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Eoin Canning Unit 23: Multi-Camera Techniques

Assignment 2

Plan a multi-camera production and perform an operational role in a multi-camera production.

P2 – Be able to plan a multi-camera production

2.1 Multi-camera production roles:

Camera Operator: Camera operators are responsible for working with the cameras, following the orders of the director they use the camera to capture certain angles, capture specific shots, change and maintain focus and manipulate the cameras settings. order to capture relevant footage of unfolding scenes. It is vital that camera operators use their knowledge of framing, composition and the manual adjusting of their camera to ensure great efficiency while filming live within a multi-camera production. The camera operators must also ensure that therequested lenses are being used during filming. They must also ensure thatequipment such as a dolly are used correctly.

Sound Technician:The sound technician’s job is to record all of the sound on set during the production process. They will be required to have sufficient technical knowledge of the sound recording equipment being used so that they may maintain a high quality audio recording. Sound technicians are also responsible for carrying out essential tasks in post-production, such as synchronising pre-recorded audio with footage and creating Foley sounds to be used in the film or television production that they’re working on or for the company they work with so that they may be archived.

Switcher/Vision Mixer:During the filming of a live multi-camera production a vision mixer will work alongside the director and edit the shots during these live events as they occur. A vison mixer joins video clips from multiple sources, including the views from multiple cameras on set or pre-recorded footage. They must be able to competently use a switcher board and quickly follow given instructions. A vision mixer must also ensure that they have are educated in the capabilities and limitations of differing brands of vision mixing desks so that they can utilise them to achieve the directors view.

Director:The director dictates the shots, angles and lightingused throughout the production. They help plan the production and, with help from the floor manager, make sure that the production follows the plan as closely as possible. A director oversees the entire production as it’s filmed. After filming, the director reviews the work that the editor has done in order to request changes or to confirm that the edit is what he wanted.

Producer:The producer holds a role much different from the other members of the production. The producer handles aspects of the production such as managing finances, getting permits to


film in certain locations and handling the hiring and firing of staff. These are aspects of the production that the director would have to keep in mind while planning the filming and also the technicalitiesof the piece,such as getting new staff, access to a new set or different equipment.The producer would need to be consulted by the director or head writer concerning scene re-writes, delays and re-shoots. The producer also has the role of planning the marketing and distribution of the final product, if they do not distribute and market by themselves that is.

Lighting Technician:Before and during filming lighting technicians work under the director, floor management and the vision mixer. They are responsible for maintaining a certain style of lighting during sections of a production and being able to change it actively and seamlessly throughout. They are required to follow the orders of the director; they must be able to operate lighting equipment/consoles and make changes to the lighting in a time-sensitive environment.

Floor Manager/Floor Management:Floor managers are responsible relaying information from the director to the staff on set if the director is busy; they also must also inform the director of any changes that occur during production so that the planned contingencies can be put into effect if the director deems it necessary. Floor managers also help with planning aspects of the production such as where cameras should be placed, what safety precautions should be put in place; they also take time to ensure that all the technical equipment that is going to be put to use is functional and safe. Floor managers need good organisational skills, teamwork skills and also they must be skilled listeners and communicators to ensure that there are no large flaws or a sense of confusion during filming.

Graphics Generator:A graphics generator designs and creates digital graphics that are inserted as overlays during live multi-camera productions by a vision mixer. An editor can insert digital graphics during post-production. The designs that the graphics generator creates are shown to and discussed with the director and vision mixer before the filming begins to ensure that the graphics are what the director has envisioned.

2.2 Develop programme ideas:

After researching the opportunities available at the NWRC to join a multi-camera production, I have decided to join up with my class to film the ‘Bohemian Hair and Beauty’ show. The hair and beauty students have staged this event in the NWRC for the last six years; this event will be filmed by most of the Level 3 Creative Media Production students as a multi-camera production under the supervision of Joe Kennedy.

The poster for the ‘Bohemian Hair and Beauty’ show.


The event opens opportunities for many different departments within the NWRC to come together and put into practice what they have learnt to help make an interesting spectacle that will impress a live audience. The departments involved this year include the Photography, Barbering, Hair and Beauty and Creative Media departments.

Our participation in the event was presented to us in the form of a Commission Brief that we could choose to undertake under the direction of our tutor, Joe Kennedy; we are to live stream the show on YouTube.com whilst promoting and advertising it on many different social media sites.

Other classes throughout the Creative Media department were givendiffering tasksto help the production and advertising of the show such as creating a trailer for the ‘Bohemian Hair and Beauty’ show and to create the specified graphics to be used throughout the livestream by the vision mixer.

