Upon reflecting on this weeks progress, in starting on the TV part of our formats module. I thought I’d brainstorm all the factors of my role and how I will be acting in them. Making sure to not only add my own flare but also to stay organised and focused throughout.
First off, in thinking about my role as a producer I began to read up on my knowledge of acting as one. As I researched my role, I began to think about those who executively produce programmes, considering that I am working solo as a ‘producer’ for my tv teams show, without the support of an assistant producer. Thus can carry on some of the responsibilities of an executive producer onto my role.
According to Creative Skillset.org (CS 2016) being an executive producer involves the following:
- Being responsible for the overall quality control and success of TV productions
- Ensuring that television programmes conform to commissioners’ specifications
In terms of analysing this description, it’s clear to me that I will have to make sure that we stick to broadcasting standards, further keeping the audience in mind when it comes to what type of language we use on our show and the quality of our production and so forth. I will further brief my team on this, in order for them to understand the importance of ‘broadcast standards’, if they are not quite familar with it yet.
Next as a producer, I will be sure to organise weekly meetings and file all the necessary paperwork in due course. This will be very beneficial to my tv team, as I will keep all documents in one place and possibly showcase all documents to the team so they are aware of the paperwork that needs to be filled out. Some examples include, audience participation forms, health and safety form(s) etc. I may also over see the participants that we bring on to our show, as I can assess their suitability and can possibly have a small chat with them about the agenda of our programme and their role. However this may be done by the director, but its possible that we may laison to work as a collaborative in the screening of all participants.
Finally, my other role will involve acting as head website designer. This will allow me full admin access, whilst putting together my tv groups website. In revisiting the brief its clear that we’ll only need one primary page on our website, which the programme will play through, thus we do not need additional tabs such as ‘meet the crew’ or ‘competition time’ etc. However, if we have some time left over then it may be possible for us to add in another tab within our website to boost aesthetics.During my time as the main website creator, I’ll be sure to
During my time as the main website creator, I’ll be sure to liaison with our graphics department and logo creator. This will allow us to communicate effectively with each other and stay up to date with how we want our site to look and what else we’d like to include on it. For example, if there are specific theme colours or moving graphics that we’d like to include on our site.
Overall I would say that I am ready to act in the following roles, highlighted above. I’d further say that I’m very enthusiastic about intrigued to see how our programme evolves from initial development to final post stage (on filming day). For now, I’d say that I’m organised, highly focused and engaged to really add my creative opinions plus flare to my role and also my team as well.
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