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	*[[YSTV 3Peaks]]		*[[YSTV 3Peaks]]
	~~{{unsure\|Helen Hobin and others, can you please write up your experiences with the Three Peaks Challenge???}}~~

	*Bear Banter		*Bear Banter

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VTs

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	Sarah and Matt took two cameras and Pudsey to a game of Quidditch with the Hogyork Horntails and had a beary good time. Only one camera was used in the end, and both the warmup and the game were filmed, with Pudsey substituting for the Quaffle in many shots. There were not too many challenges...one camera worked well enough, and Matt did a good job tracking the fast play of the game. The team were really enthusiastic about having Pudsey play for the afternoon!		Sarah and Matt took two cameras and Pudsey to a game of Quidditch with the Hogyork Horntails and had a beary good time. Only one camera was used in the end, and both the warmup and the game were filmed, with Pudsey substituting for the Quaffle in many shots. There were not too many challenges...one camera worked well enough, and Matt did a good job tracking the fast play of the game. The team were really enthusiastic about having Pudsey play for the afternoon!

	*~~Three Peaks Challenge~~		*[[YSTV 3Peaks]]
	{{unsure\|Helen Hobin and others, can you please write up your experiences with the Three Peaks Challenge???}}		{{unsure\|Helen Hobin and others, can you please write up your experiences with the Three Peaks Challenge???}}

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VTs

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	* Duckton Abbey		* Duckton Abbey
	[[Image:DucktonAbbeyVoiceoversAmyandHannah.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Amy and Hannah recording voices for Duckton Abbey]]		[[Image:DucktonAbbeyVoiceoversAmyandHannah.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Amy and Hannah recording voices for Duckton Abbey]]
			Did you say talking ducks? Ah, the magic of television. For this VT, Amy and Sarah wrote a script entirely consisting of duck puns that they managed to wring out of unsuspecting friends and family, and then filmed some ducks on campus, and finally recorded voiceovers.

	*Children in Need Charity Spotlight: The Island		*Children in Need Charity Spotlight: The Island
	[[File:SarahatTheIsland.png\|thumb\|300px\|Sarah interviewing children at The Island's youth mentoring scheme]]		[[File:SarahatTheIsland.png\|thumb\|300px\|Sarah interviewing children at The Island's youth mentoring scheme]]
	We wanted to showcase a local charity that receives funding from Children in Need, so we contacted three, and The Island replied. Matt and Sarah set up a time to go interview the charity director at his office. The main issues that came out of this, were that two cameras would have been better for getting an establishing shot and closeups at the same time, and that carrying heavy equipment downtown on the bus is not fun. We arranged a second date to visit one of the fortnightly youth clubs that The Island runs, in order to interview some of the children and get some b-roll. The main issue at this second shoot was that we brought the wrong camera battery with us, luckily we also had a DSLR that we were able to use instead. In the future, it would be good to triple check equipment before leaving the station.		We wanted to showcase a local charity that receives funding from Children in Need, so we contacted three, and The Island replied. Matt and Sarah set up a time to go interview the charity director at his office. The main issues that came out of this, were that two cameras would have been better for getting an establishing shot and closeups at the same time, and that carrying heavy equipment downtown on the bus is not fun. We arranged a second date to visit one of the fortnightly youth clubs that The Island runs, in order to interview some of the children and get some b-roll. The main issue at this second shoot was that we brought the wrong camera battery with us, luckily we also had a DSLR that we were able to use instead. In the future, it would be good to triple check equipment before leaving the station. Also, it would be a good idea to bring a boom mic if you are interviewing children.

	[[File:RobynDancing.png\|thumb\|300px\|Robyn dancing with children at The Island]]		[[File:RobynDancing.png\|thumb\|300px\|Robyn dancing with children at The Island]]
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	*Bear Banter		*Bear Banter
			Amy wrote and filmed this VT in an afternoon, with her friends playing the various roles. It was a quick and easy shoot and edit, and a good opening to the show. Bear in mind that the puns are painfully funny!

	*Band		*Luxo Jr. Band
			Amy and Robyn recorded Luxo Jr. playing three songs and ended up using one of them for the show. The band recorded their song on their own sound equipment, which made the quality very nice.

