Live Studio Production: Lecture

Live Studio Production: Lecture - Scripting

Script content

- A decision must be made as to how much scripted content the programme contains
- If there is a lot of script for the presenter, prompts will be needed
- However, for shorter pieces the presenter can learn their lines and refer to printed prompt cards

Intros and outros

- Similarly your presenter can deliver links which take you from one part of the show to the next
- If links are long, they usually need prompting

Ad Libs

- These should be rehearsed to avoid going over given time
- Advantage of feeling natural and free-flowing, but can feel unprofessional

Timings

- Many elements of the script, notably anything which is not on autocue, will necessitate approximate timings
- It is important to keep on top of timings throughout the pre production and record process
- Adding minutes and seconds quickly is an essential skill

Good Scripting

- Factually accurate
- Well written - SPAG!

Who uses the script?

- All crew will need to refer to it
- Director and Vision Mixer will need to work on the script once content determined

Comments

Documentary unit: Script first draft

Documentary unit: Jackie interview

So we could get an outside view on fake fear, we were able to secure an interview with an actual adrenaline junkie, only thing was, she's 73! She was amazing to interview, and her answers were so descriptive, which gave us some area to play around with during the edit. We needed to rearrange the house to better suit an interview, and when we realised that we would have to do that, we were glad that we were filming in one of our own homes instead of Jackie's house, or in a public area, as we then had control over the whole environment. Jackie was a pleasure to interview, as she was very relaxed and had a great sense of humour to match.

Decision evaluation

Decision evaluation During the writing phase, I drew inspiration from the surroundings at my dad’s house, as there is an orchard on one side and a field on the other. This inspired me because I could imagine something happening within the orchard, and no one knowing due to them being well hidden. This was the starting point for my script, so I needed to develop a story from this. The idea of a murder came from the effectiveness of the orchard hiding whoever was in it, so I thought that this was the perfect place for a murderer to commit his crime. In wanted my story to have a twist, so I thought of a person stumbling across the murder scene, and the killer giving the innocent person a choice of either possible death, or helping with the body and walking away. I thought that this was a good idea as it is a scenario not often seen in films, so was a unique twist. Between the scripts that I wrote for my short film ‘Decision’, I had to change quite a lot in order to make it more e...

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