Photos of the shoot

Opening track / storyboards

We discussed as a group that it would be good to have a opening track. I suggested this idea as other cooking programmes have a opening title taking this in consideration me and milly started producing the opening sound track. We decided to put ourselves forward for this as we are the only people in the group with any sound experience. 

We both knew the track had to be upbeat as our target audience is students. We started to produce sound in garage band as this is the software we're both comfortable with and its appropriate for what we wanted to produce. We was thinking of using a countdown as the programme is called 10 minute student meals, I thought this was a great idea. I suggested that we needed a good back beat to the soundtrack as our target audience is aimed at 18 to 30 year old's. This was easy to produce we used the drum pre-sets which are already in garage band.

Lauren who is the director wanted the soundtrack to last 15 seconds, so we made sure we kept to this time range when producing. We needed a countdown so we searched through all of the pre sets, this took a while as there are so many. But finally we found one that worked nicely. Milly felt the countdown should be at the start however I expressed my opinions on having it at the end and she felt this was the better idea.

My next role was to produce story boards for the shooting script which Milly had already produced. This enabled the group to visualise what the final film would roughly look like. As we have a Facebook group which we've used to keep in contact throughout the weeks, we have been able to discuss ideas and upload what we had produced. This was helpful and convenient for all of us. 

Final filming

Yesterday we had to go into the studio and pack all of the equipment for the shooting today. This was a huge learning curve as I have never done this before. However I got to grips with it easily. Our team worked well, helping each other when others was struggling. We had help from the technicians throughout this process and the multi cameras are very expensive. After this was done we was ready for our shoot the next day. This became very real and exciting.

We agreed that we would meet at 8 the next morning to move all of the equipment to the cooking room. We all turned up on time and worked together to move all of it. The guys in our group took the heavier items and us girls took the rest. Luckily we had our lecturer and a technician to help us set the equipment up as I had forgot how to do some of it. We began re arranging the room to how we needed it. As I was a camera operator I began putting the camera up. This proved to be more time consuming than I first expected, however with help from members of my group I was soon back on track. I helped others with the other two cameras as I set mine up quicker than some of the others. We had a issue with one camera as the tilt was messed up. We had to sort this out using the gallery equipment luckily this worked as we would of struggled with only two camera. After we had set up the equipment, Rob had to sort the lights out. Sadly we couldn't have any purple gels for our E4 theme. This was a real shame as we have lost that element in our show.

We was finally ready to start shooting at roughly eleven. Because the other group had booked the studio out on the same day as we moved it all to the cooking room, we needed to be as quick as possible. We had some friends who was going to be our actors coming in at 1 so we asked the other group if any of them would be willing to step in and be actors. They was happy to do this. So at eleven we began practising, this was very important. We gave our actors a few minutes to look through the script and explained what the programme was all about.

The director sorted out all of the camera positions. We had one camera on the food at a low angle, one with a static shot of the presenter and chef and one camera that captured facial expressions and pan when they put items in the oven. This was the camera I was operating, so I had to adjust my pan to move quickly and smoothly because I didn't want to miss the shot when I was directed. As we didn't have an actual gallery the director had to whisper through the mic because otherwise it would of been heard on the film itself.

We did a few practices first so we could get used to the shots and so the actors could gain confidence, these practices were really good. So as a production team we felt we could go ahead with the final filming. We produced some real nice shots without the show. However we decided to do another one so we could pick and choose which one we would like to use for our final film. However when we was trying to put the film on the computer we noticed the film was in black and white. This truly gutted me as the rest was so good.

Overall I felt that we worked well within our own learning team and helped each other greatly during the final filming. Everyone was able to have a opinion about the look of the film. And I had great fun being a camera operator. Even though at first I thought taking the studio to another room would be too much but I feel it was all worth it as it looks really good at the moment.

Webcasts

A webcast is a media presentation distributed over the internet using stream media technology to distribute a single content source to many simultaneous listeners or viewers. This can be live or on demand. The largest webcasters include radio and t.v stations who simulcast their output through online TV or online radio streaming as well as a multitude of internet only stations. The term webcasting usually refers to non interactive linear streams or events. Eg Iplayer, Radio one etc.

Webcasting is also used in commercials for investor relations presentations such as annual general meetings In E learning and for related communications activities Eg of this is Skype. However webcasting does not bear much, if any, relationship to web conferencing, which is designed for many to many interaction.

