Prophecy Media

After the show has been fully edited and finalised it will ready to be aired on OHTV on sky channel 199. This will be a great moment for me as this will be the first time my work will be aired on TV. It would be a great feeling knowing my work is being sent to space and back and then being caught through a satellite dish and being show on a 42inch 1080p HD TV, I will feel accomplishment and achievement seeing director besides my name.

There is also talks going on between Jamal and Channel 5 to get the next series on air on terrestrial TV. This is a great opportunity and could lead to some great things if things progress.

The sound we received from the DJ was not the best of quality and it was not fully compatible with FCP so we had to convert it which made the sound even worse. Next time ill make sure he set his peaking at -6db and to hold back on equalisers

The presenter was okay but she could have been better, I believe she needs more training as a presenter. After seeing her in action i remembered last year when i was on documentary production with Ken and i was the presenter for the documentary.

I felt i directed well as people listened and took on my advise. I worked well under pressure and was able to keep my cool. I had a large responsibility riding on my shoulders. The show must be edited and aired at a high standard otherwise the big guys wont be happy.

The equipment was heavy, we had to be causious not to loose any.  We had limited space in the mini van to be comfortable for such a long journey. So next time i will not compromise comfort for my crews welfare.

I learnt a lot today about my self. I found that directing came to me naturally. At first i was a little nervous as i had a big responsibility to deliver a good outcome on the show as there was a lot of money riding on this. I ended up feeling so comfortable in my role i now seriously consider it as a career option. I think it is suitable to my expertise and skills now that i have production experience on such a large scale project.

Skills i have developed and gained evidence for relating to a directors position:

1) I have learnt how to delegate roles to crew members

2) experience in organising  and developing pre production and post production  processes

3) Able to maintain and develop contacts in the chosen area of practice

4) Successfully aired a Television show to a wider population in three continents, Africa, Europe and America; appropriate to the area id practice.

5) Worked efficiently and naturally with new and complex technologies; Cannon Z1, Z5, 5D, dedo lights, 3 memory card recording units for Z1,Tripods, the glidetrack being the newest one we used.

Overall the filming day went well and we was able to capture ALOT of footage over a space of 4 hours for 5 different cameras. Now it was on to the monmouth task of editing the 4 shows.

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Some of the footage was really bad as it had a bad blue hue to it which was look grim and killing the mood of the show. To make sure the show was up to par with other TV shows it had to be white balanced properly.

Side By Side

This was the footage before, it was blue and the colours looked unnatural and cold…

This was the footage after, it was really appealing and a little warmer which made the big difference in the show.

Having a well balanced picture is important as you want to recreate reality and in reality colours are natural looking and pleasing to the eye. This is what was recreated in the after picture.