Live Show Rehearsal

16th March - Today we went through our first and only rehearsal for the live broadcast. Dan helped us set up the monitors and the mixing desks and quickly ran through what everything was to our editor, Ian .

After the cameras were all checked and everything was clear and in position with presente3rs in front of the cameras we ran through the introduction and lowy made our way through each linking segment bertween [ackages. We only managed to reach the break in the time we were given for rehearsal, but the majority o of the second half is more packages and a live interview with a University student, so we really p-ractised everything you could do.

lots of changes were made with the script by simply expanding what was written to make it sound more punchy and engaging for the audience, and a few stage changes were altered as well. For example, Stuart would have had a big job as floor manager had we stuck with our original planb. Initially we were going to seich from Zoyia and Shanice, our presenters, talking to Brittany talkin and back to our presenters to introduce my movie package. This resulted in 2 seating changes within 3 minutes whcih I found, as camera man to be an unnecassery hassle. I suggested Brittany should stay on after her packoage and introduce my movie news rolling on from her Music segment and award shows. This has proved alot easier.

The majority of the second half was spent with the director and editor writing down and rehearsing the camera cuts from left/right cameras to centre camera. Ian was making it clear that switching between them may be difficult, to whcih I suggested cimply cutting to the wide shot of the presenters if everythign becomes over whelming; especially in the inprovised discussion on Social Networking.


Unfortunately my camera battery ran out half way through rehearsal. Luckily we weren't recording, but something I definitely need toc heck straight away on broadcast day (Tuesday) is that I have a fuilly charged battery and a fully charged back up for emergency. If a camera goes during a live studio segment, Ian will ahve to cut to alternate cameras for the time being.



Overall, the day went quite well and I think everyone is feeling a little more confident about everything now we've given it a run through. As the camera operator I am now confident in our show, though I think there is a little apprehension between Ian and Louise about cutting the live edit on the day.