The ability to webcast is usually cheap and accessible technology that has allowed independent media to flourish. There are many independent shows that broadcast regularly online. Often produced by average citizens in their homes talking about interests and topics.

We was shown three websites and apps that able you to upload and edit your webcasts for three on the internet.

These were:

• http://www.ustream.tv/new
• http://www.telestream.net/
• Collabracam

These were interesting as I knew that you could produce your own webcast online but I never realised that some of the sites are free. This is something I would love to develop on in the future

Thoughts..

I thought I would produce a second script, as a back up. As my role is camera women, I feel that my input into the pre production is a little weak. This is why I have took it upon myself to produce scripts and a logo for the program. 

I have designed a logo which I have named student seconds, as this is a quick cookery show aimed at students. I didn't want to over complicate the logo as we will be using it on our film. As we are doing a program which will be aired on E4, I have kept the purple colour theme to reinforce this factor. I felt typography wasn't exciting enough so I wanted to remind the viewer that it was a cookery show so I added a old fashioned egg timer. I feel this brings the composition together nicely. I will be showing this to the rest of my group to see what they think of it. 

The script I've produced is light and humorous is some parts. My original thought of this program when we come up with the idea was light, airy and simple as I wanted to make it clear to all kinds of viewers. As a group we all discussed that we would do a pasta dish and this is popular along students. I have asked friends and family if they feel the same and they all agreed. I decided to use a recipe that I eat regularly, which is a tuna pasta bake. I chose this one as all the ingredients are cheap to buy and will last for a long time in your cupboard. The list includes pasta, onion, tomatoes, sweetcorn, tuna and cheese. I went shopping the other day and I added the price of all these ingredients and it came to roughly four pound. This is reasonable for a student budget. Another reason for picking this recipe is that its quick and healthy. The perfect match for a lazy student. 

My only issue when producing the script is the time length as I don't want the film to be too short, however I reverted to looking at the cooking shows I had previously watched and there was a lot of shots of the food itself. So this element should bulk up our list of shots and time. 

Script for cookery show

"Hello and welcome to student seconds and I will be showing you how to cook cheap, healthy easy meals. As all you students know it's hard to stay healthy on a budget. We have been keeping a record of all the recipes you have sent in at home, so if you want you're recipe to be on next weeks show send it to us at StudentSeconds@live.co.uk. and keep watching to see you're recipe has tickled our taste buds" 

"So what have we got on the menu today? Well it’s a simple yet effective pasta dish which was sent by Sam Hill from Derbyshire. Pasta is an ingredient that keeps for a long time, so there's no worry of finding any mold in this goodie bag. However this is a great dish to impress you're friends and family with and the amount of ingredients can be easily changed to allow for more hungry mouths." 

" This will be the list of ingredients which you will need for two people. You can buy these items cheaply from you're nearest supermarket." 

250g pasta 1/2 tin chopped tomatoes 1/2 tin sweetcorn 1 tin of tuna  1 onion chopped into pieces 100g grated cheddar cheese (optional) 

"Right the first step is put some oil in a frying pan, olive or vegetable oil it doesn't matter which and fry onions until there soft and golden brown. Whilst this is happening add boiling water into a saucepan of pasta and keep stirring as you don't want the pasta to stick to the bottom of the pan. That’s the worst thing that could happen, however if you add a little bit of salt to the water this helps the pasta from sticking. One of student seconds sneaky tips." 

"As you can see the onions are nice and golden brown so this is when we add the chopped tomatoes, sweetcorn and tuna and give it a good old stir. By now the pasta should be cooked and ready to be drained so use a colander for this. Some people like their pasta el dente if this is the case, drain the pasta a little sooner. So we throw the pasta into the frying pan with all of the other lovely ingredients, give it a good old mix up, making sure you cover all of the pasta with the sauce" 

"If you're a big cheese lover like myself you can transfer the pasta into a oven proof dish and top with cheese and grill for several minutes until the cheese has melted nicely, oozing between all the pasta. I recommend you add a side salad or if you're really hungry some garlic bread" 

"That concludes today's episode, I hope you have founds Sam's recipe inspiring. Try this recipe out for yourselves at home and share with your family and friends. And remember keep sending in your own recipes. See you tomorrow"

examples of other cookery programmes

Jamie's 15 minute meals example 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_riKkPDQg&feature=BFa&list=ELmqvju1y8cQM