	=Producers' Notes=		=Producers' Notes=

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The Live Show

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	=The Live Show=		=The Live Show=
	Children in Need 2014 was broadcast live from YSTV studios beginning around 8:11pm on November 15, 2014 and lasting approximately 2 hours. The live show included presenter challenges, a quiz show, live music, VTs and more. Four freshers, [[Matthew Ingram]], [[Sarah Mesterton-Gibbons]], [[Robyn Place]], and [[Amy Wilson]] produced, directed, and presented the show. A grand total of £739 was raised online.		Children in Need 2014 was broadcast live from YSTV studios beginning around 8:11pm on November 15, 2014 and lasting approximately 2 hours. The live show included presenter challenges, a quiz show, live music, VTs and more. Four freshers, [[Matthew Ingram]], [[Sarah Mesterton-Gibbons]], [[Robyn Place]], and [[Amy Wilson]] produced, directed, and presented the show. A grand total of £739 was raised online. The full live broadcast and the individual VTs are all available on ystv.co.uk.

	==Live Music==		==Live Music==
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	==Other Acts and Interviews==		==Other Acts and Interviews==
	Magic Soc provided some light entertainment and mind-baffling tricks, and a member of Pant Soc was interviewed about their then upcoming production of Dreaming Beauty.		Magic Soc provided some light entertainment and mind-baffling tricks, and a member of Pant Soc was interviewed about their then upcoming production of Dreaming Beauty.

	=VTs=		=VTs=

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The Bad

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	*Do have a backup plan for if a VT doesn't play, as in when the Three peaks videos suddenly stopped playing.		*Do have a backup plan for if a VT doesn't play, as in when the Three peaks videos suddenly stopped playing.

			*Don't forget to check that you have the correct equipment when shooting on location (i.e. bring the right type of battery with you).

			*Don't let your water bottles, clothing and papers be seen in shot on the floor or tables during the live show.

	==And the Ugly==		==And the Ugly==

Sarah.m-g: /* The Good */

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The Good

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	==The Good==		==The Good==
			This section is comprised of all the things that went really well, and that might be good for future producers to replicate.

	~~All~~ the guests showed up on time, ~~including to~~ the ~~earlier rehearsal~~.		*Do send lots of emails to your guests in the weeks leading up to the broadcast and keep them up-to-date on all the latest information (all the guests showed up on time!!!)

			*Do schedule a rehearsal on the day of the broadcast for musical acts to test sound equipment, etc.

			*Do make lots of detailed plans and schedules on large sheets of poster paper and plaster them all over your bedroom walls (hardly anything was forgotten, except for the graphics).

			*Do have a weekly producers meeting and send lots of emails back and forth.

			*Do ask more quests than you need in the beginning, because some of them will say no.

	==The Bad==		==The Bad==

Sarah.m-g at 22:00, 3 February 2015

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	[[File:UpLateEditingCiN.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Matt and Sarah were up editing until the wee hours of the morning the day of Children in Need]]		[[File:UpLateEditingCiN.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Matt and Sarah were up editing until the wee hours of the morning the day of Children in Need]]

	~~We were up till the wee hours~~ of ~~the morning the night before editing the last VTs~~.		This section is composed of a list of things that didn't go so well, and that future producers of CiN might want to think about when they are planning their broadcast.

	~~The script wasn~~'t in the ~~hands~~ of the ~~presenters until~~ the ~~day of~~, ~~and then they were too busy~~ editing ~~to read it~~.		*Don't stay up until the wee hours of the morning the night before, editing the last VTs.

	The autocue froze a few times, the presenters had never used autocue before and the autocue moved too fast at first, as there was no way for the autocue op to see what portion of the text was visible on the screen in the studio. This issue was fixed by marking the visible portion on the computer screen in the control room with masking tape.		*Do eat something other than junk food!

	~~We did not request graphics until~~ the day of the show, ~~and then a few people had to scramble to get them made~~.		*Don't wait till the day of the show to give the presenters the script, especially if the presenters are still madly editing VTs...

	~~Some~~ of the ~~VTs didn~~'t play ~~at first~~.		*Do train the presenters on how to work with autocue before the actual live broadcast! (Aside from Sarah and Robyn looking a bit uncomfortable with little words scrolling on a screen in front of them, the autocue also died a couple of times, so do have a backup script for the presenters to hold, also...make sure that you use tape to mark the on the autocue screen in the control room, to let the autocue operator know what portion of the text the presenters can see on their screen in the studio.)