The show was promoted to appeal to students studying or looking to study fashion, the families of those students involved and members of the public with an interest in fashion, specifically Bohemian styled fashion.

Everyone involved with the event from the Media department was tasked with researching what ‘Bohemian fashion’ was before the filming was planned so that we could get a better understanding of what the event would involve and what the visuals would consist of.

I now understand that ‘Bohemian fashion’ is a style of fashion that emphasizes an individualistic sense of self with emphasize on aspects of a person such as theirmake-do attitude, their free spirited lifestyle and the phrase ‘Bohemian’, more commonly called ‘Boho-chic’, is associated with someone who lives an unconventional, usually artistic lifestyle. Bohemian is French for gypsy and this connection is seen in Bohemian fashion, as the clothes are floral patterned dresses consisting of cheap/loose fabrics; clothes associated with gypsies in stories. Many find it ironic that people seek to look beautiful in ‘Bohemian fashion’ even though gypsy women in folktales or stories would generally take no interest in seeking to look beautiful and that their clothes are generally low quality handmade designs. Bohemian fashion takes a person’s make-do attitude and makes it evident in their appearance while maintaining an alluring appearance that is closely linked to their surroundings.

Juliette Greco from France was a post WWII Bohemian who wore predominately black and only having one pair of shoes and a single dress wore hand-me-downs from her brothers, this was a necessity due to poverty. Her style of fashion was entwined with her life, her surroundings and her situation all while maintaining everything it meant for the clothing to be Bohemian. She helped promote a new style of Bohemian fashion called ‘New-Look’, which was created by Christian Dior just after WWII’s conclusion.


With a newfound understanding of the meaning behind ‘Bohemian fashion’, it’s past and how it’s changed I felt prepared to record the event and to be able to point out important sights and what’s important to cover in each set of clothing.

Once everyone’s research had concluded we got to work setting up a Facebook page to keep everyone updated with the plans for the show, the set we would be working in and so that we could share ideas to improve our recording.

Juliette Greco’s fashion sense was reflective of who she was and changed how she acted. This ‘Bohemian Lifestyle’ inspired many and led to the ‘New-look’ branch of Bohemian fashion.

A collection of more typical examples of modern Bohemian designs.


2.3 Presentation style:

A presenter will be quoting a script which has been planned to educate and entertain the audience. A slideshow will play alongside the presenter’s script to add more context and detail to the event. The script that will be used for the event can be seen below:

Good evening Mr Murphy, Governors, Elected Representatives and everyone welcome to the North West Regional College 6 annual Hair and Beauty show, which each year I am delighted to announce keeps going from strength to strength– tonight it is all about Bohemian. I am not going to lie to you I had to look up exactly what Bohemian meant, I found words like:Unconventional AlternativeCarefreeRelaxed

Cool right?

A collection of screenshots from the ‘Bohemian Hair and Beauty Show’ Facebook group and images gathered from members of the production.


Which are all words that we definitely cannot use about what is going on backstage right now, you could use words like

PanicMayhem TerrorTotal Fear

The students have been tasked with live briefs and practical assignments within their creative disciplines in a real-life scenario – preparing for tonight’s showcase.

Honestly, you are in for a great show tonight I can promise you that – both staff and students have been working tirelessly to get this performance ready for you and they will not disappoint.

A production this size draws on large groups of talented people onstage and backstage tonight:

NVQ level 3 Diploma in Hairdressing full and part time

All level two Hairdressing groups full and part time

Level three and level two Barbering full and part time

Both 1st year and 2nd year Combined Hair & Beauty groups

VTCT Fashion & Photographic Makeup

Beauty therapy support for makeup

Level 3 Diploma in Makeup artistry this course is a first in northwest area due to the massive growth in makeup within industry Media, Multi-Media and Interactive Media students from Level 3, HNC & HND classes – covering everything from photography and graphic design to video production, editing, advertising and trailers for the event.

Add to that student singers, dancers and backstage crew from both Level 3 and HNC Performing Arts – and you have an idea of the amount of work and collaboration required for tonight’s performance

The excellent Film Trailer this was courtesy of NWRC’s Media and Multi-Media students

Now I know what you are thinking – with words flying around like Bohemian / Unconventional / Carefree / Relaxed I MUST be in the show – BUT NO! (Working crowd)


Let me walk you through tonight’s look. Fairly cool suit! Next Best

Hair – Breidge – (Slide on TV)

Tan? – well if you are looking for a Tan – then Susan can – (Slide on TV)

Chasing Cars Snow Patrol – Music

Finally, before we get tonight’s show on the road I have an appeal to make an appeal on behalf of all NWRC staff and student members involved in tonight’s performance. Our very own Mrs Karen Moore has kindly pledged that she will both Train and run a 5K race for Charity. Nevertheless, we can only achieve this task with your help and assistance here tonight. During the performance can we please ask that you make as much noise as possible to cheer and support our models – we have a special piece of scientific equipment installed in the theatre this evening it is called the Karen-O-meter.

This state of the art device will monitor the atmosphere and noise levels at various stages in the show – if we can keep the level high we will achieve our goal -We ask you to help us please. Think you can help us out?? Ok let’s give it a try? (work crowd) – (Karen-o-meter slide)

Think you can help us out??? Ok

Who is ready to get started? me too let’s get going.

The models you are about to see have been styled by students from NVQ level 3 Diploma in Hairdressing, Level 3 Barbering students and Level 2 H1A Hairdressing students. I am delighted to introduce look number 1 and the theme for tonight’s showcase – ladies and gentlemen – Bohemian Look!

CATWALK 1:Bohemian look

Dance performance by Ascent - Megan Harkin, Olivia McBride, Sharon Sweeney, EvieMcClean& Sabina Czaja.

Performance: dance 2

All of our dancers tonight had their hairs styled by Hair and Beauty combined year 1 and makeupsbyVTCT Fashion & Photographic Makeup students.

Let me now introduce our very own judging panel – I must just add no Simon Cowell here or is there??? Actually Let me find out - Judges can I get your opinion of this. (Right Side Fred – Cat Walk by Nicholas) (all hit a Judges button) (Slide on TV)

Our Judges carefully marked each student’s work earlier today.


All of tonight’s Level 3 winners will go through to the cross campus Competition that will be held on the 8th of March in City Hotel where the students from across the 3 College sites in hair & beauty compete together in our flagship event linking assessment and celebrating our local employer liaison

Ladies and Gentlemen our first judge Is

Laura Faulkner Rice – Manager of Toppers Hair Salon

Laura is a former student of the CollegeWorks alongside her Mother in the Salon whom she credits her initial love of hair styling.Kindly provides work placement opportunities for the Students of the College

Judge number 2

Sinead Hasson – lead stylist of John Pauls Hair Salon

Past level 3 hairdressing student of the CollegeVery successful in competition winning many accolades2nd place in creative up style and 2nd in cut and colour both in cross campus competition in 20152nd in Bridal hair in the Scottish national championships 20153rd in party girl up style Northern Ireland Championships in 2015t2nd in Junior creative fantasy 2nd in long hair freestyle 3rd in ladies’ total fashion look all Ireland Championships 2016Sinead has also styled the hair for the Cover of local women magazine. Jon Paul is also one of our very popular work placement providers

Judge number 3

Michael Shevlin, salon owner of Michael Tomasz Hair Salon for over 8 years

Michael has been very successful in the Industry for 14 years having obtained his NVQ level 2 and 3 at the College in 2003 / 2004.Michael has trained in London, Dublin and locally.His Salon specialises in the use of Organic Hair Colour and his motto is “Good for Nature, Good for you”

Currently completing his HND in Hair and Beauty management in the College.Michael accredits his success in the hairdressing industry to the foundation training, support and guidance received from the staff at the College.

Ladies and Gentlemen – Our Judges for this evening


Moving onto the second of the three looks created for this evening’s competition. This is Cut and Colour style – showing styles created by Level 3 Hairdressing& Level 2 Barbering students’ year 1 group A & group B

CATWALK 2: CUT AND COLOUR

Time for some more entertainment now please give a nice warm welcome to singer 1 TBC (either EilisDeeny and / or ConallMcGrellis)

SINGING PERFORMANCEMoving on with some more Catwalk and the next is from the Combined Hair and Beauty Groups – HDBT2A Years 2, HDBT1A Year 1 and HDBT1B Year 1

CATWALK 3: BOHEMIAN STYLESEntertainment – singer 2 TBC (either EilisDeeny and / or ConallMcGrellis)SINGING PERFORMANCE(Check in on the Karen-O-meter)Tonight’s performance is the largest cross college collaboration Project based Activity that the college has and I’m sure you will agree the level of sheer talent on show is nothing less than outstanding and is a massive credit to all the students involved.

We have had a Record number of barbers are taking part in the showcase this year under the direction of their mentor – Grainne McCollum – so please enjoy the styles created by:

Level 2 Barbering full time year 2 Level 2 Barbering night class Level 2 Hairdressing accelerated night class.

CATWALK 4: BARBERING SHOWCASE

A show of this size takes a mammoth team effort and hours of dedicated hard work to get the end product that you see tonight. It would be impossible to thank each and every one involved, so to the Staff / Students / Technicians and Caretakers a massive thank you.

A word of thanks to the College for financing the event. We are getting a pay rise for this right?

Our final catwalk of the evening includes Avant Garde level 3, Part time level 3 Hairdressing, level 2 H2A & level 2 H2B

CATWALK 5: FINAL CATWALK

Before the awards ceremony - thank you – modelsThank you to LizI like to now call on the Director of the North West Regional College, Mr. Leo Murphy, to say a few words…Leo Murphy speaks


Ask Liz January to the stage who will announce this evening’s winning looks and students.Liz: Thank you Nicholas. Before I begin, can I ask that if you are named as a winner that both the student and the model come to the stage for photographs. Announce winners & get photos taken on stage.Before we finish for this evening, I’d like to thank our judges Laura Sinead Michael

Let’s see how we got on with Karen’s Challenge – is she about to get the running gear back out again? - (Result Slide)

Finally, many congratulations to all those who picked up a prize. To you, ladies and gentlemen - I do hope you’ve enjoyed the performances and catwalk shows this evening, and on behalf of NWRC staff and students in Hairdressing, Beauty, Media and Performing Arts, I’d like to thank you all for coming along to support this great event.

Thank you and goodnight!

2.4 Planning processes:

Equipment list and budget:

Four moving image cameras (£200 every 2 hours)Four tripods (£80 every 2 hours)Two editing laptops (£60 every 2 hours)Cables (£20 every 2 hours)Mic cables and headsets (£15 every 2 hours)SD cards (No listed budget)Total budget = £187.50 per hour

Crew list:

Director: Tomala WhiteProduction Manager: Joe KennedyVision Mixer and Graphics: Paul McKayFloor Manager: Roisin CrossanCamera Operators: Ruairi Straw, Molly McHale, Tom O’Donnell, Adam McCallionSocial Media Promoter: Milo Quigley, Millenia Ritchie, Eoin Canning

The role I ended up fulfilling was social media promoter, this was due to Millenia Ritchie not being there during filming or planning. The role involved ensuring that there were no obvious faults with the live stream and ensuring the quality was HD and consistent enough for the viewers to watch without complaints. I also helped advertise the event on various social media sites.


As a production team we all took time to agree on the overall plan for the event. We all chose and understood what equipment we were using, how the set would be appear, where we’d place our equipment and how we would navigate the set. We also agreed on what lighting we would use, how our audio equipment would be spaced and how we’d ensure the best audio quality during the filming. Lastly, we had a choice in what possible overlays would be suitable, and possible to be designed by other students, to add a unique and entertaining appearance to the live stream.

The roles presented on this document changed slightly between its creation and the filming of the production.

A collection of notes and minutes that had been written throughout the planning of the production:


We performed a recce of the set, which was the ‘Foyle Drama Theatre’ in the NWRC. We were able to plan equipment locations after surveying the area.

Health and safety:

We must ensure that all cables are taped down to the floor so that they are not tripping hazards and so that the equipment does not get tangled and damaged.We must ensure that there is an empty walkway to allow for safe movement between cameras.We must also ensure that all the equipment that we take out is safely transported to the Foyle Building in the NWRC.

2.5 Production documentation:


All supporting documentation used throughout the planning of the production can be found throughout this essay.

P3 – Be able to perform an operational role in a multi-camera production

3.1 Perform a practical role:

I undertook the role of Social Media Promoter; my job was to promote the production to the public through social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter. The practical aspects of my role were to ensure that there were no streaming faults throughout the broadcasting of the event on YouTube and it was also my task to help carry the equipment to the location, helped set up the equipment and followed directions/instructions from our tutor/production manager, Joe Kennedy quite well. I helped ensure the vision-mixing desk was set up properly and everything was connected properly to make sure the production ran smoothly. Although I was assigned the main role of social media promoter, I helped other crew members whenever necessary and carried out any additional tasks.

3.2 Operational methods:

Communication within production team:A key component of a successful production is a team with good communication skills. Without good communication, it can be difficult for anyone on the team to work together or follow instructions. Thankfully, throughout the live event all those on the film crew fully understood their roles, communicated any issues or orders very well and due to our great level of communication we were able to fix many small issues before they had an impact on the stream.

Shot-calling:Throughout the event, the shot callers of our crew had full responsibility for ensuring that the camera crew had knowledge of their shots and their sequence. Due to the depth of our pre-production we had a proposed shot-list that the camera crew had learnt off and had on-hand during the live event; this meant that the shot caller/s we had did not have an overwhelming workload because they would need minimal interaction with the camera crew.

Talkback:A talkback is a microphone-and-receiver system; installed in the Recording/Vision-mixing Desk. This creates an ease of communication between each member of the film crew within the Control Room and Recording Studio, this form of communication has no delay and is essential in most live productions.

Cueing:


To cue is to provide the cast in a filmed event with meaningful signals to signify when to prepare to enter the stage, perform or to end their performance. During the ‘Bohemian Hair and Beauty Show’, there would be members of staff, crew and students from other courses backstage who would cue the cast to go onstage or to leave the stage.

Vision-mixing:Our vision mixer, Paul, found himself in charge of the display and choosing which camera’s footage to use throughout the event. He also had to maintain and utilise two HDMI inputs and two external media inputs.

Video and graphic inserts:Students studying HND Interactive Media were provided the role of designing and creating graphics which were to be used throughout the live event’s stream. Much planning had been done in order to create the most suitable graphics for the event.

Health and safety considerations:It is important that all of the film crew follow a series of health and safety rules; in order to keep themselves, the audience and the equipment safe. We thought of many possible dangers and how to prevent them, this was done during our pre-production.

The dangers we planned to prevent can be seen below:

We must tape down all cables to avoid tripping on them, which would damage the wires, ourselves or create falling hazards and possibly damage surrounding equipment.

We must securely carry all equipment carefully, in a protective bag usually, from the Northland building of the NWRC to the Foyle building. We must be as careful as possible with the equipment to avoid damaging it.

Lastly, we must observe our surroundings and only set up cameras when the walkways on set are clear. This is done so we do not create obstructions which may possibly be a tripping hazard and which may slow down movement within the walkway; possibly affecting communication between the camera crew and the floor manager.

Briefly, before the event began I was helping my fellow crewmembers with their equipment and providing information to those with questions about their role or specifics such as the sequence of the shot-list. Throughout pre-production, the rest of the crew and I worked together as a cohesive, informative and helpful team to thoroughly plan the specifics of the show. I followed the majority in relation to ideas and opinions for how to prepare for and shot the event; I gave minor criticisms and relayed new ideas to the crew, which made many small impacts on our pre-production overall leading to a better stream. My role as a social media promoter seemed rather straightforward so I worked well without much need for assistance.


Feedback and evaluation:

I and the rest of the production team received very positive feedback from Elizabeth January, a member of the Hairdressing department. She sent an e-mail to our course co-ordinator, Faustina Starrett, expressing deep gratitude for our help while also stating how well we worked as a cohesive team in order to create a successful product. She stated how obvious it was throughout that we were highly enthusiastic to be there while maintaining an apparent sense of professionalism and, lastly, she mentioned how courteous we were throughout the entire event.

With the feedback we received, I can say with confidence that the production was a resounding success. This success was due to the cohesive teamwork and professionalism shown by the entire production team. We all played off each other’s strengths and any issues that rose up were handled quickly and efficiently by the members of the team and/or Joe Kennedy.

On a personal level, I believe I did a great job throughout the pre-production of the event as I felt as if my promotion was important to the event. I have definitely improved as a Social Media Promoter; during the night of the show I was stressed and nervous due to having to set up and maintain the stream but there had been no major faults and as a result I have much more belief in myself after doing a good job while under pressure.

This project has shown that I am able to work effectively to a brief and that I am able to demonstrate the objectives that we had been provided with, which include:Being able to plan a multi-camera production and,Being able to perform an operational role in a multi-camera production.

Sources used:

These are the e-mails we received from Elizabeth.


https://blog.propared.com/the-complete-phases-of-event-production-recapping-october

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/sound-technician-broadcasting-film-video

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_style

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/talkback

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_marketing

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysondemers/2015/06/08/5-skills-your-social-media-manager-must-have/#7fd06395ac56

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boho-chic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Gr%C3%A9co

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Gr%C3%A9co

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boho-chic



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_marketing

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/talkback

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_style

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/sound-technician-broadcasting-film-video

https://blog.propared.com/the-complete-phases-of-event-production-recapping-october

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