THE EVOLUTION OF THE GENRE OF ‘LIVE’, PRACTICALITIES, CHALLENGES AND THE LAW
As lives are recorded programmes with a live feeling
They're recorded in a studio location
They require a full gallery with associated roles in vision mixing/multi-camera direction/PA
Majority of the programme is recorded to the required duration
Post production is kept to a minimum
Why choose as live?
Advantages
- Less left to chance in a more controlled and polished enviroment
- Opportunity to re-record elements of the programme and to make improvements to the intro and closing slots
- They don't require the technical paraphernalia of live transmissions
- Cost is reduced
- Can extend real time
Disadvantages
- Trying to manufacture a live feeling can mean it gets lost
- Truly live programmes feel less manufactured
- Tension of a live programme is hard to re-create
- Post production can compound the issues
- It's very easy to over shoot
- The audience at home can feel cheated
As live formats include;
Panel shows
Quiz shows
Chat shows
Music shows
Common themes in as live shows include;
Audiences
Usually recorded in a studio and require a full studio floor crew
Often involves on screen guests/talents/main presenter/amchor
Often topical/driven by special events or dates
Often use VT inserts
Impact of genre:
Conventions can dictate style and location
Can be recorded on location (outside broadcast/OB) or in studio
Expectations of the audience
Audiences
Why have one? What do they add? Do we need them?
What role does the audience have?
Passive- simply quietly viewing
Participatory- Actually taking part in some way
Appreciative- Responding through laughter, clapping etc.
Supportive- there to offer support to a particular contributor
Have a warm up to get the audience going and interested
What role they play depends on the format of the show?
As live content
Theoretically anything can be presented in an as live format, it's only limited by considerations such as:
- Time
- Location
- Budget
- Logistics
- Timings
It's absolutely essential that as lives consider timings, when discussing potential content this is a huge factor.
Just like a live programme as lives are carefully aimed so that each segment fits a prescribed duration.
A simple discussion around the viability of an idea in terms of timing could well determine whether it will br included or not.
Live TV
The evolution of the genre of ‘live’, practicalities, challenges and the law.Why bother with live TV?
- It makes the audience more active following along at home
- Makes TV event TV
- Immediacy, makes you feel like you are there in the moment
Case study: Live Aid
July 3rd '85- Bob Geldof organised a Lived Aid event staged simultaneously at Wembley in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia.
Live and new media
Programme makers increasingly appeal and
cater for viewer/user created content ž
Broadcasters now collaborate with their
audience
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Live- an opportunity to increase audiences, promotion and re-invent formats
Live- an opportunity to increase audiences, promotion and re-invent formats
The trouble with live
Totally live programmes come into contact with a lot of challenges.
They rely upon meticulous planning in things like;
- Scripting
- Timing
- Casting
- Safety
- Cabling
- Running order planning
- Legal wrangling
Strategies get evolved to combat these issues, including;
- Studio based content
- VT- pre-shot material to be moved up and down the running order as needed
- Back up material/stand by VT
Live and the Law
Live shoots can be particularly vulnerable to legal issues, the producer in the gallery has to work hard to mitigate such incidents and will immediately seek to distance the programme from these issues.
Run VT
Pre-shot VTs can experience problems live, these can range from the wrong VT being played or that it just won't. It's the job of the gallery team with the producer and PA working together to ensure that they have another story ready to take over and that all timings will still work.
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From this lecture I was able to gain an appreciation for all the things that are integral to make a live or as live TV show successful when being aired.
This lecture will help me during my pitch and proposal planning as I now have a full understanding of the importance of timings I will be sure to make my running order as accurate and smooth as possible, I could also include wiggle room of a minuet or two where if something went wrong it could be easily fixed.
It also taught me to heavily consider my audience when planning my set design and actually casting audience members, having a lively and active audience not only means the viewers at home are more engaged but also means the acts getting filmed are encouraged more.
From this lecture I was able to gain an appreciation for all the things that are integral to make a live or as live TV show successful when being aired.
This lecture will help me during my pitch and proposal planning as I now have a full understanding of the importance of timings I will be sure to make my running order as accurate and smooth as possible, I could also include wiggle room of a minuet or two where if something went wrong it could be easily fixed.
It also taught me to heavily consider my audience when planning my set design and actually casting audience members, having a lively and active audience not only means the viewers at home are more engaged but also means the acts getting filmed are encouraged more.
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