			*Do request graphics well in advance and not on the day of the show...so that people do not have to scramble to make them for you!

			*Do have a backup plan for if a VT doesn't play, as in when the Three peaks videos suddenly stopped playing.

	==And the Ugly==		==And the Ugly==

Sarah.m-g at 21:36, 3 February 2015

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	=Fundraising=		=Fundraising=

	There were two ~~pieces~~ to the fundraising campaign for YSTV's Children in Need broadcast in 2014; the first was completing the Three Peaks Challenge (and filming it, which involved carrying a lot of heavy equipment), and the second was running around campus in Pudsey onesies and asking people to take selfies with Pudsey. See information under the VT category above for more about the Three Peaks Challenge. The "take a selfie with Pudsey" campaign was relatively successful...it involved a visit to The Glasshouse on Heslington East, and walking around Heslington East, visiting various housing blocks. Most people were willing to take a picture with Pudsey and donate some spare change. In the future, setting up a booth in a heavier-traffic area might be a good idea.		There were two parts to the fundraising campaign for YSTV's Children in Need broadcast in 2014; the first was completing the Three Peaks Challenge (and filming it, which involved carrying a lot of heavy equipment), and the second was running around campus in Pudsey onesies and asking people to take selfies with Pudsey. See information under the VT category above for more about the Three Peaks Challenge. The "take a selfie with Pudsey" campaign was relatively successful...it involved a visit to The Glasshouse on Heslington East, and walking around Heslington East, visiting various housing blocks. Most people were willing to take a picture with Pudsey and donate some spare change. In the future, setting up a booth in a heavier-traffic area might be a good idea. And maybe not asking people in their pyjamas nursing hangovers to have their picture taken!

	We created a Just Giving fundraising page (https://www.justgiving.com/YSTV-CiN2014/) for the Three Peaks Challenge, and raised £609.		We created a Just Giving fundraising page (https://www.justgiving.com/YSTV-CiN2014/) for the Three Peaks Challenge, and raised £609.

	We also created a Just Giving fundraising page for the live broadcast (https://www.justgiving.com/YSTV-Childreninneed2014/), ~~modeled~~ after the one created for the 2013 CiN broadcast. There was some confusion for our viewers with the 2013 Just Giving page, and we received two donations towards the 2014 total on the 2013 page (https://www.justgiving.com/YSTV-ChildrenInNeed/). We raised £90 total, including £15 collected from our adventures around campus in the Pudsey onesies.		We also created a Just Giving fundraising page for the live broadcast (https://www.justgiving.com/YSTV-Childreninneed2014/), modelled after the one created for the 2013 CiN broadcast. There was some confusion for our viewers with the 2013 Just Giving page, and we received two donations towards the 2014 total on the 2013 page (https://www.justgiving.com/YSTV-ChildrenInNeed/). We raised £90 total, including £15 collected from our adventures around campus in the Pudsey onesies.

	The grand total raised was £739 including the two donations to the 2013 page.		The grand total raised was £739 including the two donations to the 2013 page.

Sarah.m-g at 21:28, 3 February 2015

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	==Live Music==		==Live Music==
			There were two musical acts, Nick Sephton sang two songs and two students from Pant Soc sang a song from their production of Dreaming Beauty. A separate stage area with a black backdrop and glittery lights was set up on the left wall of the studio to give them an area to perform in, and to make setup easier between acts.

	==Quiz Show==		==Quiz Show==
			The live portion of CiN included an exciting quiz show, "Tell Me More," that involved two teams of faculty and students competing against each other. Who knew there were so many dinosaur names and periodic elements?

	==Presenter Challenges==		==Presenter Challenges==
			For the first presenter challenge, Robyn and Sarah attempted to stuff as many marshmallows as possible into their mouths while saying "fluffy Pudsey"... this was hilarious to them, but maybe a bit painful for the audience watching at home. The second presenter challenge involved a special visit from Chef Helen (pronounced Hélène) and a blind taste testing of her creative concoctions. Some of the mysterious ingredients included tic tacs, vanilla pudding, and tomato paste.

	==Other Acts and Interviews==		==Other Acts and Interviews==
			Magic Soc provided some light entertainment and mind-baffling tricks, and a member of Pant Soc was interviewed about their then upcoming production of Dreaming Beauty.

	=VTs=		=VTs=