Jamie's 15 minute meals example 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A4a_SNSSIY&feature=BFa&list=ELmqvju1y8cQM

Daily cooks challenge example 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wskrx7jaZEo

Daily cooks challenge example 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDRlL1IUVGk&feature=fvwrel

student cookery programmes example 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HtAx78pNtQ

student cookery programmes example 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtSKnN04dt4&list=UULmpmpl-CNzyN1XKXUpvYhw&index=1&feature=plcp

Cookery show

As a group we have decided to do a ten minute cooking show aimed at students. The idea is that students send in their recipes and the chefs cooks a recipe each week. As its mainly aimed at student the target age range is between 18 to 25. I feel that if the programme was to go live I would have it after hollyoaks as many students watch it as it relates to them. 

We are all designing a logo and coming up with a name for our programme as we want to add graphics to the show, like the ingredients and how much it would cost. We are all coming up with simple recipes for our programme, I think a pasta dish will the best starting point. I was thinking we could do breakfast, lunch and dinner meals for a student in a rush. I will put this forward to my other team members and see if they like this idea. The reasoning behind this is because I feel that one meal isn't going to cover the whole ten minutes. I have noticed whilst watching other cookery programmes, that they show several clips of the food cooked and ready to eat. After taking this into consideration, I still feel we will have loads of time spare. So this is why I feel we add more meals to our programme.

As we need a kitchen to make this production look professional we will be using one of the food technology rooms inside university. The only problem we will have with using a different location is that we will have to move all the cameras and equipment to the cookery room, this will take a lot our time up. This is why we will have to be well organized before we set up. I think the main issues are the angles of the cameras and setting up the vision mixer in a separate room as we have to be careful and think of all risks that could occur during filming. 

I will be researching and looking at other cookery programmes throughout the coming weeks to see what I would like to include in our own production.

Roles

Director 

Directors are responsible for overseeing creative aspects of a film under the overall control of the film producer. Together with the producers, directors develop a vision for a film. Once this vision is developed it is then the director’s job to carry out the vision and decide how the film should look. Directors are responsible for turning the script into a sequence of shots. They also direct what tone it should have and what an audience should gain from the cinematic experience. Film directors are responsible for deciding camera angles, lens effects and lighting with the help of the cinematographer and set designer. They will often take part in hiring the cast and key crew members. They coordinate the actors' moves and also may be involved in the writing, financing and editing of a film. 

Vision Mixer 

The main concept of a professional vision mixer is the bus, basically a row of buttons with each button representing a video source. Pressing such a button will select the video out of that bus. Older video mixers had two equivalent buses (called the A and B bus; such a mixer is known as an A/B mixer). One of these buses could be selected as the main out (or program) bus. Most modern mixers, however, have one bus that is always the program bus, the second main bus being the preview (sometimes called preset) bus. These mixers are called flip-flop mixers, since the selected source of the preview and program buses can be exchanged. Both preview and program bus usually have their own video monitor. 

Sound Mixer 

A production sound mixer, location sound records, location sound engineer or simply sound mixer is the member of a film crew or television crew responsible for recording all sound recording on set during the filmmaking or television production using professional audio equipment, for later inclusion in the finished product, or for reference to be used by the sound designer, sound effects editors, or folly artists. This requires choice and deployment of microphones, choice of recording media, and mixing of audio signals in real time. 

Graphics 

Motion Design is a subset of graphic design in that it uses graphic design principles in a filmmaking or video production context (or other temporally evolving visual medium) through the use of animation or filmic techniques. Examples include the kinetic typography and graphics you see as the titles for a film, or opening sequences for television or the spinning, web-based animations, three-dimensional station identification logo for a television channel.  

Floor Manager 

Floor managers traditionally have other experience working in television, and work up to the position of floor manager.They should know the other technical positions in a studio, in order to have the maturity and experience to do their job effectively. Media, film, television, or even theater studies are helpful but not required. Floor managers must be able to work under pressure with composure, anticipate potential problems and know how to address them, communicate effectively and quickly, be able to work with different personalities, and know how to multitask. Floor managers with a good sense of timing and space have an advantage, while those without it may need to look at other job options.

19/10/12 Task

This lecture was another practical lesson which consisted of our group reenacting question time. Each group had to rotate around all the different roles, which included camera crew, production crew and audience. This week is was question time. Firstly our group was production crew, the roles consisted of host, guests, sound grips and production assistant. My role was guest as last week I was production assistant. I found this to be easier than first expected. I thought there would be a lot more pressure on the guests to get our script right and not laugh. However I really enjoyed this role. 

