Studio Production Research, structure and script

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Studio Production Research, structure and script

• Choose Programme Teams and Roles
• Choose Programme Inserts
• Choose Programme Format

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Studio Production Roles

• Producer and /or Director (1 or 2 roles)
• Script writers Assistant Producers/Researchers
  (3)
• Floor Manager (1)
• Vision Mixer (1)

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Studio Production Roles

• Sound (2)
• Light Controllers (2)
• Camera Persons (3 in studio)
• Prompt Operator (1)

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Studio Production Roles

• Editors (3 from each team to edit pre-production
  filmed inserts)
• Presenters (1 or 2)

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Choose your job!

• What are your ambitions? Lighting? Sound or as a
  director?
• This is your chance to have some fun and have a
  go in a role you would love to do.
• Get together and choose who wants to do what.

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Deadlines for choosing

• Programme Roles end of next week.
• Programme Format By 15th October.
• (This is the very latest. Please come to see me
  in Room C148 if your team has decided earlier).

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Programme Formats

• There are 3 general formats for you to choose
  from on this course.
• The general structures/formats can change to be
  adapted to your own programme idea.
• The format has to fit in to one of these 3
  categories.

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Daytime TV Format

• For example This Morning (ITV1), Loose Women
  (ITV1), Richard and Judy (Channel 4), or The
  Wright Stuff (Channel 5) or even Skys Shopping
  channel the list is endless.
• Daytime programming is features and entertainment
  led and targets the viewing audience at that time
  of day predominantly women and over 50s.

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Daytime format continued

• General Format Presenter-led, guests, and filmed
  inserts.
• General Structure Titles, Intro, guests and
  filmed inserts.
• Inserts What are they? How do they fit in with
  the chosen programme style? For example a daytime
  format can include a fashion item, a music item,
  cookery or DIY, video reviews, TV reviews.the
  list is endless. You only need to choose 3. BUT
  they have to follow the programme style.

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Late Night Format

• TV examples include light/magazine style topical
  discussions/debates like The Last Word (ITV1),
  or Public Debate (BBC1).
• Or
• Chat shows with a risqué edge like Saturday Night
  with Jonathan Ross on BBC1 or Graham Norton on
  Channel 4 or even the US brands like David
  Letterman and Jay Leno.

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Late Night Format continued

• Or
• The more serious heavy/topical debate like
  Question Time (BBC1) or This Week (BBC1)

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Late Night format - continued

• General format Anchor presenter plus guests and
  inserts.
• General Structure Can be a discussion with
  guests or a chat show.
• If a discussion, three topic ideas should be
  enough for 20 mins.
• Inserts These should illustrate the 3 chosen
  topics.

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News Format

• Examples include
• A general news bulletin (varies in style
  depending on Channel)
• Morning Breakfast News magazine-style news
  formats like Breakfast (BBC1) or GMTV (ITV1)
• Lunchtime formats including Working Lunch
  (BBC2)
• Evening News like Newsnight BBC2.

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News Format - continued

• General Format This varies. Can be 1 or 2
  presenters plus guests/interviewees/weather.
• General structure Depends on chosen news
  programme.
• Inserts 3 general news/topical issues to be
  introduced by the presenter.
• Research news information from BBC News Online,
  Reuters and CNN websites. Plus Press Association.

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• So these are your 3 options.
• Think about them and watch relevant programmes
  look in the Radio or TV Times to find them.

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Inserts

• You will have to film 3 inserts to fit in with
  your programme format.
• Think about how they can relate to your
  programme.
• Once you know your programme format and
  structure, youll know what to film for your
  inserts.

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Inserts

• Remember your 3 filmed inserts have to fit in
  with your programme. They are not stand alones
  they are part of the whole programme.
• You MUST have your format agreed before starting
  filming inserts.
• You must have a script written for each inserts
  and handed in as part of your assessment, before
  filming.

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Homework!

• Watch Television!
• Look at the different formats of studio
  programmes on different channels.
• Get a Radio or TV Times and see how many studio
  productions there are.
• Watch as many as you can before next week.