Unit 23: Multi Camera Techniques

Production Booklet

Name: MATTHEW BRIENZA

Order of contents (italics show areas you must add in

yourself)

Multi-Camera Production roles

Assigned Roles for each interview
Equipment List
Set Design
Lighting Design
Studio Management plan
Location Recce forms
Risk Assessment
Timed Script
Timed Shot list
Multi-Camera Production Roles
You will be producing 3-4 interviews during your chat show. For each
interview state who will be doing which role. You must do EVERY role once
during the show.

For more information on what each role entails, visit

http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/collegeofproduction/collections/job_profiles
And search through the video profiles on the site.

TASK 1: Define each of the following roles

Interviewer
Describe their job Interviewer is someone is someone who interviews someone
so they can gain information from the person they are interviewing -
dictionary.com. (). interviewer. Available:
http://www.neilstoolbox.com/bibliography-creator/reference-website.htm.
Last accessed 13/10/16.

Which part of the studio do they work in? (ie control room, studio floor)

Studio floor because that is where the interviews will be taking place because they
will be filmed there.

What skills do they need to do their job well?

They need to be a person that people can continue to watch for a whole
programme because they need to keep the viewers interested. They also need to
be good at communicating because they need to understand what the manager
wants them to do during the production.

Director
Describe their job - the person responsible for the interpretive aspects of a stage, film,
or television production; the person who supervises the integration of all the
elements, as acting, staging, and lighting, required to realize the writer's conception.
-
dictionary.com. (). dictionary.com. Available:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/director. Last accessed 13/10/16.

Which part of the studio do they work in? They work in the control room so they
can have an overview of everything and can also give the floor manager orders to
the other operators on the studio floor.
 What skills do they need to do their job well? A director needs good
leadership skills because they are essentially in charge of everyone
and this is important because they need to make sure that their ideals
get put through to everyone working on the production. They also need
good communication skills because they need to make sure the crew
understand the orders that the manager is giving out.

Camera Person
Describe their job Camera man is in charge of capturing the footage of the
production. This job is very important because it captures all the footage of the
production. -
target jobs . (). camera man. Available: https://targetjobs.co.uk/careers-advice/job-
descriptions/278291-camera-operator-job-description. Last accessed 13/10/16.

Which part of the studio do they work in? - the camera person works on the studio
floor because they need to be there so they can capture footage of the people
that are on set as they need to close to the actors or whoever is taking part on the
set of the production.

What skills do they need to do their job well? Camera people need to be alert and
have to make sure they are filming the correct shot. They need to understand
what the director wants them to do and carry the task out successfully.

Sound Mixing
Describe their job - Sound Mixer is responsible for recording film/video production
dialogue and efx. He commands a crew consisting of one or more boom persons,
a cable person and sometimes an Equipment Technician. The Sound Mixer will
determine what mikes are used for every scene -filmsound. (). sound mixer.
Available: http://www.filmsound.org/QA/productionmixer.htm. Last accessed
13/10/16.
Which part of the studio do they work in? - they work in the control room so
are out of the way from the set and they also need to be in a quiet area to
do this. This is important because they are essentially in charge of

What skills do they need to do their job well?

A sound mixers are trained professionals that operate a variety of equipment to
produce the sound for a variety of programmes.

Vision Mixing
Describe their job - Reference your research
A vision mixer operates all the cameras and has all the angles on one screen in
front of him, the director will have control on what he shows and we say what
camera to show so he will instantly show that camera on the vision mixer. So
there overall job is to edit live footage live using a variety of transition methods
such as cuts, mixes, and frame manipulation to make the composite
programme.
Dictionary (2016) The definition of vision mixer, in Available at:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/vision-mixer (Accessed: 13 October 2016).

Which part of the studio do they work in?

Which part of the studio do they work in? (ie control room, studio floor)
The vision mixer works in the control room along with the sound operator and
director. All three are away from set and in the control room in the production
gallery to work efficiently together.

What skills do they need to do their job well?

Vision mixer needs to have excellent organisational abilities as they need to be able to
multi task and do many things at once like listening to the production Assistants
countdown for an item queued. Vison mixers also need a good sense of rhythm in order
to que and produce accurate and sensitive transactions. Furthermore, they need to be
able to stay calm and react quickly and accurately under great amount of pressure.

Graphics Generator
Describe their job A graphics generators job is to edit the text and icons on the screen
for the viewers to see. This is an important role because it allows the production to
provide more information to the viewer without actually having to verbally say it. For
example in a football match before the game starts it shows an animation of the team
and player stats for the viewer to see. -

skilledup. (). graphic artist . Available: http://www.skilledup.com/articles/8-

essential-skills-every-graphic-designer. Last accessed 13/10/16.

Which part of the studio do they work in? the graphics designers where abouts usually
varies because depending if its a live production they will be in the control room
making decisions on what text or animations are put on screen

What skills do they need to do their job well?

They need to be artistic so they can actually make an animation of high quality this is
important because you need it to grab the viewers attention, they also need to having
good timing skills so they know when to put the text or animation on tv.

Lighting Desk
Describe their job Lighting desk is in charge of all the lighting in the production so
they are responsible for when each light comes on. For example, if a production wanted
a certain section of focus they may put a light on the target so that they are
highlighted. They mainly take orders from the director as they will also be in the control
room to give him orders for where he wants the lighting.
onstagelighting. (). lighting desk. Available: http://www.onstagelighting.co.uk/learn-stage-
lighting/lighting-desk-basics-beginners-guide-to-stage-light-control-1/. Last accessed
13/10/16.

Which part of the studio do they work in? The lighting desk is based in the control
room as the controls for the lighting should all be located in there and they will have a
better overview of the production. This important because the lighting desk needs a
clear view of where he has to apply lighting to the production.