The next stage for our group was camera crew. Seems as I was on a camera last week, I wanted to see what was in the gallery so I chose to be vision mixer. This means I have to switch the cameras when the director says so. You have a board with many buttons which enable you switch from each camera. Theres also another set which enables you to choose a camera as a preset and then you can use a slider to blend into the next shot. I was baffled by the board when I first saw it, however I soon got the hang of it. I liked how I could preset a camera so I could blend into each shot, I feel this gives a smoother outcome. 

The final role was to be the audience, Antony asked us to start a protest during the programme to put the other group under pressure, this was a bit of fun. As the audience we asked questions that related to the topics that the group was discussing. 

12/10/12 Task

This session consisted of reenacting mastermind. Each group swapped the roles around, these roles were researching, producing the film and being the contestants and host. This enabled us to see how television produces the programs we watch on a daily basis. 

Our group started with being the contestants and the host, this consisted of researching the contestants, and finding questions on their subject, which in our case was hockey and netball. The main point of this exercise was to keep to a certain time as this is an important part of multi camera. The next step was to choose different roles as we was in charge of the recording of the game show. I was on camera two, of three. We was instructed through the headset which enabled us to get the shot we needed. I fully enjoyed this experience, as this was the first time that I had been behind a multi camera. I didn't realise that this would be as easy as it was, I thought it would've of been more difficult.

Overall I fully enjoyed this exercise, it was interesting to see how a programme would be produced, from one scale to the other. By this I mean from the actors to the director. Everyone has an important role to undertake, which shouldn't be taken on likely. The reason behind this is because if someone makes a mistake, the rest of the team have to try and cover it. Time keeping is a very important factor. 

Notes about multicamera

• T.v use multi camera
• Film tend to use single camera 
• British sitcoms from the 1950s/1960s were made using four cameras
• Video tape which came around in 1956 was important to multi camera as it enabled them to record
• In 1977 betamax and JBC came about

Betacam

The original betacam format was launched on august 7, 1982. It is an analog component video format, storing the luminance "Y", in one track and the chrominance, on another as alternating segments of the R-Y and B-Y components performing compressed time division multiplex or CTDM. 

Its a family of half inch professional video cassette products developed by sony in 1982. All betacam variants from analog recording betacam to betacam SP and digital recording betacam use the same shape video cassettes, meaning vaults and other storage facilities do not have to be changed, when upgrading to the new format. The cassettes are available in two sizes, small and large. The betacam camcorder can only load small magnetic tapes, while television studio sized video tape recorders (VTR) designed for video editing can play both S and L tapes. The cassette shell and case for each betacam cassette is coloured differently depending on the format, allowing for easy visual identification. There is also a mechanical key, that allows a video tape recorder to identify, which format has been inserted.

This link shows how a basketball game would be shot using multi camera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtFKmLZziAs 

 

About Multi Camera

About Multi Camera

The multiple camera setup, multiple camera mode of production, or multi cam is a method of film making and video production. Several cameras , either film or professional video cameras are employed on the set and simultaneously record or broadcast a scene. It is often contrasted with single camera setup which uses one camera.

Generally, the two outer cameras shoot close up shots or crosses of the two most active characters on the set at any given time, while the central camera or cameras shoot a wider master shot to capture the overall action and establish the geography of the room. This way, multiple shots are obtained in a single take without having to start and stop the action.

The use of multiple video cameras to cover a scene goes back to the earliest days of television, three cameras were used to broadcast The Queens Messenger in 1928. The BBC routinely used multiple camera on their live television shows from 1936 onward. Although it is often claimed that the film version of the multiple camera setup was pioneered for television by Desi Arnaz and cinematographer Karl Freund in 1951, however television shows had already used it including comedy on CBS. The technique was developed for television by hollywood. In the late 70s Garry Marshall was credited with adding the fourth camera known as the X camera and it's occasionally known as the D camera today. 

The multiple camera method gives the director less control over each shot, but its faster and less expensive than a single camera setup. In television, multiple camera is commonly used for sports programs, news programs, soap operas, talk shows, game shows and some sitcoms. Multiple cameras can take different shots of a live situation as the action unfolds and this is suitable for shows that require a live audience. For this reason multiple camera productions can be filmed much faster than a single camera.