Wednesday 6th March
Today we filmed another VT, but this time it got more adventurous. I, the floor manager, a camera operator and one of the sound techs, went to Solent University to film the VT, In The Spotlight. Before this though, we had some trouble with deciding what we were going to do for this specific segment. Initially, we were just going to get two actors and people to voice-over a script about new how original streaming shows compare with shows on television, but, our lecturer informed us on Monday, that we would be going to Solent to interview a lecturer of film and television and get his opinion on what the internet has done to television. Therefore, we scrapped the original script that we had and came up with questions for him to answer.
Once we arrived at Solent, we were waiting around for a while until he came out to meet us and introduced himself as Tony Steyger. We then found a quiet part of the university downstairs, where no one would disturb us. We set up the camera and the equipment and our floor manager asked him all of the questions. He very much got into the conversation and gave brilliant, in depth answers to our questions. We had about 10 questions written down, but I ensured that we cut them down as he was covering all of the topics we wanted to ask about. I acted as the director during this VT, so the lecturer would often look back to me and ask if he was being sufficient enough with his answers and I kept assuring him he was giving us very good answers.
After finishing up and going back to college to watch the footage back, I am certain this is one of our most professional VT’s.
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