Camera TV Script for "This is the Place". Student assessment in Camera, Lighting and Sound shooting Ravensbourne March 2011. Needs 2 Presenters and 8 cameras.

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“This is the Place”
1. TITP GRAPHIC / TITLES / GRAMS
PRESENTER 1:
2. CAM 3 / Hello and welcome to “This is the
M.L. 2-SH Place”.
PRES 2 L.O.F.
PRES 1 R.O.F. PRESENTER 2:
This is the show where each week
we visit a productive location of
interest and today we are here at
Ravensbourne – a media college
and ‘digital destination’ just
opposite the O2 in North
Greenwich, London.
PRES 1:
Ravensbourne sports a Faculty of
Fashion and offers studies to MA
level but this afternoon we are
focusing on Communication Media
- more usually called
Broadcasting.
3. CAM 2 / And we start our walkabout in this
W.S. PRESENTERS R.O.F. AT TOP the jewel of Broadcasting, the
OF SHOT Ravensbourne TV studio. (TURNS)
PAN LEFT TO INCLUDE CAMERA 1 This brand new facility is fully
WITH PRESENTER’S WALK equipped with 5 HD cameras and
is State-of-the-Art - in both the
specification of its installed kit and
the suitability of its building
design.
In fact without detailed planning
4. CAM 1 / in sound insulation for instance,
STUDIO WALL DETAIL AS DIR. no studio would be able to co-
exist in this an otherwise quiet
5. CAM 2 / college of study.
M.S. PRES
So, let’s look at the studio
fundamentals. The studio’ s
6. CAM 4 / lighting ‘grid’ is way up there at
W.S. STUDIO GRID/LIGHTS over 4 metres high - that’s over 13
feet and here you’ll find numerous
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manually-operated lighting
MIX TO pantographs.
7. CAM 1 / As you can see, these devices
1K AND 2K LAMPS AND SOFT support both traditional 1K and 2K
BOXES tungsten lanterns plus the much
more eco-friendly ‘soft’ lighting
panels which use fluorescent
8. CAM 2 / tubes to save power and heat.
W.S. PRES 1 R.O.F - FEATURE
FLOOR Down here the laser-flat studio
floor is no less impressive. This is
an area of 135 square metres –
and that’s a very useful size for
MIX TO magazine and music programmes.
9. CAM 4A / The floor is, in fact, poured as a
FRAME CAM 1’S PED AS HE liquid resin over a concrete base
SLOWLY CRABS RIGHT and this ensures a seam-free and
therefore perfectly flat floor over
which cameras can move with an
10. CAM 2 / impressive ‘crab’ or ‘track’ without
PRES 1 PLUS CAMERA 1 L.O.F. a bump.
Previously Ravensbourne
benefited from donations of
broadcast equipment from the
BBC and ITV. One example was
the BBC’s generous gift of SD
cameras but this studio is
equipped with cutting edge Sony
11. CAM 1 / HD cameras like this.
Z/O FROM DETAIL OF CAM 4
This studio’s compliment of 5 Sony
HXC-100 cameras with superb
Fujinon lenses delivers the most
stunning HD picture quality you
MIX TO are likely to see at 1080i.
12. CAM 3 / Not only do these cameras employ
Z/I TO CAM 1’S LENS the largest CCD pickups you’ll find
in ‘broadcast’ cameras but these
fast – that means sensitive -
Fujinon lenses deliver the sharpest
of images without a hint of
13. CAM 2 / chromatic aberration.
MLS CAM 1 + PRES A/B
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I’ll tell you more about these
cameras after we’ve heard from
14. GRAPHIC / <PRES 2>.
GRAMS STING
PRES 2:
15. CAM 6 / Getting away from the windowless
AS DIRECTED TV studio I thought you’d like to
see the fantastic view from Level 4
of the new Rave building. In fact
just down there I can see the
North Greenwich Pier which
allows visitors to arrive and depart
college by way of the fabulous
ThamesClipper service to and from
Central London. Being on the
Thames on Summer days is
blissful.
WALKS
BUT inside on Level 4 you’ll find
space reserved for student-
focused support and relaxation.
As you can see the South Atrium
here at Ravensbourne offers no
end of student services and
creature comforts – free water,
soft chairs and even games tables.
This floor is also where you’ll find
the headquarters of Rave’s
fantastically hard-working
Student Union. Often you’ll find
Harri, Stuart and Sam working
hard on behalf of students in this
space – but probably not before
mid-morning if there’s been any
dressing up in women’s clothes
the night before.
(LOOKS UNSUCCESSFULLY)
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Fully carpeted this Atrium is
perfectly suited to students who
need a place to chill – to reflect on
their status on Facebook, the
project brief they’ve just read 5
times and what they understand
about the phrase “blended
learning”.
In fact this area does provide the
right environment to reflect on
absolutely anything in life. Mmm.
