'AS LIVE' PRODUCTION: Production Meeting 1

Today was the first production meeting with the whole year group. We also found out who's everyones roles were for Steal the Style. Katie and myself had to pitch the idea again to the group so everyone had an idea of what our programme will be about. 

Everyones roles:
- Production manager / gallery pa (Jemma)
- Studio production assistant (Victoria)
- Studio director (George L & Gavin)
- VT Package producer / gallery VT operator (Callum & Connor D)
- VT package directors / studio camera (Drey & George W)
- VT researcher / floor manager (Sonia & George N)
- VT package camera / studio camera (Jason & Alex B)
- VT sound & package editor / studio sound (Aimee)
- VT sound & package editor / vision mixer (Alex H)
- Promos dept trailer & social media editor / studio camera (Cailan)
- Promos titles & website / behind the scenes editor studio camera (Katie p)
- Trailer and titles producer / studio camera (Zak)
- Promos researcher / studio camera (Connor w)
- Social media / online producer & audience manager (Danny)
- GFX & branding designer and style bible (Simon)
- Promotions camera / behind the scenes camera (Will B)
- Promotions director / behind the scenes director (Ollie)
- Promos camera asst & sound / behind the scenes asst & sound (Andrew)
- Casting researcher / AFM (Jack)
- Locations researcher / lead studio camera (Laura)

After pitching the idea to the rest of the production team, we first explained that we are going to get rid of the hot or not board and paddles, unless anyone has a good substitute. We also said that we originally thought Channel 4 would be most appropriate for our show but after feedback from the pitch we changed it to E4. We said that Del wanted an hours worth of content rather than 20 minutes worth, this means that we need a lot of content, and therefore, a lot of ideas from everyone. We can't have one section which is 4-5 minutes long, each part needs to be about 2 minutes to keep the audience interested. We also answered any questions anyone had, and asked for their initial ideas after hearing the pitch.

Photo by Connor Winfield

Initial ideas from everyone else:
- Current artwork up on the wall instead of the hot or not board
- Fashion makeup - current trends section
- Fashion photographer who works for Louis Vuitton
- Think about the dance studio floor within the next two weeks - Victoria to look after it maybe
- Magazines have YouTube channels - look at them and the magazines

The first thing we asked everyone to do was to research their own job role. This will make it easier to set preproduction jobs if we all know what exactly everyones roles include.

After Del's feedback during the pitch, Katie and myself know that we need more content in the segments as 5 minutes is too long for one segment with only one topic involved. As a result of this, we asked the people with the studio roles to think about different ideas for content that we could think about and include, and we asked the people with VT jobs to think about ideas for VTs and watch different fashion videos on TV already, e.g. the fashion segment in This Morning. If we get a good idea for a VT we may be able to make a section out of that.

We will reconvene on Thursday for the second production meeting to hear everyone's ideas for more content. Following that, we will be able to decide on the segments and set a structure, which will then allow the VT team to start their research and work into the videos.