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Strong and Stable was the name given to YSTV's overnight coverage of GE2017 with The Lemon Press. It was envisioned as an alternative and comedic take on the elections. As [[Katherine Bell]] pointed out: "If people want serious, they'll watch the BBC". The multiple livestreams streamed on both YSTV and Facebook live in 3 increments at 10-12pm, 1-3am and finally a more serious political debate show from 4-6am. | Strong and Stable was the name given to YSTV's overnight coverage of GE2017 with The Lemon Press. It was envisioned as an alternative and comedic take on the elections. As [[Katherine Bell]] pointed out: "If people want serious, they'll watch the BBC". The multiple livestreams streamed on both YSTV and Facebook live in 3 increments at 10-12pm, 1-3am and finally a more serious political debate show from 4-6am. It was named after the popular 2017 meme about Theresa May's 'Strong and Stable' leadership and the joke that YSTV streams were often neither strong nor stable. | ||
==Pre-Production== | ==Pre-Production== | ||
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==The Day of Livestream== | ==The Day of Livestream== | ||
The day of the election stream was at the end of the infamous week of hell from 2-9th June where there was a production every single day. Therefore, everyone was a bit fed up and there wasn't much going on until around 6pm on the night. Since we were supposed to go live at 10pm it was decided there wasn't enough time to set up an OB in YourSpace and the studios would have to do. There was then a rush against time to build a decent-ish set with setboard, photos of politicians, a precariously hung glowing "On Air" sign with "Just About" written above as well as multiple balloons. [[Hui-Ling Phillips]], [[Katherine Bell]] and [[Raquel Bartra]] went to Aldi to procure catering as there was a huge crew arriving. | The day of the election stream was at the end of the infamous week of hell from 2-9th June where there was a production every single day. Therefore, everyone was a bit fed up and there wasn't much going on until around 6pm on the night. Since we were supposed to go live at 10pm it was decided there wasn't enough time to set up an OB in YourSpace and the studios would have to do. There was then a rush against time to build a decent-ish set with two a red sofa, an armchair, setboard, photos of politicians, a precariously hung glowing "On Air" sign with "Just About" written above as well as multiple balloons. [[Hui-Ling Phillips]], [[Katherine Bell]] and [[Raquel Bartra]] went to Aldi to procure catering as there was a huge crew arriving. | ||
==The Show== | ==The Show== | ||
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* Tracey or Trump (where the presenters had to guess whether the quotes onscreen where from Donald Trump or Tracey Beaker) | * Tracey or Trump (where the presenters had to guess whether the quotes onscreen where from Donald Trump or Tracey Beaker) | ||
There were many running gags in the comedy shows from 10-12pm and 1-3am. These included: | There were many running gags in the comedy shows from 10-12pm and 1-3am presented by [[Andy Tallon]] and [[Josh Chapman]]. These included: | ||
* A loud MLG horn patched through to the studio whenever there was a seat won (to the constant surprise and annoyance of the presenters). The Director on shift would then give the details of the seat won over comms to be reported while the LED lights would change the colour of the set boards to the wining party's colour. | * A loud MLG horn patched through to the studio whenever there was a seat won (to the constant surprise and annoyance of the presenters). The Director on shift would then give the details of the seat won over comms to be reported while the LED lights would change the colour of the set boards to the wining party's colour. | ||
* The presenters getting progressively more intoxicated and bewildered by the antics of The Lemon Press | * The presenters getting progressively more intoxicated and bewildered by the antics of The Lemon Press | ||
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[[Image:GE2017_LA1_vs_YSTV.jpg|An example of the tonal differences between YSTV's and LA1's election coverage on the night]] | [[Image:GE2017_LA1_vs_YSTV.jpg|An example of the tonal differences between YSTV's and LA1's election coverage on the night]] | ||
The show from 4-6am was produced by [[Joel Mitchell]] and invited political commentators from many student political parties and publications to comment on the results and predict the nature of the hung parliament which was beginning to become inevitable. | The show from 4-6am was produced by [[Joel Mitchell]] and invited political commentators from many student political parties and publications to comment on the results and predict the nature of the hung parliament which was beginning to become inevitable. This show has a more reserved set up with 5 stools set up around a screen where two presenters and 3 guests (around 10 guests swapped throughout the two hours) discussed the night. This show utilised VT footage from YSTV's previous coverage of the election period including our coverage of the Corbyn rally and an exclusive interview with Boris Johnson. [[Joel Mitchell]] and [[Benjamin Whybrow]] held the show together by producing, presenting and researching on iPads live on air as comms were temperamental at best. | ||
==Awards== | |||
The Strong and Stable livestream was shortlisted for and won a 2017 [[YUMA]] for best entertainment to the surprise of everyone involved. Especially as YSTV had also been nominated in the same category for [[Behind the Streams]] | |||