Interview script for a head of multi cam productions at the BBC. BTEC media task.

1. “THE SHOW SHOW”
By
Ed Bonney
The Street
The City, London
The Number
Theemail@theemail.com

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FADE IN:
THE INTERVIEW
The camera pans down to the host and an empty sofa. We see
him introduce the show and the guest, he then walks in and
sits on the sofa and begin discussing Multi Camera
productions.
INTERVIEWER
Hello, and welcome back to the show,
tonight we have the Head of Multi Camera
Productions at the BBC with us. Or the
‘HOMCP’ for short, however, I’m not even
going to bother trying to pronounce that
because it’s impossible, I’ll just call
you Geoff. Ladies and gentlemen please
welcome Geoffffffff!!
GEOFF
Hello everyone.
INTERVIEWER
Hello Geoff, welcome to the show. Great to
have you here.
GEOFF
Great to be here.
INTERVIEWER
So, I understand that you are here to talk
about your role as the HOMCP at the BBC.
GEOFF
Yeah, I’m here to talk about all of the
job responsibilities.
INTERVIEWER
Go Ahead
GEOFF
Ok, so in a live multi camera production
there are a LOT of things to think about,
one of those is making sure that all of

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the cameras are set up correctly so that
we don’t miss anything, because could you
imagine if we missed Madonna falling of
the stage. Also in live sporting events we
need cameras to cover each angle because
if we missed a goal on live TV the fans
would be outraged.
INTERVIEWER
I could imagine the distress knowing that
they would have to wait a few minutes to
see it on YouTube anyway.
GEOFF
If all of the cameras are set up correctly
it can make the audience feel as if they
were there. So we need to make sure that
nothing is in the way of any of the
cameras.
INBTERVIEWER
Yes, I agree completely, you can almost
feel the cold of the outside football
stadium when you are sat at home on the
sofa stuffing your face.
GEOFF
We also need to think about how the
cameras are set up because it can affect
the visual style of the show. For example
if the cameras are placed in the wrong
position at a theatre the lighting may
look like it was not meant to be there. So
we need to place some cameras from the
audience’s point of view so that the
lighting looks natural. Multi camera
productions help to keep the audience
interested because could you imagine if we
filmed a football match with a single
birds eye view angle, people would
probably get bored within the first 5
minutes.

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INTERVIEWER
That is true, it would just look like 22
footballs running around on a pitch.
GEOFF
Next we have to think about the
constraints of the studio or wherever we
are setting up the cameras, for example if
we are setting up in a small area it is
difficult to make sure that none of the
cameras can see each other in the video,
we need to make sure that none of the
studio equipment in in the shot at any
point of the production. At these times it
is very stressful for myself and the
production crew. Lots of things can go
wrong and again it can be very stressful
because everything has to be precise.
INTERVIEWER
Yes, we understand that the job is very
stressful could you please move on to
another subject.
GEOFF
Finally I’m going to talk about the process of
multi camera simultaneous recording. To do this
properly we need a large crew with a huge variety
of job roles with even more job responsibilities.
We need the sound mixer the commentator if it is
a sports event, we need a vision mixer and so on.
So as you can probably see it is a huge
undertaking to pull off a multi camera production
effectively. We do have some things to make it a
little easier though, for example, we have a
communication system between all of the camera
operators to tell them that they are about to go
live. We can also tell them if we want them to do
a certain camera technique, for example panning
or tilting. We have some prerecorded graphics

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that can be edited onto the shot and then steamed
live to the audience around the country, an
example of this is the score on football games
that are live. The graphics are pre made and then
edited on to the live stream. Anyway that’s about
it for my short description of my role as the
head Of Multi Camera Productions at the BBC.
Thanks for having me on the show
INTERVIEWER
SHORT!! Im joking. Thanks for being on the
show. Everyone round of applause for
Geoff, Head of Multi Camera Productions at
the BBC. See you later
GEOFF
Thanks for having me. Goodbye.
FADE OUT:
THE END