News Production: Live Report- Learning Outcome
The Live report for me has been one of the most challenging parts of this project because of the obstacles we had in our way. These set us back from the beginning, but these are all feasible problems I could face in industry, and have it go on broadcast to a live audience, so its best to make those mistakes now and learn from them; and this has been a huge learning curve.
So the first issue we had was Emma, our student nurse, (which was a difficult contributor to get hold of in the first place given many student nurses didn't want to speak out) only had 20 minutes to film, as she was on her lunch and needed to get back to work. We respect this and are very thankful for her time, but it did mean we had to get this right first time, and with the heat and stress of the day we slipped up on several things. We were also a crew member down, as Gavin had other commitments at the time of filming. Because traffic was so heavy, Simon was also running late so me and Jack had little time to both set up, especially as I was presenting in front of the camera and we had to be prepared to have one crew member to film. Luckily Simon turned up in time to hold the boom mic. What I've learned from this is to always be prepared for the shoot to not go to plan on the day; sometimes no matter how prepared you are for a shoot, things can go completely wrong at the last minute; in this case we were almost two crew members down and the traffic was causing a big disruption to the audio.
My next learning outcome was something I learned from our feedback with Helen which was a way to improve the live broadcast. We knew that the traffic noise was an issue when we got there, but we ignored the issue on camera. I thought this was best as I wanted to seem as professional as possible but Helen said that it would've been even better to acknowledge the traffic noise before because that way you look honest and the audience is expecting it and understanding rather than struggling. This is definitely something I will know and apply in the future should anything else go wrong in not only live interviews but when I am unable to change something on film. Simon then came up with the idea to use some of the footage taken for 'cut to' shots and GVs of the hospital, and use them at the start. I could then record a voice over admitting to the sound issues. i wrote a short intro saying "hospitals, something we all need, a busy place at the best of times." This bit is pre-recorded as an opening, then goes into the live interview.
So the first issue we had was Emma, our student nurse, (which was a difficult contributor to get hold of in the first place given many student nurses didn't want to speak out) only had 20 minutes to film, as she was on her lunch and needed to get back to work. We respect this and are very thankful for her time, but it did mean we had to get this right first time, and with the heat and stress of the day we slipped up on several things. We were also a crew member down, as Gavin had other commitments at the time of filming. Because traffic was so heavy, Simon was also running late so me and Jack had little time to both set up, especially as I was presenting in front of the camera and we had to be prepared to have one crew member to film. Luckily Simon turned up in time to hold the boom mic. What I've learned from this is to always be prepared for the shoot to not go to plan on the day; sometimes no matter how prepared you are for a shoot, things can go completely wrong at the last minute; in this case we were almost two crew members down and the traffic was causing a big disruption to the audio.
My next learning outcome was something I learned from our feedback with Helen which was a way to improve the live broadcast. We knew that the traffic noise was an issue when we got there, but we ignored the issue on camera. I thought this was best as I wanted to seem as professional as possible but Helen said that it would've been even better to acknowledge the traffic noise before because that way you look honest and the audience is expecting it and understanding rather than struggling. This is definitely something I will know and apply in the future should anything else go wrong in not only live interviews but when I am unable to change something on film. Simon then came up with the idea to use some of the footage taken for 'cut to' shots and GVs of the hospital, and use them at the start. I could then record a voice over admitting to the sound issues. i wrote a short intro saying "hospitals, something we all need, a busy place at the best of times." This bit is pre-recorded as an opening, then goes into the live interview.
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