Throughout the production of Reel Talk, all the crew ensured to update our social media accounts everyday. We would alternate days when a group of us would post and keep the audience entertained and intrigued.
First week of production: On Instagram, we mainly put a lot on our “stories” in order to keep everything updated. For example we would put behind the scenes pictures of set design or the filming of some VTs in the studio in addition to things such as our pre-production work. We also used polls on our stories to ask the audience questions such as what shows the prefer, if they prefer one show to another. To keep them feeling excited, we created a countdown that we used everyday. Our Twitter consisted of very similar content. On this we also would tweet updates about our show and behind the scenes pictures.
Second week of production: In the second week of production, we still stuck to a strict schedule as to who was posting what and we ensured to keep updated as this week was the major week when most of the planning was occurring and everything was being finalised. For example, a lot of people went out to film their VTs including myself and a small group who went to Solent University to interview a lecturer. Therefore the next day while we were editing footage, I took a picture of it and put it on our story to show our audiences where we had been. Furthermore, throughout the week we just kept posting our countdown and sneak peaks/ behind the scenes posts to showcase our pre-production process. On the day of production, we still updated our social media by posting the preparation, the hosts getting ready in hair and makeup, and then finally the hosts on set. After we finished filming, we posted on our social media’s that we had wrapped.
Third week of production: This week we have mainly been focused on editing, therefore, our social media followers have been getting updates on our editing process, getting them ready for when the show will finally be up on YouTube.
This video will help give you an insight into what our social media updates were like and what they consisted of:
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