Recently, my two friends and I decided to produce a show. This is South Africa's OTHER satirical news show called The Comical Globe. The news content is mainly focused on our province's (Eastern Cape), the nation and world at large. Since we are journalism students, we decided that having a platform express our views on world affairs would be a good start to our budding careers.
So we have one guy with experience in radio broadcasting producing the content and is also the presenter of the show. Then another fellow has an avid interest in editing, is a self taught editor. He says " I've learned most things from tutorials on YouTube", and he also assists with the camera operation. Then there's me. I do the camera operation, lighting, sound, production design and continuity. I have had some training in film and video production. My interest lies in the construction and deconstruction of television programmes, films and advertisements. Having trained in this field has garnered interest in the analysis of such, and the implications of them in the societal sphere. Now being a trainee journalist, I have the added interest in the way in which these messages are reported.
This particular episode was shot on a Sony PD170 on 16:9 aspect ratio, in standard play mode.
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| http://www.mediacollege.com/equipment/sony/camera/dsr/dsrpd170.html |
We also used redhead lights, although no diffuser paper was used. The lights were partly bounced off the ceiling, hence we have some sharp lighting on the presenter.
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| http://photo.net/photography-lighting-equipment-techniques-forum/00ZRhp |
We've faced some challenges during production, noticed glaring mistakes and so forth. So, if you have some constructive criticism and advice, please feel free to drop a line or two.
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