EVALUATION - DIMITAR

EVALUATION – DIMITAR

What went well? What did not?

We are London – After weeks of pre-production for the multicam show, we have finally produced a final piece of the MULTICAM TV SHOW. Everyone in our team was doing their job from the beginning itself. Starting with my job which was a floor manager, I had to take care of multiple different tasks starting with the main one which was to communicate with the crew in the control room through the headphones and let them know in terms of when we are ready with the set-up of cameras as well as rely on instructions using the talkback system. Tripods, furniture, tables and so on as well as any lights facing the presenter as well as the contestants.

 My role also included tasks such as doing countdowns to the present and contestant letting them know we are ready to start (being live).  As a floor manager, I also had to make sure I checked the equipment beforehand and made sure microphones, earpieces are fully working before the show has started. In terms of audience as we had one, it was required to seat them to the allocated seats as well as hold up signs such as applause and silence when appropriate. I had to keep the director informed through the earpiece about any issues on set for example problems with cameras, lights or audio as we experienced a few issues with the sound at the beginning for example the contestant’s mics were not going through and producing any sound.

The overall production went well with having a real audience to watch and give feedback, having a solid topic to discuss the issues and cover the time frame which I believe our team managed to successfully cover. The organisation was quite well executed with having properly rehearsed the production. Everyone in the team knew what they were doing and the camera people were positioned at the 3 different cameras and they were getting instructions if they had to either zoom out or in from me, and this information received was from the director.

We of course had a couple of issues with one of them being discussed already about contestant microphones not properly working at the beginning which took a few minutes luckily we were all set shortly after. During breaks, tables and sofa were successfully removed to allow enough space for the contestants to perform and music was played at the right volume and stopped accordingly which was very well executed, along with the lights.

This whole production was a very good experience within the TV Industry for me because it gave me an insight on how complicated it is to execute a LIVE Show and perfect it in terms of the technical aspect with having everything working such as sound, cameras, lights and just working with a big crew taught me of how important it is to work within a team and keep deadlines.