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== Results Night == | == Results Night == | ||
During election Night [[Matt Ingram]] was the Content Producer and [[Sam Nicholson]] is the Tech Producer, which had allow each of them to focus on their area | During election Night [[Matt Ingram]] was the Content Producer and [[Sam Nicholson]] is the Tech Producer, which had allow each of them to focus on their area. This resulted in improvements in both areas. | ||
From a content perspective, the set-up was simple: we had a short introductory section before we cut back to our presenter chatting to two pundits for some general commentary and analysis. When the results were ready to be announced, we'd cut to front of house and as the winner of each position began their speech, we would go back to studio for some instant reaction and results analysis from our pundits. As the winning candidate came to the end of their speech, we cut to VT (the winning candidate's 60 Second Manifesto) so we could sit the winner down, mic them and brief them really quickly on our interview before we came back to studio to chat to them. The cycle was repeated throughout the night and seemed to work. | |||
Towards the beginning of the night, however, due to candidates not showing up to the announcements, the timing of the event was altered and URY filled any gaps for their show or for the event with music. We can't do that, and this eventually resulted in our presenter and pundits having 20 minutes of airtime to fill mid-way through the broadcast. Without our presenter and pundits being so well briefed, this would have been disastrous so advice for future producers would be to make sure that you've got plenty of content researched and ready to talk about. | |||
As with FTOs, thorough research of candidates and their campaigns was essential if we were to provide insightful interviews for viewers to watch and in terms of interviewing, we found that winners interviewed well on their policies and campaigns despite being in a (in some cases very) emotional state. Future producers should look at keeping this rather than asking the same old 'How are you feeling?' question to every candidate. | |||
==Note from Producer== | ==Note from Producer== | ||