Katie Lovell TV Production Blog

Researcher and Pre-Production  I really enjoyed this part of the unit as it allowed me to look into a role that I hadn't before. As I had never been a researcher before I was excited to see what is entailed. This was also a brilliant way to allow me to really work on my organizational and people skills.  What Went well? I felt it went really well for me being able to do paperwork, conducting the advertisement and liaising with potential cast members as this allowed me to work on my professionalism while speaking to candidates. Through research I had learned how important it was to remain professional but carry your personality in a way that put the candidate at ease and not on edge. By doing this, I felt I got the best out of the candidates and we had some really successful interviews, so this was definitely a positive.  Overall, I feel taking charge of the auditions and also working on the game show questions allowed me to give the producers the research they needed to t...

When it came to the test shoots, I knew there was certain points that I needed to focus on. After we had completed the workshops and now found ourselves within the studio with the set, this was the time I really needed to focus on certain aspects to ensure I could fulfill my job role as camera operator which would be done through the test shoots.  My main aspects of the test shoot was to focus on the specific aspects below to ensure that when it came to the live production, I had sorted any mistakes that may of occurred and learnt from them.  -Focus on following direction, under pressure.  (I need to be able to focus on following direction and test using the talk back system, although we will be doing our test shoots through rehearsals, as this is a live piece there is a chance something could change, this is why I need to be on the ball and get used to the talk back and following direction from the Director) -Staggering through my camera positions.   (This is import...