16. GRAPHIC / <Pres 1>
GRAMS STING
PRES 1:
17. CAM 3B / Thanks <Pres 2>.
ML PRES 1 + CAM 4B IN FRAME
This magnificent Sony HXC-100
camera mounted on a modern
Vinten pedestal really is what
marks Ravensbourne out from its
18. CAM 2B / competitors.
FRAME “VINTEN” LABEL ON PED
BASE - SLOW Z/O TO WHOLE OF Vinten – a British company based
PED in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk - are
a World-leader in camera support
equipment since 1945. You
should not be surprised to find
their kit in TV studios in every
country that sports a National
19. CAM 3B / television service.
A/B
Just in case you didn’t realise, it is
gas-powered pedestals like this
that enables cameras to crane up
CAMERA 4 DOES SO and down effortlessly on-shot –
the sort of move which isn’t
possible if your camera is mounted
on a rolling tripod.
These cameras are at the forefront
of camera technology and were
20. CAM 1B / introduced by Sony as recently as
MS CAM 4 BODY – Z/I TO TRIAX May 2009. Without the enormous
CONNECTOR cost of ‘fibre’ camera cables, these
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camera heads are triax connected
yet can still deliver fabulous HD
pictures to their Camera Control
21. CAM 2B / Unit up to 850 metres away.
MS CAMERA HEAD SLOW Z/I TO
LENS DETAIL Apart from Sony’s digital triax
technology, the camera heads
employ 3 x 2/3-inch Power HAD
CCDs with 2.2 million pixels - and
they have a vast range of
automatic features useful in
today’s fast production
22. CAM 3B / turnarounds.
A/B
This is exactly the sort of HD
equipment that Broadcasters and
high-end Corporate users now use
now they’ve started shooting High
Definition in their studios.
TIGHTEN SHOT TO MS PRES 1 ON When prospective students and
Q their parents visit the college for
Open Day they realise that this UK
college is uniquely equipped to
deliver hands-on experience to the
highest broadcast TV standards.
23. GRAPHIC / <Pres 2>.
A/B
GRAMS STING
PRES 2:
24. CAM 7 / I’m now at the other end of Level
AS DIRECTED 4 still in the South Atrium but
close to the HelpDesks.
Here we can see the lovely
<name> manning the
switchboard and being ready to
help anyone who needs practical
or spiritual support. <Name> has
a special talent in that she tells me
despite being 4 floors up she can
still tell you who has just entered
the building by the sound of their
voice emanating up through the
vast echoic space that is the North
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Atrium. How cool is that?
Help is at hand too for any student
who needs help with their
imperative laptop. The I.T.
Support Desk can assist any
student who is having problems
with their hardware, software or
even firmware. Being connected
is everything these days isn’t it? I
learn so much from Facebook…
WALKS
Again this wonderful space is all
embracing and emanates an
energy - giving off a feeling of
being creative when in fact you
may not be. But being with your
mates - discussing how much
Mary drank last night for instance
- just makes you feel more normal
doesn’t it? At least it did for me a
25. GRAPHIC / few years ago. <Pres 1>.
GRAMS STING
26. CAM 2C / PRES 1:
LS PRES 1 AT DOOR OF STORAGE You join me now just in one
ROOM corner of the HD studio – an area
where the studio dimmers are
27. CAM 1C / housed, extra floor monitors are
CU DIMMER PACKS ON WALL stored and specialist lamps are
racked up here ready for the next
28. CAM 2C / studio spectacular.
A/B
But one very special facility in this
30. CAM 4C / room is down here. (POINTS)
DETAIL OF DMX DISTRIBUTION
WALLBOX This is the DMX distribution panel.
Here the feed of digital
instructions from the lighting
panel upstairs is fed into
31. CAM 2C / distribution amplifiers here for
A/B passing onto dedicated DMX
sockets to be found on the lighting
32. CAM 1C / grid up there.
DETAIL OF DMX SOCKET ON GRID
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It is these instructions in the form
of DMX code which tell intelligent
light fittings which colour to be -
and which way to be pointing, for
32. CAM 2C / instance.
MS PRES 1
Isn’t that clever? This facility
really is “state-of-the-Art” or
“cutting edge” – whichever
superlative tickles your fancy.
But let’s return to the studio floor
proper. I best close this door to
prevent the all-important smoke
alarms from going off.
DOES SO.
CUT ON TURN
Now, as I’ve said, this studio’s
33. CAM 3C / seamless floor allows tracking
L.S. shots like this and I thought apart
from this demonstration of good
camera technique I would use this
opportunity to show you one
almost unique facility in the
Ravensbourne TV studio.
TRACK BACK TO WINDOW AREA –
TO CAM 3D POSITION We all know that studios are great
for helping us get away from the
shooting perils of changing
daylight and unwanted noise on
location – and this properly
designed space does precisely
that. But I find that shooting all
day in a studio can make me feel
claustrophobic so I’m overjoyed to
see that the “powers that be”
decided to provide something to
alleviate my problem – a window
in the studio wall!
