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| start date = 07/02/2015 | | start date = 07/02/2015 | ||
| end date = 27/02/2015 | | end date = 27/02/2015 | ||
| producers = [[Sam Nicholson]]<br>[[ | | producers = [[Sam Nicholson]]<br>[[Matthew Ingram]] | ||
| url = https://ystv.co.uk/watch/Elections/2015/ | | url = https://ystv.co.uk/watch/Elections/2015/ | ||
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==60 Second Manifestos== | ==60 Second Manifestos== | ||
Manifestos were set up the weekend before filming, making use of the slightly larger greenscreen frame borrowed from the Electronics department along with some creative lighting to get a fairly even key (roughly, light the greenscreen first to be completely flat, then light the subject as far in front of it as you can). Initially keying live was attempted, but due to the difficulty in consistently getting a clean key across a variety of clothing patterns and skin tones this was scrapped in favour of doing it in After Effects. For filming the studio was left in this set up all week as no other productions had booked it and it took us the better part of a weekend to set it up. The lighting desk was configured as a sort of "video village", with the laptop feeding a clock graphic to the plasma which was situated immediately behind the camera, along with being used to copy successful takes to Pending Edits and update [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1um9HMg573v8xn05-IKwXK5lgIBYB7f1g5FJQUcgxSTA/edit#gid=0 the spreadsheet]. A TV was also set up and connected to the AC90's HDMI output with the OSD output turned on, to monitor the video and audio levels (and also spot the one time when the camera crashed). | Manifestos were set up the weekend before filming, making use of the slightly larger greenscreen frame borrowed from the Electronics department along with some creative lighting to get a fairly even key (roughly, light the greenscreen first to be completely flat, then light the subject as far in front of it as you can). Initially keying live was attempted, but due to the difficulty in consistently getting a clean key across a variety of clothing patterns and skin tones this was scrapped in favour of doing it in After Effects. | ||
For filming the studio was left in this set up all week as no other productions had booked it and it took us the better part of a weekend to set it up. The lighting desk was configured as a sort of "video village", with the laptop feeding a clock graphic to the plasma which was situated immediately behind the camera, along with being used to copy successful takes to Pending Edits and update [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1um9HMg573v8xn05-IKwXK5lgIBYB7f1g5FJQUcgxSTA/edit#gid=0 the spreadsheet]. A TV was also set up and connected to the AC90's HDMI output with the OSD output turned on, to monitor the video and audio levels (and also spot the one time when the camera crashed). | |||
Candidate briefing took place in the middle of the week before filming, during which a sheet of paper was handed around for slot bookings for manifestos, and candidates were briefed on what they could expect from 60SM, FTOs, ERN and URY's Candidate Interview Night. An online system was also setup, making use of [http://youcanbook.me http://youcanbook.me] to sync slot bookings to a Google calendar and allow candidates to edit their slots if they needed to. Slots were 15 minutes long and available all over the weekend, with a limited additional number on the Thursday and Friday for those who were away - candidates who couldn't make any of these times were encouraged to email the producers to find an alternative. Unfortunately several didn't bother, even with URY sending an email summarising the briefing to every candidate a few days later, and a few candidates complained on the following Tuesday morning after the studio was cleared up on Monday and the videos put online - unsurprisingly their failure to read their emails or get in touch meant they didn't get one! Sending the email out to all candidates the evening after the briefing instead of the Friday may have helped with this. | Candidate briefing took place in the middle of the week before filming, during which a sheet of paper was handed around for slot bookings for manifestos, and candidates were briefed on what they could expect from 60SM, FTOs, ERN and URY's Candidate Interview Night. An online system was also setup, making use of [http://youcanbook.me http://youcanbook.me] to sync slot bookings to a Google calendar and allow candidates to edit their slots if they needed to. Slots were 15 minutes long and available all over the weekend, with a limited additional number on the Thursday and Friday for those who were away - candidates who couldn't make any of these times were encouraged to email the producers to find an alternative. Unfortunately several didn't bother, even with URY sending an email summarising the briefing to every candidate a few days later, and a few candidates complained on the following Tuesday morning after the studio was cleared up on Monday and the videos put online - unsurprisingly their failure to read their emails or get in touch meant they didn't get one! Sending the email out to all candidates the evening after the briefing instead of the Friday may have helped with this. | ||
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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. 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== | |||
This year, YUSU Elections were a great success. Our 60 Second Manifestos amassed over 105,000 hits over the course of the campaign period and YSTV were given the right to reveal who was running for what before any other society. | |||
One major issue with this production is liaising with YUSU and URY - this meant that both of our carefully constructed introductions got cut short. I'd advise any future producers to have a floor manager to act as liaison between us and YUSU/URY to make sure that our show goes out okay. | |||
Matt also advise that producers be given access to Comms sets so that they can talk to presenters during Result night. On a show like this, there were times when Matt needed to talk to Jess when we were live but he couldn't - it frustrated both Matt and Jess that we couldn't communicate so when she had to ad-lib she had to do so with very little help. | |||
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