be a maximum of 5 minutes.

What will be in the magazine show?

The magazine show will consist of the following topics;  

·                     News reviews including; sports highlights, weather forecast (which will be like a comedy style weather report to entertain the target audience), newspaper highlights and so on forth. 

·                     Fashion review- What's trending. As it is winter many college student struggle with what to wear, so this will help them with their decision.

·                     University fees and loans go into depth about UCAS- This will particularly be aimed at 2nd year or students that are almost at the stage of deciding on their top 5 universities and those who will be going to university later on.

·                     Reviewing film trailers- looking at the latest films with the highest ratings and giving opinions and finding out information about these films. Finding out if a certain film is worth going to see at the cinema. 

·                     Vacations spots- Christmas is near and most of us are dreading where we will spend our Christmas. The presenter (s) will brief the audience on good vacation spots for the Christmas. Also where to go during half term and so on forth.

·                     Discussing the latest music video

·                     And finally the guest- Someone who has a talent and want to share it with the public

Shooting style:

Preferably three cameras: home camera- This is the one the presenters will looking in at all times

Camera 2 is one the guest and a camera 3- records the whole thing. 

I will use tripods to get a more professional looking result and also to have stable shots without any movements. A moving tripod to move alongside the action in order to keep up with everything the presenters does.

Different camera angles, sizes and movements:  Full shot when introducing the presenters and when introducing guest. Medium shot when presenters are interviewing guest. Close up on facial expressions. Zoom into television when reviewing the news, on newspaper when reviewing newspaper headlines and so on forth. Establishing shot when changing location. Pan down on an outfit when reviewing fashion.

Setting/ staging

The staging will be similar to that of the Wendy Williams show, with a sofa, center table set with water/ coffee for the guest and presenters. This is to make the set feel welcoming. Homely and comfortable for both the guest and the presenters. Big screen television in the back for the reviews.

The reviews and the interviews will be live on the sofa in the studio and the others will be on location and also be put in as pre-recorded inserts. For example, the comedy style weather report will be pre-recorded outside and added in later.

Target Audience:

 The target audience for the magazine show is 16-20+ students of CWC that are in full time education. This is because the topics that will be included in this magazine show will be of more interest for that