Update TV studio

This is an update on our Tv studio work, i have been keeping a written diary where ive been noting down anything we did towards our production. i know i should be updating through my blog, especially as its the 21st centuarry but for some reason i find it far easier to hand write things like this than blog it! strange for a media student!
these are my notes from the last couple of weeks:

In our first workshop we had a go at learning the cameras and using the gallery i found useful and interesting and loved using the brand new equipment. it was quite nerve racking to begin with as we had never used anything like this before. it was good insight to working with my team for the first time too.

Our first task was to create a children's tv show making a paper aeroplane, for me the presenter i found it all very nerve racking and i kept forgetting what to say and do. under the bright lights of the studio you just seem to forget everything! i also found that it was difficult for me to be deaf in a way because everyone had Cannes on as they were on a camera in the gallery so they had constant communication whereas i didn't so i wasn't sure what was going on and it was difficult for me to receive any feedback.

We had a team meeting on deciding our tv show and began thinking who each of us could contact and what our first initial ideas were. after sharing all our ideas we agreed that Lois idea of a female boxer from Liverpool was a good show guest. we then went on to contact the owner of the boxing club and we waited for a reply.

we then had another workshop on cross shooting, showing us how we would shoot an interview. here we were given another task to shoot an interview using both presenters from the other team to interview each other. i felt that over all this went successfully and i also felt more confident in front of the camera as i wasn't by myself.

We had another team meeting and we came up with the name for our lunchtime tv show, we decided on 'Dejeuner' which means lunch in french. i came up with this name, just by simply googling lunch in different languages! i felt it fit with the brief that we had been set as channel four tries to be new and cutting edge and different and naming a english show a french name..what could be more different than that. we then also started designing the logo and finding chairs for the set, i had the idea of stealing the chairs from Starbucks as they were very modern and contemporary.

On monday night we arranged to met up with a female boxer at the liverpool boxing club. when we met we were really happy with her as she seemed really chatting and she new what she was talking about. however due to work commitments she had to find out if she was available to shoot our tv show as it was in the middle of the week on a working day which is inconvenient for many people.

Unfortunately we wasn't able to secure our female boxer and we had to go with our plan B, 2 male boxers we had previously contacted as a plan B and whom we knew was definitely available

AMR- 3 Questions

We have recieved 3 presentations from 3 different companies, this is my overview of the 3..


Digital Fiction Factory
“The Internet, social media and other open systems have allowed for user generated content (UGC), crowd-sourcing and other forms of audience participation to prevail in digital media. But how do we translate these features into storytelling experiences, without treading on the toes of the author?” I enjoyed this presentation as the idea of storytelling changing over the years interests me I also remember some of the interactive programs they did with Hollyoaks. 

Onteca
What new models are there for selling media? When people download so much media freely, what are people willing to pay for and how? What are and what can we learn from the best monetisation mechanics for Freemium games on mobile?” this company is an independent games development studio based in Liverpool that was established in 2001. They produce innovative top-tier Casual games and applications for Nintendo Wii, iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android.

Nine Lives Media

‘Which are the three most successful ever examples of cross platform television programming, how did viewers participate and most importantly, what did they gain from the experience?’ this company is an independent television production company based in Manchester. 
They make documentaries, current affairs and drama documentaries for all the major UK broadcasters and for American channels.

Applied Media Research- Qualitative and Quantitate research

Within this module we have been learning about different types of research and putting them into action within groups to update us on how it works.

Qualitative Research

We answered the question ‘What is the best way to market a degree course to potential students?”

We did by creating a focus group, we decided to do a letter format and gave it to members of a another group who acted as soon to be media students. We asked to write as if they were curious about the course and to write everything they wished they had asked when applying. The questions were all open ended so we were able to gather a lot more information and about how they felt and their exact thoughts instead of them being a number on a piece of paper.

 

Quantitate Research
For this we were finding the answer to the same question as before but this time using quantitate research.we though of as many questions as we could and gave out questionnaires and then put all our finidngs into a graph.