Studio Production: Researching New Roles

Researching New roles 

Camera

In order to familiarise myself with my new role, I decided to do some research from a variety of sources in order to get be as prepares as possible for the production. With the use of the book; "Studio Television Production and Directing" by Andrew Utterback (2007)

He states that ;

• "The job begins before the show starts"
• "The operator will need to deploy the camera first"
• "Camera units are heavy, tethered to the control room through a patch panel via a thick camera cable"
• "Can be locked into position with at least five separate locking mechanisms, and are expensive" 
• "Camera cables are normally spooled like a garden hose on the studio"

(Utterback, A. 2007: 78)

It was very interesting learning about the basic expectations of a camera operator. It souonds a lot more high tech than what we are usually used to since most of us are only used to self shooting projects. My research has helped me gain a little confidence and excitement as I am ready to immerse myself into the studio and get started. 

Producing

Since I have not yet been able to find a role that is specifically a VT Producer, I thought it would be a good idea to learn the basics of what a producer does in order for me to get the jist of what I will be asked to do. Even though I have already been told, I think it is a good idea to get information from other sources as well. 

In Jim Owen's and Gerald Millerson's Television Production guide (2013) They state that a producer must;

• "Generally responsible for the management of a specific production,"
• "Usually concerned with script acceptance, and production scheduling"
• "May select or initiate the programme concepts and work with writers."
• "Responsible for meeting deadline production planning, location projects and so on" 

By getting this brief official outline of what a producer does, is really helping me mentally prepare for the tasks ahead. Even though the tasks mentioned above is directed at a studio producer, it still can be applied to a VT producer because I will essentially be doing the same thing but only, on a smaller scale and with a smaller team but still having to liaise with the directors and producers.

Next steps; 

• Attend the first briefing as a class and understand everyone else's role. 
• Recieve my first task as VT Producer