As Live Production: VT Research

VT's are used to inform and provide additional information for an audience.  Usually they will be on location somewhere that the studio can't provide.  VT's work very much as an edition to the show to help give it context. Dependant on the genre of the show, VT's can be more important in some genres than others. For example, 'Take me Out' uses VT's to display information from friends and family about an individual. They are also used to show the audience what happens on a couples date in the Isle of Fernando's,  somewhere that is in a different country and can't be filmed in studio. 



A VT can help the crew and cast of the live production as it can allow time for them to move around in the set freely. Whilst the VT's are being shown, the transmission of the set is off.
VT script:
-Accurate time-frame
- IQ (in words- 'in cue') and OQ (out words) are written at the start and finish of the script to make clear.
- Each piece of VT should have bars/tone and clock with appropriate idents
-Information about captions and when they should appear on the VT


A VT script should have a similar layout to this: 





Terminology:

CU/BCU/ECU - Close Up, Big Close Up, Extreme Close Up 
MS- Mid Shot
WS/BWS- Wide Shot, Big Wise Shot
TRACK R/L- Tracking Shot Left/Right 
PAN R/L- Panning Shot Left/Right 
TILT- Move Camera Up/Down
OS- Over Shoulder 
PO- Pull Out
ZI-Zoom In

VT's get their original name from 'Video Tapes'. "However it is now used in a similar way to "film" even though many programmes no longer actually record on film. So, a VT insert can describe a short film played into a larger programme" (Cooper, 2016)

References
Cooper, G (2016), The Talent Manager


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