What skills do they need to do their job well? they should be able to follow
instructions easily as well as good timing keeping because they need to know when
their cues for putting on lighting is. The lighting desk also needs food teamwork skills
so they collaborate with other workers to get the directors image across to the viewers.
Floor Manager
Describe their job The Floor manager is the stage manager of a television programme
who is in charge of everything that is going on in the studio floor. -dictionary.com. ().
floor manager. Available: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/floor-manager. Last
accessed 13/10/16.

Which part of the studio do they work in? The floor manager works on the studio floor
because he is in charge of everyone on set. And they is able to give orders to be within
close proximity to themselves.

What skills do they need to do their job well? - floor manager needs good
organizational and leadership skills because they need to make sure everyone is doing
their job on the studio floor.
Details on your show
You must all carry out each job once

Section 1
Presenter Jack Smith
Contestants Charlotte Westall , Milly Loader, Shane Hampden ,
Victoria Pethrus
Camera Production 1 Callum Reeves
Lighting Desk and Floor
Management
Camera Production 2 Tara Pringle Stacey

Lighting Desk and Floor

Management Kieran Dunbar, Matt Brienza
Sound

.
Section 2
Presenter Jack Smith
Contestants Charlotte Westall , Milly Loader, Shane Hampden ,
Victoria Pethrus
Camera Production 1 Matt Brienza
Lighting Desk and Floor
Management
Camera Production 2 Kieran Dunbar

sound Callum reeves , Tara Pringle Stacey

Lighting Desk and Floor
Management

Section 3
Presenter Jack Smith
Contestants Charlotte Westall , Milly Loader, Shane Hampden ,
Victoria Pethrus

Camera Production 1 Kieran Dunbar

Lighting Desk and Floor
Management
Camera Production 2 Callum Reeves
sound Tara Pringle Stacey, Matt Brienza
Lighting Desk and Floor
Management

Section 4
Presenter Jack Smith
Contestants Charlotte Westall , Milly Loader, Shane Hampden ,
Victoria Pethrus

Camera Production 1
Lighting Desk and Floor
Management
Camera Production 2

Sound
Lighting Desk and Floor
Management
Equipment List

Tick off during set-up of

Equipment show
Studio (4)

Back (2)
Boom mic
Studio lighting (2)
Tripods (4)
Green screen
SD cards (4)
Camera chargers
Table
Chairs (30)

Set Design
Draw a plan of your set. Mark on the position of lights, cameras, props and Green-
screen backgrounds.

Add in photographs of your final set, including props etc.

Contestantpodium

Presenterjob

Contestantchairs

Lighting

Cameras
Lighting
Lighting Design
Take photographs of the lighting set up for the following sections of your
show;

a) The presenter introducing the show

b) Interviews (the lighting may be different for different interviews)
c) The end of the show

Stick the photographs in and add notes explaining the setup.

 Studio Management Plans
Thestoreroom

Themainstudio Thecontrol
room

mic Sound
Presenter

Contestant Lightingdesk

Camersas

Themainoffice

Floormanager
Theeditingsuite

Add and label the following to the plan of the studio floor;
a) The main studio
b) The control room
c) The storeroom
d) The editing suite
e) The main office
f) Your four cameras
g) Up to fourMicrophones
h) Where each Assigned Role will be located (ie Director, Vision Mixer etc)
i) Where you will keep your interviewees before they come on the set. A
green room should be comfortable with sufficient seating for all your
guests. Any noise of their chatting should not be heard on set.
Location Recce Form
You must complete one of these for the studio and every location in which
you film any pre-recorded segments You can use the templates from the
pre-production tabs

Location Recce
Please produce a location recce for EVERY location used

Insert photo of location (do not draw) Type of room/area:

Location Address:
Deanfiled avenue
Henley on thames
RG9 1UH

Sat Nav details (Post

code): RG9 1UH

Nearest Train Station:

train station

Nearest Bus stop:

Lighting Information: studio lights Solutions:

Sound Information: Solutions:

Boom mic

Power Information Solutions:

Plug sockets in studio

Hazards Solutions: know where the nearest fuse

box is
Plugs can fuse
 Risk Assessment
State the potential risk of your multi-camera production. Check all precautions are
in place and tick off during your set up for your show.

RISK ASSESSMENT

RISK PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE REVIEW REVIEWER

ACTIVITY HAZARD H/M/L DATE

Couldburnyour Wearglovesand Y 12/10/ AJON

Hotlighting hands L handlelightswith 16
care

Y 12/10/ AJON
Lowbeams M Mindyourhead 16
Couldhityourhead

Wires Clearspaceand Y 12/10/ AJON

Couldtripover 16
wires L lookwhereyour
walking

Please leave this section blank:

Risk Assessment checked by: Name .. Signed
. Date

KEY: Activity : Describe the component part of your pursuit.

Hazard : List the things you anticipate might cause harm or the
things associated with your activity that have the potential
to cause harm. Consider the likely harm.
Risk: Assess the risk as either H (High), M (Medium) or L (Low).
When concluding your assessment consider all of the
circumstances.
 Precautions: Consider what you could do to minimise / negate
the risk.
In Place: Will the precautionary measures be in place at
the time of the activity?
Review Date: When would it be reasonable to review your
assessment? Remember it might be whilst you
are undertaking the activity.
Reviewer: Name of the person responsible for completing the risk
assessment.
A copy of this form should be taken on the activity or visit by the Reviewer.
 Shot List
Use your timed script to write a shot list. You will need copies of this to go to your
Vision mixer.

Type of shot Camera No. Current Action Duration of shot

Type of shot Camera No. Current Action Duration

of shot
 Type of shot Camera No. Current Action Duration

of shot

Pictures of rehearsal to be inserted here:

Any changes after rehearsals please list here: