As Live - Unit Briefing

 Unit Briefing

The briefing for this unit is to pitch, develop, and create a 30-minute As Live Production Pilot (Glazier, 2022). 

The TV Pilot should be something that is new and current. It is often hard to come up with an idea for a TV show that hasn’t been done before so I will be trying to think about how I can put a “fresh spin” (Brown and Duthie, 2016) on an as live production for this unit. Furthermore, as the production is not taking place at within the studios at Maidstone Studios, the location will have to be found and will be done as either “an OB or a flyaway” (Glazier, 2022). When thinking about an idea for as live, the location will need to be carefully considered and taken into account, especially in terms of its viability and whether the budget would be able to cover it. 

With digital streaming becoming increasingly popular (Spilker and Colbjørnsen, 2020) and the fact that the as live show isn’t commissioned by a broadcaster, the show will be live streamed online. Through doing this, it is enabling us to keep up with technology and trends as well as mean it is easily accessible wherever you are in the world. 

Whilst contemplating upon ideas for the as live production, it will be important to keep three key things in mind in terms of the aims of the show. The show should inform, educate, and entertain the audience. In addition to this, ensuring that the concept of the show is viable also plays a crucial part (Glazier, 2022). Looking at current trends and seeing what the general public are interested in currently will hopefully allow myself to come up with a current and relevant show that will hopefully appeal to an audience. 

Communication is key within the media industry as well as in life in general. Through having clear and concise communication with the cast and crew, it will help the production run more smoothly and ensure that any decisions, particularly the quick, split-second decisions allow for a good execution of the production (Screenskills, 2022). The as live production will be multi-camera directed which will also mean that the director will have to clearly communicate their vision and instructions to the cast and crew (Screenskills, 2022).

With the show being multi-camera directed, it allows for the performance and everyone on screen to be captured (Glazier, 2022). This will hopefully allow for back-up shots to be available if anything goes wrong. Ensuring that there are multiple cameras capturing multiple shots on the as live production will be key. 

When developing ideas for the as live production, I will try and take all of this into consideration. 

Bibliography:

Brown, L. and Duthie, L. (2016) The TV Studio Production Handbook. (1st ed.) London: Bloomsbury. At: https://www-bloomsburycollections-com.ucreative.idm.oclc.org/book/the-tv-studio-production-handbook/ch1-introduction (Accessed 12/01/2022)

Glazier, J. (2022) As Live lecture series. [Kent: University for the Creative Arts 11/01/2022].

Screenskills. (2022) Screenskills Unscripted TV Producer. At: https://www.screenskills.com/job-profiles/browse/unscripted-tv/editorial/producer-unscripted-tv/ (Accessed 12/01/2022)

Screenskills. (2022) Screenskills Multi-Camera Director. At: https://www.screenskills.com/job-profiles/browse/unscripted-tv/editorial/multi-camera-director/ (Accessed 12/01/2022)

Spilker, H. and Colbjørnsen, T. (2020) ‘The dimensions of streaming: toward a typology of an evolving concept’ In: Sage Journals Media, Culture & Society 42 (7-8) pp.1210-1225. At: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0163443720904587 (Accessed 12/01/2022)