PULLS BACK CYCLORAMA.
Now many of you might have a
problem justifying such an
expensive solution to my feelings -
and one that doesn’t help
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production at all - but do I like
34. CAM 4D / being able to look out and see
DETAIL OF RAVE FRONT THROUGH what the real world is doing once
WINDOW in a while. It ‘grounds’ me as an
35. CAM 3D / artist and I feel that makes my
A/B performances so much better. I’m
sure that has to be a good thing.
36. GRAPHIC / <Pres 2>.
GRAMS STING
37. CAM 8 / PRES 2:
W.S. WITH PRES 2 HARD R.O.F. This is Ravensbourne’s
magnificent North Atrium.
Many of the operational floors and
support areas lead from this
architectural space.
ADJUST TO AREAS AS DIRECTED
Up there we have the all-
GO UP TO LEVEL 5 important Central Loan Resource.
This is where students can hire
out – at no charge - the most
high-end HD kit to hone their
camera and sound skills or
actually shoot their college
projects.
I’m not sure if we can see Gil or
Sophie manning the desk up there
but they do provide a fantastic
personal service to those who
have managed to have their Risk
Assessments signed off. An
TILT DOWN TO LEVEL 3 absolute MUST in Production these
days.
Below and to the left you can see
the end of the Post production
area. What a marvelously light
and breezy area that is. In the
Summer months I think wearing
sunglasses just might become
mandatory whether you are just
hanging out with your mates or
actually trying to sensitively edit.
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ADJUST RIGHT TO FIND PRES 2
AGAIN Having such high levels of ambient
light and noise creates a really
interesting and innovative concept
in Post Production operations.
AS PRES TURNS AND WALKS
TOWARDS CAMERA, TIGHTEN AND The new Ravensbourne is
FINISH ON MS PRES 2. committed to reducing its carbon
footprint. Green technologies have
been built into the fabric of this
building which sets out to prove
that usability is absolutely no
barrier to a design which gets
noticed and doesn’t have its
overall impact reduced by boring
practicalities.
But just in case you think
Ravensbourne is all daylight and
noise I’ll show you a cosy little
area the next time you join me
here on Level 2.
We’ll be talking to one of the
building’s users because there can
be nothing more important than a
testimonial from a creative user of
38. GRAPHIC / this space. <Pres 1>.
GRAMS STING
39. / PRES 1:
DANCES/JUGGLES/MOVES IN A
SEDUCTIVE WAY FOR 20
SECONDS THEN NOTICES THE
CAMERAS AS DIRECTED CAMERA IS ON… (INTIMATELY)
PRESENTER 1 FINALLY PLAYS TO Now you might think I’m just a
CAMERA 2 INTIMATELY voice, a face, a body that can be
used and exploited - but I’m an
Artist and I just might be available
HARD CUT SOUND & VISION TO for your next production! My
40. GRAPHIC / mobile number is 07…..
GRAMS STING
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PRES 2:
41. CAM 9 / Well I promised you an area away
MLS PRES 2 WALKS TOWARDS from the hustle and bustle and
CAMERA this is one of them – just outside
Pres. and QC Room 204. And with
me I have someone who has there
own view on what is like to work
here in the new Ravensbourne
facility, _________________
INTERCUT MATCHING SHOTS
CAMS 8 AND 9 FOR INTERVIEW Hi.
INTERVIEW
FINISH ON CAMERA 8 PRES 2 THROWS TO PRES 1
42. GRAPHIC / GRAMS STING
PRES 1:
43. CAM 3E / Well that’s about it for today.
PRES 1 R.O.F. – CAMERA 1 L.O.F.
We’ve seen just some of the
fantastic broadcast television kit
that Ravensbourne almost
uniquely carries. This college
really does cover the entire
chronological range of facilities
right up to the latest High
Definition camcorders shooting
1080i and 720p. WALKS
PAN PRES 1 RIGHT ON WALK TO Whether as a student you are
FINISH PRES 1 L.O.F. AND interested in broadcast Content
CAMERA 4 R.O.F. Creation, Production or Post-
Production there really isn’t a
better UK college as
Ravensbourne to give you both
the skills and contacts you need to
get you started in the broadcast
and media industries.
Apart from all the skills you can
learn here there is one final ability
you’ll need to make a reliable
career in the recorded media
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industries – that’s effective
networking.
But with Facebook turning us all
into smiling extroverts I’m sure
no-one has any problem in that
area.
44. CAM 1E / PRES 2 ARRIVES IN THE STUDIO
PRE-FRAMED MS AS PRES 2
ENTERS How was it for you?
(AD LIB ANSWER)
45. CAM 3E / That’s it. (GOODBYES FROM
A/B BOTH)
46. GRAPHIC / GRAMS TO END
FADE TO BLACK FADE TO SILENCE
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