This document provides information about an introductory production course. It introduces the instructor Helen Bruce and provides details about course requirements and assessments. Students will complete tasks such as researching examples of TV shows, developing ideas for their own TV show, learning practical production skills, and self-evaluating their work. The core project is to create an original magazine-style TV show with pre-recorded video inserts (VTs) by the end of the term. Guidelines are provided on show format, using equipment, and deadlines for assignments.

1. Welcome To
Practical Production

2. Who am I?
• Helen Bruce
• Before becoming a teacher I worked in the film and
media industry for 8 years, I have worked as a
course leader on courses from level 1-4 and I have
recently edited several documentaries and won
awards for some of my short films.

3. Who are you?
WHAT IS YOUR NAME WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE TV
SHOW OR FILM AND WHY

4. Warm up Media Quiz

5. Things you will need for
this session each week
• A pen
• A paper pad
• Headphones
• A usb stick or harddrive (at
least 125gb)

6. Equipment you will be using:

7. Deadlines:
Practice TV show completed by end of November
(including pre-recorded VT)
end of November
Your Final TV show completed by December.
(including pre-recorded VT)
Before December holiday.

8. What do you need to submit?
HELEN: FINISHED TV SHOW AND
VT, & COMPLETED SCRIPTS.
HANNAH: FINISHED WORKBOOK
WITH ALL CONTENT COMPLETE.

9. How will you
be assessed?

10. TasK 1: Research Portfolio
• Analyse 3 other TV examples (10 minutes each
clip 1 live TV show and 2 VTs)
• Ideas generation and experimentation (show
working out of ideas)
• Research for pre-production planning
• Practical research (trying out techniques)

11. Task 2: Communicating your ideas
• Demonstrate and
communicate your ideas
in various plans
•Proposal
•Pitch
•Pre-production

12. Task 3: Practical Skills
• Using TV production technology (auto
cue, vision mixer, cameras, lighting)
• Using professional filming and editing
equipment
• Using techniques (methods for
production)
• Showing how you manage a project
• Showing off your creativity

13. Task 4: Evaluation
•Reviewing your
work
•Testing
•Asking for
feedback from
others

14. Creating a
Magazine Show

15. A show that reports on
particular subjects for
example: current
events, entertainment,
games, history, etc.

16. They include at least
1 presenter but
usually 2.

17. They have pre-
recorded inserts
known as VTs
which relate to
the content of
the show.

18. They often have
a live audience.

19. They are usually
broadcast live but
can be pre-
recorded as live.

20. They are filmed in
the studio but they
often have
roaming reporters
on location.

21. Usually they have
on guests that
they interview in
different styles
appropriate to the
show.

22. They can have special
features such as; guest
spots, experts, quizzes
, phone ins, audience
participation.

23. Examples
• BBC News
• This Morning
• The Graham Norton Show
• The One Show
• Top Gear
• Good Morning Britain
• Loose Women
• Ant and Dec saturday night takeaway
• The Johnathan Ross Show
• The Alan Carr Show
• Alan Titchmarsh: Spring into Summer
• Springwatch

24. Watch the TV show closely and be
prepared to answer questions
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25. What has happened so far?
• How did the show open? What did
you notice?
• How do we know we're watching
ant and dec's saturday night
takeaway? What branding was
used in the sound and visuals?
• What is the shows format so far
(how is it arranged/ ordered, what
things have they done to make it
unique?)

26. Audience
interaction and
VTs
• What pre-recorded clips have you seen so
far? How do they fit into the TV show?
• What is the purpose and style of the show?
• How have they interacted with the audience?
• What is their interview style? (informal,
formal, conversational?)

27. Technology and
features
• What technology do you know is being used? How do you know?
• Who do you think the audience is for the show? Give examples of
how you know this.
• Are there any features that are used during the live show?
• What camera angles are being used? Why? (watch together and
discuss)

28. TASK
In Pairs:
work on the
following:
A 3 slide presentation about a magazine show of your
choice.
Explain what you like about it and what you don't
How you might improve it or create something similar
Explain how it uses:
- VTs
- Audience interaction
- Presentation
- Technology

29. Aim to share your presentation on the
Moodle Forum by the end of the session.